EkONE23
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Moving fast in not thw goal. And style is. Learn control before you worry about speed homie. And those look good. I like the black witht the halo. Maybe make the O as big as the P. It would give it more of a graff feel. My original thought was this. Please excuse the napkin.
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8 hours ago, WorldBench said:
A cool cat with a dope hand style. I got tons of flicks of his stuff
This is my og pretty much. I write for ISF. He is fucking amazing. He taught me everything I know about graff.
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I painted this wall a lot. I grew up there. It is a fun spot. That whole 1-5 corridor is fun.
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On 2/5/2020 at 9:51 AM, WorldBench said:
BIG BugZ ISF gang in the house.
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17 hours ago, WorldBench said:
This is I-5 Seattle right?
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On 3/15/2020 at 1:08 PM, EkONE23 said:
Did this in my homies book.
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You did better the I would have expected. My first time painting I used two hands. It did not work out well. And I agree with @delv just make a bunch of lines. Learn how fast it sprays and how much pressure you need to apply. Also make lines with the cans tip and different angles. And see how close you hold it to get it to drip or not to drip. You cant learn form a mistake if you dont first make the mistake. As of right now you are not doing anything wrong. Play with it have fun. Painting should be fun. No rules my friend just right.
2 minutes ago, Ray40 said:Thanks @Giantthat really lifts me up
18 hours ago, Ray40 said:Just wondering what I should practice on my plywood tomorrow, tags, throws, pieces. I still need to learn can control so I need to know what is best
All of it. All graff started from a tag. So that is what would suggest. But as I have said befor no rules just right.
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1 hour ago, Giant said:
Start by just writing it. Normally. And cursive. And look in to calligraphy. But hand styles are all about flow. Try think of the like you do a piece. Break them down into shape. I used to draw different shapes i.e. triangle, squares, rectangles and such and fnd different ways to get my lettets to fit in them. Also play with 2 letters or three letters of your name? Just a thought homie you are on the right track.
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No time for a piece today. But if all is fair. Dont hang outside cuz the gangs outside.
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2 hours ago, mr.yuck said:
Kaboom
Yikes.
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1 hour ago, Ray40 said:
The middle on is on the move!!
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I like this bettet.
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3 hours ago, Giant said:
Another sketch
That is what I am talking about.
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1 hour ago, Giant said:
Top one was a request, below a quick outline and shaded 3D
That E is heat my Dude. It would be easy to add an extension off the o that is like the p. Might help round out the piece.
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ExtraKool.
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2 hours ago, Ray40 said:
The pink is cool. To me its the only one spaced right. The bottom green is to mushed together.
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9 minutes ago, EkONE23 said:
I dig it. And when I paint my piece is always a bit different then the outline. And I fill up book after book praticing my craft. I more use my ruler for proportions and spacing. Also there are no real rules to graff. This is an expressive art. Hence the wide range of styles. But I am also a firm believer of using tools. I started writing in 98. Befor eruo paint and caps and 12oz. So still had to rack paint,test caps and make my own mops. That taught me to use anything at my disposal. I am down with a tablet. I am down with a ruler. I could see using a 2x4. I will use whatever to translate what is in my head into reality.
My bad 12oz started in 98. But I did not have internet then. And I guess I Montana and Belton were around. But it was not accessible.
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8 hours ago, Joker said:
You're right, it does sound hypocritical, but I'm still pushing back:
Using a ruler to create your outline in a blackbook, of which most people are using an 8.5"x11" format, can set you up for frustration when you take that outline to the wall. On a small sheet of paper like that teaching yourself to hit a relatively straight lines takes practice, but it's achievable. And if you can teach yourself to hit those lines in a blackbook then you can teach yourself to hit them on the wall, too. And ultimately the wall is where it counts, most.
As I mentioned in the original post - using an 8' long 2x4 as a guide will help you hit those lines on the wall but then you need folks to hold that piece of wood for you, for every line. For every outline you paint? That's not sustainable. There's the option of tape but I don't think anyone would dispute the argument that tape should not be used in Graffiti writing. Murals, sure, writing Graffiti... seems iffy. And full disclosure, I've used tape before to create Graffiti. I kicked myself in the dick later for doing so. I've use tape on some of my bigger murals because the lines are sometimes 20' or longer with angles coming from two or three stories up, and while I'm decent at getting straight lines with paint, I'm no machine. I also don't consider those murals Graffiti since the content usually centers around the client for whom I'm painting the mural, and not around letters. If I do paint letters in my murals, they're secondary to the mural concept. Yeah, I know... I'd give me the side eye, too.
Think of this way... you know those flat plastic templates you can buy that have several sized circles or ovals? If there was a Graffiti template with arrows and extensions, bits and doo-dads... would you use it? Not necessarily the same idea as using a ruler to create straight lines in your outline, but kinda.
All that said - if folks want to use a ruler to create their outlines in a blackbook, then do it. My word is not the end-all be-all gospel of Graffiti. I'm just encouraging them not to rely on things like a ruler. If using a ruler to create a line is necessary, I would try using the ruler as a guide. Lay the ruler about a quarter inch away from where they want the line, and follow the ruler along as they draw the line. Do that a bunch and I bet they'll start to get relatively straight lines without a ruler. It's like Industrial Design or Product Design students learning their craft... they'll waste an entire sketchbook practicing drawing perfect circles and straight lines over and over. It just takes practice.
I dig it. And when I paint my piece is always a bit different then the outline. And I fill up book after book praticing my craft. I more use my ruler for proportions and spacing. Also there are no real rules to graff. This is an expressive art. Hence the wide range of styles. But I am also a firm believer of using tools. I started writing in 98. Befor eruo paint and caps and 12oz. So still had to rack paint,test caps and make my own mops. That taught me to use anything at my disposal. I am down with a tablet. I am down with a ruler. I could see using a 2x4. I will use whatever to translate what is in my head into reality.
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59 minutes ago, Ray40 said:
@Ijustwantyoulifelineare you paecher because you share slot of his flicks. Sorry for the awkward comment it wasn’t meant to be weird sorry 🙁
Bro... if you know it sounds off why ask? Graff is a crime. Dont forget that. People go to jail for this. If they are not just giving a name out dont ask.
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On 3/8/2020 at 2:21 PM, Joker said:
I use Procreate for so much... work, personal design projects, art projects, and of course - sketching Graffiti. I don't see this as cheating, I see it as progression.
Sure, it's not the tools I learned with - it's not a real paper blackbook where you have to hone your skills using Design and Prismacolor markers, Gel and Posca paint pens, and Prismacolor color pencils. A tablet is a tool for the time we live in. It's a blackbook, markers, paint pens, and color pencils wrapped up in a well-designed frame. It's just another tool in your arsenal. It's progression.
Think of it like caps and Euro paint - back when I started painting in 1985 there were two caps - Testors cap and Bug & Tar cap, now commonly referred to as a NY Thin and a Rusto Fat. There was also 2-3 brands of spray paint with very limited colors - maybe 20 colors each brand but not every store carried all colors. You used what you had because those were the tools in your arsenal. Then Euro paint came on the scene and brought with them a wider range of colors (over 100 per brand) and a much larger variety of caps. No one considered it cheating because they're just tools to get the job done. And now there's even more spray paint brands. That's progression.
Cheating would be using your tablet to take a photo of a subway car in the station and drawing digitally over the photo to make it look like you painted the subway car.
Your tablet is just another tool. Celebrate it.
Tablets cool.... But no ruler? I am all about being tool user. But found this a bit hypocritical after you told me no ruler. A tool is a tool.
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45 minutes ago, EkONE23 said:
They have. But I think maybe taking the tine out to just write the letter normally might help. It took me awhile to understand. But style comes from many things. Flow,spacing,shape, connections, angels. As well as many other things. But something I feel I think is wrong is the spacing. Some parts are mushed together other open and spaced out. Which fucks with the over all flow. Your handwriting on the answer sheet is good. Try that first. Walk then run. Remember we are writers. You cant have style if you cant write clean. My favorite hands are simple and clean.
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On 3/7/2020 at 1:51 PM, Ray40 said:
I have seen videos of people painting in the snow so I think it will be fine. If you leave your oven open and set them on the very edge of the door it will heat them up And make them more liquidy but I don’t really know.
Nah homie. I live in Alaska. Different cold.
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