LifeISE

I’m in Detroit & you’re right the streets are real as fuck i know a big ego/not taking good criticism will get me nowhere. I came here because I know I have no skills. Never meant to come off as if I was crying over the criticism, although I did get a tad defensive over my tag because i believe this shit is an art, & when someone tells you the art you’ve been working avidly on sucks it’s a little diminishing. I was simply trying to iterate why I felt my tag was decent. I understand the whole originality aspect of the name I write & knew it had been written long before I ever even picked up a crayon. Reason i chose it is because of what it means to me & I like the way other people can choose to perceive it. Obviously the name & style just isn’t acceptable so I’m gonna write every variation of words I can think of in straight letters until I see some consistency & progress. Hopefully I can ultimately get something that I’m happy with & others think is kinda fly. I appreciate the feedback & advice you’ve given a lot. You could’ve just called me a toy & told my ass to stop writing because I’m an embarrassment but instead you kept it real (which was a tad harsh, but the truth) showing me where I’m slacking & humbly admitting you once walked the same steps. I’ll be back on here in a while with some new material to see what I still need improvement on but until then just know I’m having a great time learning this shit, & don’t know where my mind would be without it. Much love, - Life ;)

Nobody in my city nor anywhere on the internet have I seen anyone write life so I’ll stick with it, unique enough for me & I dig the word. As for the all legible capital letters that’s what I started with, & over about 6 months it turned into this tag because of how it flows. I dislike the average half legible tag that all look fairly the same & feel that mine actually has some uniqueness to it vs all the other average joes I see. I know my pieces are shit, but I also believe there is no “correct” way for a tag to look. All the “proper” tags look bland in my opinion. That is all anyone really has though... personal opinion

How bad is my hand style? Lol

Again with the balance all out of whack & a ridiculous lean on the I this time. Honestly probably one of the cleanest I’ve done on wall unfortunately.

Thanks a lot. I definitely went all in from the start trying to get tricky with my fills & background without any “artistic” experience. I actually said today after painting something horrific that I’m sticking to straights & throwies from now on until I can get some consistency. Hardest thing for me is definitely keeping my letters balanced, those two I posted were all thanks to pencil & eraser because my hand control is terrible.

No such thing as bad criticism