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The other ink recipe threads are dying, and nobody wants to read through 10 pages to find what they want. Therefore I decided to start a new one. This thread is intended for those who don't know much about ink to start learning. I'm giving it my best shot to answer all of your questions. Now, lets take a primer in Ink 101. INK VS. PAINT There's two main things you can use as a base for your recipe: inks/dyes, or bucket paint. Ink and bucket paint do not mix with each other. If you're into getting custom colors that no one else has, get yourself some small containers of bucket paint. Two recommended brands are Rustoleum and One-Shot. While most people hav…
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using flickr sucks, browsing threads is a chore, books are nice but spendy, are there any definitive massive photo collections in zip/rar/7z format etc easily downloaded? any classic dope stuff, bricks freight etc. i can see and study graf the hard way but itd be so nice just to flip through a bunch of nice photos in a folder on my computer. especially im interested in mid90s-early00s, any city or freights doesnt matter as long as its is good.
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https://hypebeast.com/2018/6/oakley-denies-validity-of-graffiti-copyright Graffiti artists Donald “KEPTONE” Robbins and Noah “DJ RAKUS” Daar have filed a lawsuit against Oakley for using the artists’ work in campaign materials without the artists’ knowledge or consent. The murals in question were painted by the artists in 2015 in San Francisco as part of a curated global art project, Meeting of Styles, and feature the artists’ stylized signatures. The murals were subsequently reproduced inside Oakley retail stores, on shelving and product displays as well as in consumer advertising materials and product catalogs, superimposing the Oakley brand logo on the…
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So I checked all over and even posted an inquiry about whether there was a thread for this subject or not and found nothing. This is for flexing your zine collection from over the years, especially the real good stuff from back in the day(but all zines are welcome..). They really don't make zines like they used to, and they have faded in popularity quite a bit it seems. So if you have any gems, feel free to get the nostalgia going. So here it is, contributions welcome. If it's a popular thread, that's cool...if it doesn't get many post that's ok, too.
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Such as individuals stealing names, accurately or not? I was thinking that imitating perfectly a writer could lead to new possibilities : picture a local street artist seeing his name and style everywhere, going all city, ending up being taken for the actual impersonator. Some prankster could also stir beefs by dissing on someones behalf. I figured that if I thought of it someone probably already did?
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What era in the style writing culture do you like the most?
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Head over to RIFF 170's IG account for a chance to win some free RIFF merch! Just follow the simple rules in the pic and anyone can enter from today until Feb 26 at midnight. Details about the quiz will be posted after everyone has entered within the time limit. Good luck to everyone who enters the RIFF 170 4000 follower giveaway!
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I dont think theres a graff book thread, if there is i apoligise. here are some of mine il post more later if this is successful Gates of graffiti Nasty and Slice Subway Art
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Here is a thread where we can post links about style writing culture. https://www.complex.com/style/2013/02/the-50-greatest-nyc-graffiti-artists/ http://www.subwayoutlaws.com/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/arts/phase-2-dead.html https://www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/phase-2-graffiti-writer
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I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR THE OLD VHS GRAFFITI TV OR GTV COLLECTION PRODUCED BY DOOLEY - O. HAVEN'T HAD ANY LUCK ANYWHERE. IM LOOKING FOR ALL THE OLD VHS TAPES 1 THRU 8. IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE I CAN BUY THEM, HELP A BROTHER OUT. OR IF YOU OR ANYBODY IS WANTING TO SELL THEIR OLD TAPES FOR MONEY, LET ME KNOW ON THE PM. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
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anyone know where i can get GTV1-6 at? i think theres six of em. anyways thier not being made anymore and i cant find em anywhere. they stopped "production" of em kinda recently so im trying to cop now before its too late. please feel free to help a writer out. or mail me your copies. but no seriously, i would like to get these a fucking great deal. one.
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Ewok One, *****I name dropped someone here********, has been creating hate filled videos bashing other writers and then blocking those writers so they can’t see the trash he is posting on Instagram about them. Being a graffiti writer, I feel he should be down to battle it out rather than hiding in his artificial reality playing the internet thug game. I guess Mare and Museum of Graffiti let him hit the wall outside so now he’s to good for actual graffiti writing? Has anyone on this forum kept up with the shit he’s saying about Cope2 and now Mines? Cope is the one who put that mofo on to begin with! Anyone on here from NY, def think about raggin this dude anytime …
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Last year when covid started I finally decided to upload my Toronto Graffiti archive on Flickr, mostly because it's easy to edit very large groups of images and makes it very easy to search for work too then on a traditional website. I have images mostly from Toronto going back to 1995 (25 year anniversary last week) but also Montreal, London, Windsor, Detroit and NYC and benching too. Check it out and let me know what you think....there's lots of bombing hiding further back. I'm pretty sure you can set up a slideshow and just watch.
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show pictures of your favorite cans, caps, markers, respirators, etc.
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if you could meet one writer who would it be? Dead or alive.
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So I've wanted to get this going for a while and finally have time. I appreciate all the knowledge and conversation of the old thread, but with all the hiccups over the years, it is a wasteland of broken links, missing pictures, and conversations out of context and order. I plan on curating and pulling quotes of knowledge from the original as I find them going back through the 200 some pages, there is some real knowledge that needs to be maintained. I hope that 12 oz can again become a place of conversation about this outside of Instagram. Long term I'd love to see multiple threads talking about different facets of this hobby. IG will on occasion…
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MARTHA COOPER has created some of the most inspiring images in hip-hop since its birth post some of your favourite or images which also suit this thread: http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/A1817-026.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/A1818-004.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/A1818-014.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/ABronxFire4.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/AbwKidsOnFenceNeg_BIG.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/BreakingA.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/rA1000-023.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/rA1000-040.jpg'> http://www.hiphopfiles.de/pics/slide/rA…
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My home base is in the state of Virginia. Im planning a week long road trip up the east coast. The trip is strictly just for benching as Im not trying to blow any spots up. If anyone is posted on the east coast please message me with a good bench spot.
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Anyone got an invite link to an active Discord server or Slack group for NYC writers, or even more generally?
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Been doing a lot of traveling the states over the past few years, and I've seen some writers almost everywhere I go. Just wanted to make a thread to talk about dudes or dudettes that get up on the go. Interested in what goes on living that lifestyle...and how some can pull this off. Would love to hear some stories, differences between cities, crazy people met, crazy things seen, modes of travel, etc. etc. Share any interesting tales of adventures! Who do you see all over? I've noticed these heads multiple times thousands of miles away from each other... Old Crow Read More Spring Break Fishglue Eye and Wyse D30 Nietz TAF
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what things can i use to do ground tags? I want a marker that I can do ground tags with. I'm also open to other ideas for ground tags. Also how do i do dust/dirt tags on most walls? I see some dust tags but i go up and rub my finger on that wall and it does not leave a mark, how do they do it? help! thanks guys
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yo wutsup? im looking if anyone on here has a copy of,or knows where i could find the article on SANE SMITH the guy who got sued by the city and commited suicide. if thats not the right name,sorry i know its sane smith or something. help me out please.thanks you could either send it to my email or post it here.thanks
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INTRODUCTION In this day and age, more than ever, police are using tactics that two years ago would be unthought of. Whether it is being done to repress political activity, stop general crime in communities or simply catch kids doing pen tags on the street it is insane what they can get away with, and what methods they are currently using. This thread is not supposed to get you paranoid, just alert. PHYSICAL CONDITION Undercover cops are cops who have been assigned to undercover work. Ask yourself if the suspect looks like he could be hired as a cop. Is he tall enough to be a cop? Does he seem to be in good enough physical condition to have …
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Some of ya'll need this. Not mine and not associated, just came across it. Might be good for the kids and stuff. Featuring Emit, Jive, BirdCap, Mike Graves Download: http://thedfcrew.com/PleaseStayHome.pdf
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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2019/jul/15/banksy-brits-favourite-painter-all-time-status-deserved-secretive-stenciller-high-art-alienates https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9507075/banksy-britains-favourite-painter-poll/
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just wanted to bring this thread back, always a good one.... whose new on your block or scene and gots a dope name??????? i saw one today that i thought was really cool: AFEND (offend) hella tight... teaser:D
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K i know there have been lots of threds on here about making your own markers but what about modifying markers. I got the Jumbo Pilot permanant marker http://www.pilotpen.com/PilotPen/images/sc6600.gif'> and its cool and all but is there any ways you have modified it. I could experiment but i would probably fuk it up and that would be the end of it. I was thinkin it would be cool to put in paint some thinner and a mixing ball but i dont know if that would work well. i thought of getting the gold and silver paints out of the smaller pilot markers and putting them both in the jumbo but the small ones need to be pushed down for the paint to come out and this can…
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graff writers must see some of the wierdest shit when theyre bombing... everyones got stories of gnarly shit theyve seen while creepin late night. as andre nickatina put it : "when youre up all night, you see things you shouldnt have saw... beacause the night gets raw." lets hear some grimey shit or some stories... one of the scariest things thats happened to me was getting chased at 3am by a car full of nortenos.
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i'm just curious if i'm the only person who thought "bomb the system" was the biggest piece of shit movie. i thought it was bubble gum bullshit, and the whole MTV quality was fucking annoying. i rented the movie, with high expectations, but was let the fuck down big time. then i was reading a thread, and people were saying they loved it. how? it was so fucking gay, it made richard simmons look like conan the barbarian. the acting was pathetic, the fucking script was pathetic. the fucking ending --fucking gayer than butt sex. who the fuck is going to paint the brooklyn bridge in the rain --i don't care who just got killed. did anyone tell the director that painting in the …
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Tell all your most interesting Bombing stories here
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