One Man Banned Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Like said, swallow your pride and take advice. A tag can be simply written, well. Just like the advice on letters, you don't need all sorts of crazy arrows and connections and shit, you need flow. On names, these days with the internet and shit it's mad easy to see that a name like Life has been taken. Kind of feel like you should change that shit. I know people will say you can always throw a number after your name like Life134 or some shit but IMO go back to the drawing board and get a more original name or have the approval of the person who used that name. Really no reason these days to take a name that has been used already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Look at people like Bates. His handstyles are sick but simple. I appreciate you're trying to develop your style and my handstyles are far from amazing however that Life handstyle looks weak like it's too forced. So many decent names you can write. I write Alts and Gutrot and have never seen these names used before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Agree with the above, go simple and perfect that. I don’t think any of the letters in the tag have any real style, they just exist. Cool that you do your own thing but unanimous advice here is that it won’t be appreciated by your peers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citronellaforalgernon Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Look dude, if you can’t take a bit of constructive criticism, you picked the wrong culture to get involved with. We’re trying to help you. I don’t know where your from, but the streets can get real as fuck, and if you’re going to cry and defend your garbage tag and put yourself above anyone already, just quit. Graff is going to be nothing but stress for you and you’ll never progress. You’re posting in a toy thread, you obviously know you’re not good, so get your head out of your ass and start simple. Straight letters back to back to back. And i don’t know if there are any heads writing LIFE that have a huge name, but trust me, it’s unoriginal. Almost every city I’ve been to I’ve seen some toy tagging life with a sharpie. Just do yourself a favor and come up with something else. That letter set up is garbage anyways. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I think if you back on this thread to about 2007 then you'll see a shit ton of simple straight letters I did over and over to progress. It is the best way of doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citronellaforalgernon Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I think if you back on this thread to about 2007 then you'll see a shit ton of simple straight letters I did over and over to progress. It is the best way of doing it.[/ Same man, i actually did that the other day. I definitely made a lot of progress in my letter structure, but i definitely have a long way to go. Used to try to do all kinds of crazy unnecessary shit with my pieces and nowadays my style is super simple, but i feel like it looks alright and has a little flavor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I've got all my blackbooks so quite often look back at that sort of time period just to see how I've improved and also to rework letters from back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeISE Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I’m in Detroit & you’re right the streets are real as fuck i know a big ego/not taking good criticism will get me nowhere. I came here because I know I have no skills. Never meant to come off as if I was crying over the criticism, although I did get a tad defensive over my tag because i believe this shit is an art, & when someone tells you the art you’ve been working avidly on sucks it’s a little diminishing. I was simply trying to iterate why I felt my tag was decent. I understand the whole originality aspect of the name I write & knew it had been written long before I ever even picked up a crayon. Reason i chose it is because of what it means to me & I like the way other people can choose to perceive it. Obviously the name & style just isn’t acceptable so I’m gonna write every variation of words I can think of in straight letters until I see some consistency & progress. Hopefully I can ultimately get something that I’m happy with & others think is kinda fly. I appreciate the feedback & advice you’ve given a lot. You could’ve just called me a toy & told my ass to stop writing because I’m an embarrassment but instead you kept it real (which was a tad harsh, but the truth) showing me where I’m slacking & humbly admitting you once walked the same steps. I’ll be back on here in a while with some new material to see what I still need improvement on but until then just know I’m having a great time learning this shit, & don’t know where my mind would be without it. Much love, - Life ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I don’t dislike the word, nothing wrong with that. Just not a fan of the way you were writing it. Time and practice, time and practice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decyferon Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 You won't get crits in the sketch thread as that's for established writers so you shouldn't really need crits unless you specifically ask for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 +1 Your work belongs in the sketch thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ill.texas.zane Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 So what's up everyone, I made an account and wanted to start posting on here to get some tips, and from what I've been reading so far, I already have a couple ideas of where to start and what I need to go back and work on. I'm not going to act like I'm the least bit good, because I'm toy enough to know that I'm not shit, and for that, I need my shit to be torn apart a good couple times [ATTACH=full]242062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242065[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]242066[/ATTACH] What markers do you use for pieces like these? I like the colors, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AECS613 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 keep at it and lose the damn arrows looks ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msk_gz Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Tear it apart [ATTACH=full]222658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]222660[/ATTACH] i like that handstyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msk_gz Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 [ATTACH=full]213222[/ATTACH] Maybe i screwed the shadows but tips are welcome in my city we call this crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQIP Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Sup yall. Used to lurk hard on 12oz yeeears ago under the forum name miskone or miskoner (dont remember the username or password). Either way, I used to write MISK for a very short time and then COMO when I found out it was taken. Wrote a lot in blackbooks during high school and just here and there after graduating. Recently I connected with a writer at work and we both agreed I needed a new name. He had some spare names in his mind he really liked but EQIP fit me best since Im always equiped with a big ass messenger bag. He let me have the name after developing a style for it and I hope to develop it further, so here I am. Prob not the place for introductions but it is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 40 minutes ago, EQIP said: Sup yall. Used to lurk hard on 12oz yeeears ago under the forum name miskone or miskoner (dont remember the username or password). Either way, I used to write MISK for a very short time and then COMO when I found out it was taken. Wrote a lot in blackbooks during high school and just here and there after graduating. Recently I connected with a writer at work and we both agreed I needed a new name. He had some spare names in his mind he really liked but EQIP fit me best since Im always equiped with a big ass messenger bag. He let me have the name after developing a style for it and I hope to develop it further, so here I am. Prob not the place for introductions but it is what it is. If you want us to search out your old 12oz account, just hit the support link and let us know. Regardless, welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQIP Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, misteraven said: If you want us to search out your old 12oz account, just hit the support link and let us know. Regardless, welcome back! Would be sick to take control of it again, thanks! Will hit up support soon. Edited July 1, 2018 by EQIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakeenyc Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 equip maybe focus on making the letters all have the same heights and spaced appropriately away from each otehr. having said that the one in the bottom right is the best of the batch for me. has a nice downward sland and spacng and letters thicknessare coo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EQIP Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 3:24 PM, freakeenyc said: equip maybe focus on making the letters all have the same heights and spaced appropriately away from each otehr. having said that the one in the bottom right is the best of the batch for me. has a nice downward sland and spacng and letters thicknessare coo. Thank you for the feedback. Got too excited to try and flow with some of the first ones but they ended up all stiff and disproportionate. But yeah, I like the slant thing going too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Hit us up in support (bottom of the navigation on the left). I can help verify it and help recover your account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasMostHated Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) finally grasping straight letters? tips for toys wanted! Top is first one bottom is second middle is last one Edited July 13, 2018 by KansasMostHated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Personally I love straight letters, so this is cool. Think you just need practice so you’re doing your letters from muscle memory and super clean. 3D’s going up feels non standard and kinda like that. Assume they normally always go down to give the illusion you’re looking up at a piece instead of down on it. Just keep at it man. You’ll dial it in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasMostHated Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 3 hours ago, misteraven said: 3D’s going up feels non standard and kinda like that. Assume they normally always go down to give the illusion you’re looking up at a piece instead of down on it. Just keep at it man. You’ll dial it in. thank youuuuuuuuuu, 3d is rusty! Heres another in color for shits and giggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakeenyc Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Spacing of the letters is key too. They seem smushed. And like even consistency of the bars. Like the left bar of the a is thicker than the right bar. And heights. The second a is shorter than the other letters. It's all about consistency and learning how to break it there after 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasMostHated Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 10:31 PM, freakeenyc said: Spacing of the letters is key too. They seem smushed. And like even consistency of the bars. Like the left bar of the a is thicker than the right bar. And heights. The second a is shorter than the other letters. It's all about consistency and learning how to break it there after been trying to work on heights and space. and letters still lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakeenyc Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Awake keep doing the one with the black fill. It's good that u use bars to make ur letters too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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freakeenyc Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Quickie Squares and gridding things up help for proportions and things 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hua Guofang Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 22 hours ago, KansasMostHated said: @freakeenyc Best yet. Good spacing, getting some balance and flow to it. Keep doing this over and over until its as sharp as a razor, dont try to progress until you have this one in the bag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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