Repsect001 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Been writing for a few years now just want to learn how to do more crazy better looking letters and colors. So let me know how i can improve my writing? [ATTACH=full]175750[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 You don't want to know what we think. Do yourself a favour and go read/post in the toy thread. Don't take that as an insult, it's a learning phase we've all been through at one point and it's just one you need to go through as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsect001 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wow there's heaps of shit in the toys thread and not much constructive criticism. Judging by the toy section ill start doing simple letters again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massgraff Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 3d on point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If you can't skim through the shit talk of the toy thread and glean the constructive criticism from it I'm not sure you're going to like the internet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsect001 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 If you can't skim through the shit talk of the toy thread and glean the constructive criticism from it I'm not sure you're going to like the internet... hahaha its just annoying going through like 3000 pages of mostly crap, trust me i can handle it nothing is gonna bring me down today ;) im just after a few tips on where ive gone wrong and how i should start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I just think you're reaching too hard right now. You may not have to go back to straight letters but I reckon you gotta do a lot more simples. I think an easy red flag is the mass of arrows you have in your work. Nothing wrong with arrows per se but there really should be less focus on them as they are the most cliche element of graf. Some of the pics are neat, some are pretty messy with squiggly lines and bar widths that vary when they should not. It's clear that you understand flow but I don't think you're able to pull it off well enough for wild style. Do something less complicated (not necessarily straight letters but just with less shit all over the place) and focus completely on flow and balance. Try doing some pieces with no arrows or extensions whatsoever, focus on letter structure and tweaking that to give the letters style. Being able to manipulate pure letters to give all the style and flow you need is the hardest thing to achieve in graf and that's what will give you the best foundation to build on. Until you have that foundation you'll never get all the more superfluous stuff like extensions and add-ons. That's my perspective anyway, others may disagree. But then again, they're all hairy lesbian eco-terrorists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsect001 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 See that's constructive i can learn from that. Thank you for your opinion i will start doing my letters less complex and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hua is completely wrong, I have no idea where he gets his information... Where you're fucking up is that you're not using ENOUGH arrows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I just want to keep all the arrows for myself, mwuhahahahaha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLBERThOFFMAN Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yup, what Hua said. Focus more on the letters than anything else. Make those bitches lean and mean and the reast will come on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Maker Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Raptastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juca Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 dude fuck that wildstyle,stick with a simple letters,and after some time you will be doing the wildstyle without even know it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Yeah, connections and extensions are the logical step that comes naturally only after the letters have reached their limit. You can't force wildstyle, it comes from progresion and progression and can only happen when each stage of development has been properly satisfied. You can't fabricate complexity, it is it's own thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILONE/SK Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I was going to suggest more arrows, but as I read on, I see it was already suggested. Cil = not original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakfast menu Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 did this dude really get banned? :snake: there has been some good advice in here. the letters underneath your connections are kinda weak. those connections and arrows are unnecessary and don't really add anything - in some cases they don't come from the letter in a natural way, either. negative space isn't your enemy, it's like a stock tip - it's just unforgiving. force yourself to use fewer arrows and connections and strip your style closer to the bare bones. you'll find what you need there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massgraff Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 3d on point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massgraff Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Must be an awesome burden to bare being the first forum jump banning casualty. That isn't a bot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuksOne Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Been writing for a few years now just want to learn how to do more crazy better looking letters and colors. So let me know how i can improve my writing? [ATTACH=full]175749[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]175750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]175755[/ATTACH] It's good but you should develop your style abit more but nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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