Joker Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, whtboi202 said: Messing around with my handstyle. Looking to improve mine so all criticism welcome I'll preface this feedback with this - I prefer what I would call a classic handstyle over all others, but I definitely enjoy all styles. Looking at what you've posted I would say that you should go with what you're most into, and it would seem that you're most into that one-line tag (best version is bottom right). And to be honest, it looks better than your classic-style tag (top left & bottom middle). When I saw it it immediately reminded me of the tag Atom does for WOW crew that he's in (see below, top - middle of pieces). It's not the same, just reminds me of it... it's unique. It's like he created an invisible upside down triangle and made the letters fit in the shape. I think learning a good, classic handstyle would be beneficial, but if you're not feeling it then you're never going to feel comfortable writing it, so go with what feels right. Do what comes naturally and over time that tag will evolve into something more crisp, more refined. I'll mess around with some options using that style and share later. Edited February 10, 2020 by Joker added photo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Practice practice practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Feel like I'm flooding the forum. But trying to draw every night lately. im liking that bottom right P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Connection e to n? Or separate think I preferred the separation but would need to move the n across a bit 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 7:54 PM, whtboi202 said: Messing around with my handstyle. Looking to improve mine so all criticism welcome Spent some time messing around with your letters. Don’t know if any of this helps you but figured I’d share. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray40 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Some sketches from school, I still don’t have my art supplies so it’s in pencil🙁 advice is accepted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 @Ray40- Believe me when I say those latest drawings are big improvement from even six months ago. Very cool. I'll be honest with you... I have no criticism on either of those. I would encourage you to keep going with those outlines and working on refining them. There's some different bar widths that could use some tightening up but overall these are looking good. I really like the second one on green paper. Nice hustle! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray40 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I am just wondering how many young people are in 12 is because I see what a beautiful thing it is and I want it to continue when the OGs pass on 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Had a go at extensions again. Don't think I completely failed but could deffo be better 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whtboi202 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 @joker love seeing what you do in this community and really appreciate everything. I've decided I want to practice a classic tag first before developing a different style. Just starting out with some simple letter at the moment until I get the feeling for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray40 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Some quickies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Quite liking the look of this simple one needs sharpening but yer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billoboy2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 hey guys, how do u like these 2? strugglin alot with T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billoboy2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) ah, i uploaded the wrong file. this is the right picture. dont know how to edit my post. Edited February 17, 2020 by billoboy2020 typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray40 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Working on my lower case, please give advice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 @billoboy2020- my only feedback is that you’re letters are getting too wet-noodle looking. You’re curving and bending them in ways that don’t flow naturally, and when you’re doing simple-style letters like those it’s important to keep them feeling clean, crisp. Honestly, your sketch is really close it just needed some refinements... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 @Ray40- the lowercase is looking good. Play around with letter size and placement a little bit as your lowercase R is a lot smaller than your other letters, or at least it feels smaller. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Not sure about the O on this one needs a little tweak. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banok1 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 your letters are beginning to get some flow n steelo giant. Keep it up man progressions beginning to happen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Went for a simple O in the end then tried another with some different tweaks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Had a go a simple alphabet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Inked outline 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Tried some angled stuff. Struggled a bit when got to the D and the O though as they look kind of similar when both have sharp edges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Tried again fucked up the outline on the D on the extension and the 3D doh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hours of drawing led to this ! 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rectwoner Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 So yea I use to write back in the day & now I’m tryna get back on my shit . I’m trying out this lil character in my “R” .. let me kno it’s its wack or just needs some work .. holla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) @Rectwoner- looking at the throwups on your pages, they’re mostly illegible. I get the E and the C but the R and the T get lost with the extra spikes coming off them, and the face within the R has much the same line work that the letter does so you lose the teeth and other details within the letter. I figured it out by looking at your screen name. Now, my example below is dangerously close to an R that Remio might do (or has done... I love his stuff so I may have seen it and it stuck) so use it only as an example. If I was sure it was my own I would say take it, have fun with it, make it yours, but since it has a trademark style of another writer I would say use as inspiration. Keep your letters legible, even for a throwup. It doesn’t have to be pretty or perfect, but legible is always nice. Hell... if it’s pretty and perfect then you clearly had enough time to do a piece, and should have. These things are for other writers so the letters can be somewhat distorted but when you take it too far you lose your audience. Adding faces and other embellishments is a great way to set yourself apart from other writer’s throwups, but make the embellishments considered. Really think them through. If you want to do a face within your R make sure it reads as the letter FIRST... then work in the face. Once you’ve established yourself and your throwup you can start to make those embellishments a little more over the top because by then everyone will recognize the overall shape of your throwup, and now the face is what they’re reading. Does that help at all? I know my example is different than your style but I wanted to give you something. Edited February 28, 2020 by Joker 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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