Katsu turned heads upwards in Times Square when he pioneered drone graffiti, now he’s reaching new heights with the Icarus 2.
“Almost two years ago graffiti artist and self-described vandal KATSU used a drone equipped with a spray can to paint red streaks—quite illegally—across the face of Kendall Jenner on one of New York’s largest billboards. He had to pilot the so-called Icarus One himself at the time, which made tracing out any recognizable characters a chore from so many yards away. Now, though, he’s modded another DJI quadcopter to support an articulating arm that can spray letters and words on its own after the user enters the message with a PC. I asked him over email if it was difficult to program.”—VICE’s Leif Johnson