blood fart Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injury Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Also here is one of the best KIDS pics I have ever seen, I stole it from somebodys tumblr on my phone, someone post a good one if they have it! Yeah .... only time will tell but i think this is a classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleazeside Heights Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 KIDS 4 EVA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleazeside Heights Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 RIPKIDS@GMAIL.COM[/email] this project coming through at all? would love to see a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleazeside Heights Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 definitely a dude that left a "story" of everywhere he'd gone... there's more of an "autobiographical" feel to his work than anyones i can think of. he roamed, lurked, lived.. and left a trail. he got up everywhere he ever went and went a lot of places. it was almost over night that he was suddenly up in tons of cities and had scribes on every pay phone. i'd never heard of him, someone mentioned how vent was friends with some train-hopper dudes in texas that were starting to write, and then boom.. before i even realized what happened it was everywhere. if he'd ever spent time in a city you were in - you knew it. the dude knew how to get his shit to run. he was pretty much the epitome of what could happen if punk traveler culture and graffiti ever came together. i didn't know him as well as some people, but he never struck me as flashy of boastful... more soft spoken and kinda lurky, kind of uneasy i guess... tattered. i was really surprised at how he looked when i met him actually, didn't expect it at all. i liked watching him tag- he would kinda jump into it and "pop into action" and be super fast all of the sudden and was done before i even fully realized what just happened. i liked that he always had a pocket full of different tools on him at all times for different surfaces, and was the kind of guy that would find 2 half cans and somehow make a night of it. he never struck me as a big racker but would always give me a pen if i didn't have one. he was exactly what graffiti needed at the time when he came out, he did it however... and he did it a lot. in my mind i thought he probably liked it for all the right reasons, it was refreshing. he was maybe the key figure that helped establish the validity of the "anything goes" vandal around the country... and is the first really prolific example of "outside participation" that i can remember seeing. so prolific that it no longer even seems like outside participation, now its just a standard. tons of people write like that now. he's definitely one of the most important writers of our time along with jesse, as far as the timeline of graffiti history in the u.s. goes... they were like our version of "outsider artists" or something, and by just tagging were somehow able to cross over into the realm of "americana" more than any others i can think of. kids is one of those guys i'd always get jealous of because so many regular people would always mention him whenever graffiti came up. i think his name and the way he wrote was almost non-offensive to them, and they were able to pass it off as "friendly mischief" or something, or they didn't feel excluded by it like all the other graffiti. i always liked it because it totally looked like "some guy went and did that right there".. and for whatever reason it totally emphasized the surface itself; it'd always be "that kids tag ON THE ____ ." he was one of the few people i've ever come across that has been up so much in certain cities that i quit even noticing it because it was so regularly occurring. very sad to hear the news, i have no doubt i'll still be seeing kids tags up for as long as i have eyes. much respect, and rest in peace, friend. big bump to this well-spoken, spot-on description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Caught one of his hands and characters faded almost invisible at this spot the other day. Whole wall was covered with stuff nothing lasts more then maybe 3 years if dude has history in the area at this spot and here is this faded kids up top drip style, just rocking where no one before him or after him has touched this wall in years. I'm gonna go back to try to catch the flick in the near future. Dude seriously crushed on some next level like few people ever do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent_bob Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Anthony's brother Damian Gudino passed away last night.love,respect,and condolences to the families and friends they brought do much joy to. Forever kids.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzi! Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 KIDS LIVES 4 EVER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyber_mom Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 RIP KIDS! whenever i feel like i need some inspiration, i find myself going online and just looking at photos of his work. i am sorry to hear the loss of his brother also. My heart goes out to the family. Stay strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleazeside Heights Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 ^ I do the same. Kids was like a voice of reason in this crazy mixed up world. Dude kept it real, just kind of put it all out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senseiunseen Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 This thread needs a boost. The original all-country killer. RIP King Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnE412 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I wish there was a picture of the guy who did this. I always wanted to meet him. His work is in every hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old head Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Still thinking about KIDS in 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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