San Antonio's CBS affiliate KENS5 covered the addition of Mitch Johnson to the Rudy's Seafood mural wall — describing the honor in terms that speak directly to what the project has always been about: "For a player and now coach, receiving his own San Antonio mural is a badge of honor. It means the community accepts them and feels they are part of the community." The piece also notes that Carter Bryant has since been added to the wall, with Nik Soupe continuing to document the Spurs' current era in real time.

When Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson earned his place among San Antonio's basketball royalty — Western Conference Coach of the Month, All-Star head coach, and a team sitting second in the West — Nik Soupe made it official the only way that counts in this city: a portrait at Rudy's Seafood. The San Antonio Express-News covered the addition, noting that the wall now holds everyone from Gregg Popovich and David Robinson to Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle. Soup and Rudy's owner Roland Ramirez put it simply: the Spurs were playing like a team again, and Mitch Johnson was the reason why.

When the Spurs waived Jeremy Sochan, Nik Soupe was already on it — replacing the Rudy's Seafood mural with a fresh portrait of Keldon Johnson, complete with his current look and an upgraded haircut. The San Antonio Express-News covered the swap, framing Soupe's decade-long tradition of immortalizing Spurs players at Rudy's as a living institution that moves with the team.

With less than 24 hours before the 2025 NBA Draft, Nik Soupe completed a mural of Dylan Harper at Rudy's Seafood — before Harper had put on a Spurs cap, before the pick was official, before anything was guaranteed. The Express-News framed it simply: Soupe ought to buy a lottery ticket. The Harper mural joined his pre-draft Wembanyama portrait as proof that this has become a tradition, a ritual, and a genuine expression of belief in the city's basketball future.

Before Dylan Harper was officially a Spur, he already had a mural in San Antonio. Nik Soupe painted Harper's portrait on the Southside days before the 2025 NBA Draft — a bet on the city's future that Sports Illustrated covered as a window into the unmatched passion of Spurs fans. When Harper was asked about it at his pre-draft press conference, his response said it all: "Fans are crazy. If that's what the fans want, I can't be the one to say no." The latest chapter in Soup's ongoing tradition of immortalizing the Spurs before the ink is even dry.

When a brawl put the final crack in The Mix's perpetually broken front window on the St. Mary's Strip, Nik Soupe was already a regular at the bar. Management didn't need to look far for a permanent solution. The result was a floor-to-ceiling Ramones mural — the band as they appeared on their iconic 1976 debut album — now a fixture on one of San Antonio's most storied nightlife blocks. The SA Current feature reveals the piece as part of a broader "Rocker" series Soup has been building across the Strip, including a Debbie Harry mural inside The Mix and a Robert Smith portrait at The Amp Room.

When Rudy's Seafood owner Roland Ramirez commissioned Nik Soupe to paint a mural of Victor Wembanyama in a Spurs uniform — months before the NBA draft lottery, while the season was still being played — it was an act of pure San Antonio faith. The story of that mural, and the city's electric response to winning the No. 1 pick, was picked up by this national sports outlet as a window into what the Wembanyama era means to a franchise and fan base that has been waiting for exactly this moment.

KSAT 12 spotlighted Los Otros Murals — the collaborative partnership between Nik Soupe and Shek Vega — in this feature on the artists putting San Antonio's street art scene on the map. The piece followed Soupe and Vega as they painted a calavera live during San Antonio's Day of the Dead River Walk Parade, bringing the city's culture to a national stage.

San Antonio's ABC affiliate KSAT 12 profiled Nik Soupe in this feature on the artists shaping the city's visual identity through public art. Soup spoke candidly about a lifelong relationship with painting and the belief that drove it all: that art belongs in the neighborhood, not just in galleries and museums.

Texas Public Radio featured Nik Soupe and Shek Vega in this in-depth piece on the artists working to transform San Antonio's streetscape into the largest outdoor art gallery in Texas. The story follows Soupe's role in securing walls along the Historic St. Mary's Strip — including a Red Bull-funded 60-foot Fiesta mural and a Google Fiber-commissioned portrait that became an instant neighborhood landmark.

In this long-form profile of DeMar DeRozan's first months as a Spur, Bleacher Report devoted a dedicated section to the mural Nik Soupe painted at Rudy's Seafood — framing it as the moment San Antonio proved something to DeRozan before he had ever played a game for the team. DeRozan described seeing his face alongside David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and George Gervin on that wall as the moment his competitive instinct kicked in: proof that the city believed in him, and that he owed them something in return.

When DeMar DeRozan was traded to San Antonio in the summer of 2018, Nik Soupe spent eight hours in the heat — ten cans of spray paint — crafting a welcome mural at Rudy's Seafood before DeRozan had ever set foot in the city as a Spur. The image went viral. DeRozan, seeing it from his basketball camp in British Columbia, assumed it was photoshopped. When he realized it was real, he said it gave him a feeling of belonging he hadn't expected. After his regular-season debut, DeRozan tracked down the ESPN reporter in the hallway outside the locker room with one request: "If you happen to talk to the guy that painted that mural again, please tell him I said thank you."

Nik Soupé and collaborator Shek Vega were commissioned by the City of San Antonio and Spurs Sports & Entertainment to create a 16x16 ft. interactive mural in Travis Park during the 2016 NBA Playoffs — part of an official "Paint the Town Silver & Black" campaign. The unveiling drew Councilman Roberto Treviño, the Spurs Silver Dancers, and citywide media attention.

A collaborative mural by Nik Soupe, Shek Vega, and Cris Montoya became one of the defining images of Luminaria 2014 — San Antonio's annual contemporary arts festival.

Nik Soupe was recognized as one of San Antonio's aerosol art legends in this San Antonio Report feature on the Content Under Pressure festival — a citywide celebration of street art culture, music, and hip-hop that brought together over 60 artists from across the country.