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On 4/12/2021 at 1:23 PM, Joker said:

 

 

Can you put me onto where you got these from? I wanna tap into philly handstyles. This reminds me of my childhood.

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@Joker once again man thank you for putting me on. No discouragement I'm taking from your words I just felt like I hit a wall and needed to see some things to put my skills into perspective. Out of the artist you sent I have to say that I'm rocking with 'SomeOne' the most the flow and lightness is just sticking with me.

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@JokerYo so I took what you were saying and started drawing from the shoulder(I used to do that when I took figure drawing). I'm finally understanding what you mean by making things more fluid. I think I'm comfortable enough with this that I should start working on different styles and sizing of the letters do you have any more suggestion/names of interesting handstlyes/artist that I should look into.  I'm on my way to pick up some more markers from the art store because the cheap ones ran out.

 

P.S these are some of the pages I filled up used that 3 marker method that you told me about.

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@Joker I copped a krink marker so I could practice the handstyles these are the three the I rock with the most.

Do you have a paper that you would suggest that I should practice on?

 

 

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57 minutes ago, Joker said:

 

You're definitely on the right path by writing your name over and over, in different ways, trying different styles. It's the best way to find the style/flow that feels best to you. Looking at all your work... we need to simplify the majority of it while giving bits and pieces some flare. Your tag needs to be done quickly, but look like it took five times as long to write. 

 

Few things to note:

1. Don't use crowns. Crowns are for kings and there are very few writers who can claim to be such, and even they don't use a crown on their tag. 

2. Arrows coming off letters rarely works. If you want to use an arrow in your tag keep it to the underline of your tag, like this Ekser tag. 

3. Big overlaps in your tag (like your K and A) can absolutely work (see above link of Ekser tag), but you'll find that when using a chisel-tip marker that overlap can get muddy. Something to think about. 

 

I've written out your name a few times to give you something to go off of. Not sure if any of it helps but I tried. I used some of your bigger flourishes that you were already using, like on the K and E, to give it some life. Kept the A and N simple. Let me know if this helps or you're looking for a different direction. 

Thank you it helps a lot. Will be back with what I work on.

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2 hours ago, Joker said:

 

Cool. I can help with that. I'll put together some stuff and get back to you soon. 

 

Question - I know this is going to sound weird coming from someone with a super-common name like "Joker", but are you aware there are other well-established writers who use the name "Kane"? I'm not here to discourage you from using a name you really like, just want you to be aware there are others out there with the same name so there's a potential for problems down the road... especially if there's already one in your city/town. 

 

Yeah I peeped how common the name is the only other Kane that I know of is KANE ONE in chicago. While I haven't seen anyone tag it where I live I wouldn't be surprised if there were others.

 

When I think about it tho I can't say that I'm hard set on Kane. I could also tag 'Fleur' if it's not as common.

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@JokerI read back like 100 pages of this thread and saw that you were the sensei of the thread before I made a profile. I think the main thing that I wanna work on is handstyles. 

 

@Ray40Thanks for the heads up Ive seen the growth that you've had in this thread. I'm looking to do the same.

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Just started drawing Graffiti again after like 10 years. Looking for what ever help that any one is willing to offer.