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This dude is dope because he does whatever the hell he wants. Some of those pieces are so disjointed, total stream of consciousness on the wall, but man is it awesome. You can tell he still has mad fun painting.

I am not feeling the wheatpaste, stencils and stickers these days. I don't know why, it just feels like it's too easy to be hyped on, and mad kids are all about it. Cool freights, though. Paint is where it's at.

Goddamn. That's ruff.

Dude....how does an ass come back from something like that? I bet he had to sew a button onto his sphincter after that maneuver.

You'd think a company as big as Sony could manage to find someone halfway decent to draw some characters. Gay faux-graff bullshit like JNCO jeans. On that note, the newest Tony Hawk game is bullshit. Corny as fuck.

I hate the word trill. It just sounds stupid as fuck. It was like when all the gangster types in high school used to say "oh sit" because they were so thug they couldn't pronounce shit correctly.

What a shame. One of the smoothest styles I'd seen on freights. Rest In Peace.

That last one from Cramps is actually pretty frightening.

gross. I need this whip.

I hate that free cat picture, for serious. Every time I see it I want to taser someone. Page 6 was slamming. What the fuck was that little Heidi looking girl's deal? Her arms are too short and her head is too small for her body. It also looks like it's on backwards. Here's my contribution. This was easily the worst fashion faux pas ever. Anyone old enough to remember this time can laugh along with me.

I was way worse than 99% of this when I started. Bring this thread back on topic or it gets closed.

No doubt. That gash on her wrist looks serious.

Don't forget about the New Deal's Useless Wooden Toys.

Agreed. I never learned how to skate ramp, I kept it so street. Ha.

Yeah, I'm pretty into the IPA beers. Most any brand will do. There's this microbrewery from New Hampshire called Smuttynose that makes a killer IPA. I drink that a lot. I like porter beers, too. If it's shit beer on a hot day, I'll opt for the Stroh's. Aside from that I'm not real into lager. Anyone ever have a barleywine beer? My homie brought some over a while back, and I got lit on only a couple of those. The shit is like 12%, but it's not some piss malt liquor. They should put it in little bottles instead of big 22ouncers. Speaking of, my hangover is going to be fun to cool out with at work today. Fucking aye. Don't hit the pub on a Thursday night.

I got mine from a homie down in Jersey, traded him a few cans of old school paint for it. I found an old rusto woodsaver rack myself, which I gave to my boy, but I had my heart set on an old Krylon gravity feed rack. The Rusto rack actually holds more paint, but I wanted the aesthetic of the old gravity feeder. I have the cage for it, (so a store can lock it up) but that's tucked away in the basement. No need for it in my own house. You can find a rack if you look hard enough. Try hitting up older, independent hardware stores and ask if they still have one sitting in the basement. You might have to hit 30 places before you get one, but they're fun to have and make organization easy. If you live in a city that's got an old graffiti scene, you may be out of luck locally. I had to drive about 40 miles before I found the Rusto rack. Another option is to enlist the help of paint collectors. I'm sure most would be happy to use their resources to find you a rack, in exchange for a small fee or trade. I'd do it for a case of belton or a gallon of gloss black rusto bucket paint if I had another rack. Try asking these guys. http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5910

Right on, dog. I live in a city, but i guess i just don't have the feel for markers. It's no NYC, but there's a healthy scene and plenty of surfaces. I usually bring at least one marker with me when I go out, but my medium of choice is definitely spray paint. I much prefer a clean brick wall with a can of rusto gloss black and a fatcap. It's bigger, and I'm more comfortable with paint anyways. I guarantee I'd be the guy doing the outsides with pieces back in the day. You might catch an inside or two once in a while, but I'd try to stay up with the burners and simples. It's just my nature.

You new school writers are lucky to have caps that are made for graff writing. When I was hiting the trains...we had to get our caps from the supermarket from different products that sprayed shit. The fatest cap I ever used to this day came off a hair spray can. It was a little fater than a NY fat cap or a rusto orange. The entire cap was red and we would have to pop the lid take the cap and put the lid back on and go to the next can till we had enough. Then there was the "foam" caps that were wide too...It came off a bathroom foam cleaner. We also had to make them by melting the hole to widen it or to make it smaller. Testors spray paint came with nice caps we had to hook up. But, as you can see from the old school pics of subway graff...our caps did the job. It just would have been nice if we could get different caps like you guys can get now. Quoted post [/b] Don't get me wrong, dude. I haven't bought a cap in about 5 years. Those bags are either gifts or hook-me-ups from homies. I still raid the cans of Krylon workable fixatif, clear coats, graffiti remover sprays, testors, elmers spray glue, you name it. I usually buy a couple cans at the store, pop off the stocks, and replace them with thins or whatever off clear coats. I just put the stocks back on the clear coat cans and no one's the wiser. I got a couple of those jifoam caps years ago from an old schooler NY friend. I saved a couple to display, but the ones I used were pretty nice. I'd do outlines with them on simple stuff. Not the best line quality, but decent output. Racking paint is ridiculous nowadays. You can probably get over on Walmart or Home Depot, but you're talking just a can or two in the belt. With all the cameras, it's not worth the risk to me just to steal $5 worth of paint. Smaller, independent hardware stores are much easier, but then I run into the moral issue of stealing from an actual person. Some corporation isn't going to miss the $1000 or so I could rack from them on a yearly basis, but a mom and pop will. That could be all it takes to put them out of business, what with all the strain Home Depot and Walmart already put on their livelihood. I'd rather work for a living than live up to some outdated, immature ideal that a bunch of 15 year olds invented as a way to "keep it real". It doesn't really apply to dudes over the age of 18, when you really have something to lose. After you hit 25, I think you have issues if you rack all your paint. Nothing wrong with pocketing a can or two if the situation arises, but get a damn job, yo.

It's almost wholecar season!

Bag of rubber gloves. Spray safe, kiddies.

The "recently used scrap pile". If I don't kill a can on one thing, I'll usually bring it with me on every successive piece until it's gone.

This is my baby. I'm much more the spray paint kind of writer. It's mostly Krylon and discontinued/fancy colors. I seem to go through Rusto quickly unless I'm saving a bunch for something big.

Last drawer has more markers, inks, etc. I'm really not too big on markers, so they sit and collect dust.

Some markers, inks, and stencils for respraying freight calls.

Here's my cap stash. I have some nice friends.