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Izi
02-22-2008, 11:20 PM
Okay so Enigmatic just did all your names better than you. Izi no more characters. You keep doing one thing close to and/or right then completing killing it with something completely horrible.

I'm going to do some blockbuster letters and I have some straights to post too. I'm going to start doing Perma as well as Prek.


Oh I know it's better than me, and yeah that hand was ****ed up, but I don't consider it a character, but whatever. Ok but instead of just saying it's horrible or you want to rip your eyes out if you see it.....tell me WHAT is...like I really don't know what I'm doing wrong, it all looks like the stuff I see anywhere, in town or on the net...

Elemental106
02-23-2008, 12:51 AM
Izi, Hunter, Sebum, and Brandon.

Please, just.. DEFINE FOR ME WHAT STRAIGHT EXACTLY IS! I did my straight wrong didn't I? with the vekt thing a couple pages back. I am one confused little person. Sebum, you told me to draw straights like block busters to start out, but you just posted your straight :( and it doesn't look like a block buster thing.

Sev7n
02-23-2008, 01:24 AM
Straight letters are anything from Blockbusters (generally just called blockbusters or rollers) to what I did which are a modified straight, nothing special. Straights are just, well.. straight.

Izi
02-23-2008, 01:28 AM
Izi, Hunter, Sebum, and Brandon.

Please, just.. DEFINE FOR ME WHAT STRAIGHT EXACTLY IS! I did my straight wrong didn't I? with the vekt thing a couple pages back. I am one confused little person. Sebum, you told me to draw straights like block busters to start out, but you just posted your straight :( and it doesn't look like a block buster thing.

Block busters are a font, like the Hollywood thing...

Straights are usually straight like fonts, with little weird stuff....like no weird jumbles and messes. Just normal looking...like my Truth piece, or the Joke one...

Elemental106
02-23-2008, 02:28 AM
Hahaha yeah it's pretty late over here but I was thinking to check the Cafe after watching about 2 hours worth of Rob and Big before I head to bed. It turns out I ended up doodling and created this cool little thing. Actually, this looks huge after I scanned it.. so I guess it's not little. Haha and yes, I know there is some wrong proportions here.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/BlackRosetta/fun001.jpg

soap
02-23-2008, 06:04 AM
I've already hown you all what straight letters are. Sev7n i dont know where your getting your straight definitions from but this is normal straight graff:

http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/photos/truespin_rockstokie.jpg

Anything beyond that, or a time new roman font straight letter are not straights. If you start adding extensions you going away from straights. Get it?

Izi
02-23-2008, 12:29 PM
http://a231.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/59/l_5fe8a68ac3a67f91c75c8e5ba16afac6.jpg

New one I just thre out...enjoy.

Sev7n
02-23-2008, 12:35 PM
Your letters are all different shaped and bad colors. Seriously. Look one post above yours and BITE THE LETTERS until you form your own style. Mess with those to form letters that you have and they don't.

Hunter7
02-23-2008, 01:21 PM
so we need to bite them until we get our own style

Elemental106
02-23-2008, 01:48 PM
wait... :( I don't need to get a new style right?.. I like how I did that one above, and it was from my own thoughts.. at 2:30 in the morning..

Soap, did I do my straight one right? It's on this page... http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=21644&page=85

Izi, have you noticed that for your capo in all of the attempts, the letters get bigger towards the O area?

Izi
02-23-2008, 02:34 PM
wait... :( I don't need to get a new style right?.. I like how I did that one above, and it was from my own thoughts.. at 2:30 in the morning..

Soap, did I do my straight one right? It's on this page... http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=21644&page=85

Izi, have you noticed that for your capo in all of the attempts, the letters get bigger towards the O area?

hahaha now that you say it, YES I do notice it....

The problem guys ok, Sev7n mainly is well I'm like outta colors lol....so those were just used to give it color. If I had more markers it coulda been better probably....but whats the matter with the letters. I'm confused...

Sev7n
02-23-2008, 03:05 PM
If you don't have good colors (e.x. DecoColor, Zig paint's, you know..) then don't use colors. Sharpies and a lot of Prismas bleed excessively if used improperly. Just work on black and white block letters. Bite basics until you can form your own ideas.

And Gloria, the letters are bent inward so bent the extensions inward. Although it looks extremely sloppy. :o

soap
02-23-2008, 03:16 PM
If you don't have good colors (e.x. DecoColor, Zig paint's, you know..) then don't use colors. Sharpies and a lot of Prismas bleed excessively if used improperly. Just work on black and white block letters. Bite basics until you can form your own ideas.

And Gloria, the letters are bent inward so bent the extensions inward. Although it looks extremely sloppy. :o

I dont have those type of markers? all i have is £2 plain colour ones? i must be wank.

Here. This is brilliant to show you lot what a simple is:
http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blogimages/alphabet.jpg

Anyone posts anything more than those simples when there posting simples. I vouch for the thread to be shut because it's embarrassing.

Elemental106
02-23-2008, 03:31 PM
If you don't have good colors (e.x. DecoColor, Zig paint's, you know..) then don't use colors. Sharpies and a lot of Prismas bleed excessively if used improperly. Just work on black and white block letters. Bite basics until you can form your own ideas.

And Gloria, the letters are bent inward so bent the extensions inward. Although it looks extremely sloppy. :o

waiit the letters aren't bent inward... =/ maybe I'm just not getting this haha...and yes.. I tend to make things very sketchy-like.

So do I have to get a new style?

Hunter7
02-23-2008, 03:33 PM
you dont have to do anything
im working on mine right now though

Elemental106
02-23-2008, 03:40 PM
you dont have to do anything
im working on mine right now though

The thing I did counts as my own style though, right?

Izi
02-23-2008, 04:23 PM
I dont have those type of markers? all i have is £2 plain colour ones? i must be wank.

Here. This is brilliant to show you lot what a simple is:
http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blogimages/alphabet.jpg

Anyone posts anything more than those simples when there posting simples. I vouch for the thread to be shut because it's embarrassing.

On Skateboard-city.com they said I should start doing bar simple/straights, you know like broken up ones. Should I do that stuff now?

7evenUp
02-23-2008, 04:29 PM
^well, you drew it... therefore it must be your style


gaah i need a name...
i did a 7evenup one anyway the other day, just found it:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/toeflip-Still001.jpg
simple enough?

Izi
02-23-2008, 04:56 PM
^well, you drew it... therefore it must be your style


gaah i need a name...
i did a 7evenup one anyway the other day, just found it:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/toeflip-Still001.jpg
simple enough?

Yeah you need like a pimp name, like blaaaaaaahhhhhh...or you know whatever....

Sev7n
02-24-2008, 12:03 AM
Phillip fix your extensions.. multicolored extensions unless they're sort of like stars fading look like poo generally unless you're very good with the colors. Izi, do normal straights. Simples, like soap posted.

Izi
02-24-2008, 03:18 PM
Ok little bar/simple/straight throw up... http://a162.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_2533345cc1c2282f64b01a31a0df1219.jpg

le electric chr
02-24-2008, 03:21 PM
no more shadows/3d/whatever izi

Izi
02-24-2008, 03:28 PM
no more shadows/3d/whatever izi

Why? the 3d and shadow I think make it look 3 times better..?

7evenUp
02-24-2008, 04:02 PM
^you should be able to draw things that look good without any effects is my guess

Izi
02-24-2008, 04:37 PM
^^^Haha, I can draw good though, I just added effects to make it BETTER...You can be the best painter in the world, but you can still add stuff to make it better?



I think he wants me to just try them in the most simple of forms, but I always like adding that stuff because I don't like have pieces that aren't all I can put into it...

Sev7n
02-24-2008, 06:17 PM
Simples at the most might have an outline. Don't put extensions. Yours are mad sloppy too.

FightFlyCrow
02-24-2008, 06:43 PM
I would just like to point out it is impossible to do graf with a set of markers and paper.

Izi
02-24-2008, 07:32 PM
I would just like to point out it is impossible to do graf with a set of markers and paper.


Hunh?

Necromortis
02-24-2008, 07:44 PM
^Kayce is talking about the idea that in order for it to be graffiti, it should be on a wall, not on a sketchpad in your bedroom.

This thread is embarassing :P

~Necro

EnigmaticSkatin
02-24-2008, 08:08 PM
This thread is embarassing as hell.

I feel like going out and just side busting and hacking every writer in this city.

Izi
02-24-2008, 08:23 PM
This thread is embarassing as hell.

I feel like going out and just side busting and hacking every writer in this city.



Dude I'm confused how all of you are saying you're so embarassed....when you look back, and the most frequent name I see is you Enigma...

Necromortis
02-24-2008, 08:27 PM
Yeah, but he's not embarrassed cause of his stuff. No offense, but most of the recent stuff on here hasn't been quality at all.

We're elitist. It's a sad fact.

~Necro

Izi
02-24-2008, 08:51 PM
Yeah, but he's not embarrassed cause of his stuff. No offense, but most of the recent stuff on here hasn't been quality at all.

We're elitist. It's a sad fact.

~Necro

Ok then I'll go back 70 pages....because all of your stuff, save maybe soap and fly! had stuff on here that was "crap" "embarassing" or not "up to quality".....we all have to start somewhere. And it's not cool to get on this place and down us all. That and the fact I don't see how much stuff is THAT bad...SOMEHOW it is, even though I can go on 30 other graffiti sites and the stuff looks the same...

Sev7n
02-24-2008, 09:00 PM
Christian, elitists suck balls. But if you think about it, although everyone starts at the same note, most people will try to take advice from others. You keep doing most of the same stuff. It's been said repeatedly just to do black and whites, not colored and you still do color and you try to do more complex things than we'd say and you do them anyway. We're trying to help you better yourself (I sound like an adult who never had any friends haha.. gah.) and you're refusing our assistance.

Necromortis
02-24-2008, 09:03 PM
You can honestly tell me that you don't see the difference between these two simples?

You:
http://a162.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_2533345cc1c2282f64b01a31a0df1219.jpg

Dream:
http://www.dreamtdk.com/Photos/tracks_5.jpg

Your letters are unevenly spaced, aren't the same thickness, the bars don't have the same width, and your 3D doesn't make logical sense, especially not on your C.

If you want my suggestions - stop doing 3D. Don't even really color your pieces (I know that does get really annoying though, so sure you can color some, but you should be churning out simples like nothing). You need to learn basic letter proportion. Check out the letters Soap posted, or even just the letters on your keyboard. You want to emulate those - proper proportion, etc.

Once you actually get the hang of drawing letters, you can start playing with 3D. It's hard for some people to get, but look at the C. Here's my suggestion for that - pick an angle, and get a ruler. Now draw half inch lines from every joint that's on your letters. It may be easy to just start with straight downward lines and 45 degree lines. Then just follow the curves of your naturally proportioned letters.

In fact, because there's so many toys here, I'm going to make a really quick tutorial and post it up here. It'll be quick, but it'll make sense hopefully.

~Necro

EDIT: Sev7n - I'm not asking for help. The toys in this thread are. That's another thing - I hardly ever post my stuff because I work on it myself, realize what's wrong with it, and experiment. It seems a lot of the new guys want to jump in and immediately be good at Graff - it doesn't work like that. It takes AGES, it really does. Admittedly, I did the same thing for the first month or two when I started, but I actually took advice. Now - it's time for me to do the tutorial.

Sev7n
02-24-2008, 09:09 PM
Hahaha, alright no worries. But I was only directing the first part of what I said at you :o

The rest was for Izi. You're well past asking for help, for the most part anyway. I don't remember your recent work too well.

Hurry with the tutorial dawg

Hunter7
02-24-2008, 09:40 PM
EDIT: Sev7n - I'm not asking for help. The toys in this thread are. That's another thing - I hardly ever post my stuff because I work on it myself, realize what's wrong with it, and experiment. It seems a lot of the new guys want to jump in and immediately be good at Graff - it doesn't work like that. It takes AGES, it really does. Admittedly, I did the same thing for the first month or two when I started, but I actually took advice. Now - it's time for me to do the tutorial.

I'm taking Enigmatics advice and "biting it like a hamburger, once my moms computer restarts i will have my bite posted. I'm not really asking for help or wanting to immediately be good at it, i just posted what i had on hand at the time which happened to be from when i "wanted to jump in and immediately be good at Graff"
Merging doublepost
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Sinehremark/bite.jpg

Necromortis
02-24-2008, 10:01 PM
Tutorial time! Keep in mind this was a very quick tutorial, only about 30 minutes went into actually drawing everything, and then 30 minutes went into taking pictures and getting everything uploaded and watching the Academy Awards. *grins*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Necromortis/_0004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Necromortis/_0005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Necromortis/_0006.jpg

Enjoy,
~Necro

Izi
02-24-2008, 10:47 PM
You can honestly tell me that you don't see the difference between these two simples?

You:
http://a162.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_2533345cc1c2282f64b01a31a0df1219.jpg

Dream:
http://www.dreamtdk.com/Photos/tracks_5.jpg

Your letters are unevenly spaced, aren't the same thickness, the bars don't have the same width, and your 3D doesn't make logical sense, especially not on your C.

If you want my suggestions - stop doing 3D. Don't even really color your pieces (I know that does get really annoying though, so sure you can color some, but you should be churning out simples like nothing). You need to learn basic letter proportion. Check out the letters Soap posted, or even just the letters on your keyboard. You want to emulate those - proper proportion, etc.

Once you actually get the hang of drawing letters, you can start playing with 3D. It's hard for some people to get, but look at the C. Here's my suggestion for that - pick an angle, and get a ruler. Now draw half inch lines from every joint that's on your letters. It may be easy to just start with straight downward lines and 45 degree lines. Then just follow the curves of your naturally proportioned letters.

In fact, because there's so many toys here, I'm going to make a really quick tutorial and post it up here. It'll be quick, but it'll make sense hopefully.

~Necro

EDIT: Sev7n - I'm not asking for help. The toys in this thread are. That's another thing - I hardly ever post my stuff because I work on it myself, realize what's wrong with it, and experiment. It seems a lot of the new guys want to jump in and immediately be good at Graff - it doesn't work like that. It takes AGES, it really does. Admittedly, I did the same thing for the first month or two when I started, but I actually took advice. Now - it's time for me to do the tutorial.

Now I necessarily didn't say that piece...such as my truth piece, even Sev7n said he liked that, also you're comparing me to someone who's probably been tagging for years, or at least longer than my 3 weekish..

Now I admit it will take a long time, but just as long as you guys...and being embarassed by people who will take on the new stuff, is kinda evil in sense. But whatever...

And the reason I do 3d, is because I do a crapload of it in Art and I'm pretty good at it, so I decided just to incorporate it....now here I just did two throws...what about these? (I did this before you said no color, no 3d)..

http://a854.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_2d33b8ce5a9c8cc0bfbc23d457c6f6ed.jpg

Elemental106
02-25-2008, 06:40 PM
I don't know why but the P in capo for the yellow part looks like a person taking a dump in the toilet. Sorry, just sharing that little though of the P.

krookedskater
02-25-2008, 06:57 PM
I might try something afterwards after trying some stuff out

Hunter7
02-25-2008, 07:05 PM
So... what do u think of mine, and krooked, do you have a name yet

Elemental106
02-25-2008, 11:25 PM
Hunter, you are improving tremendously :) or maybe it's because that one was just really simple. haha simple is good.

savedskater43
02-26-2008, 05:41 PM
hey i came up with a tag and all how do i make a stencil?

Sev7n
02-26-2008, 08:06 PM
cut out what you want to paint..

savedskater43
02-26-2008, 08:10 PM
the problem is that the bs are dotted where they should be and the o has a star in the middle

krookedskater
02-26-2008, 08:38 PM
exatco knife?

savedskater43
02-26-2008, 08:42 PM
whats exacto knife and how do i get the stars to stay in the middle when i cut the letter out?

elmo
02-26-2008, 08:46 PM
i dont tag, but i was bored and did this real quick. i dont know if it counts as graffiti, but w/e i already posted it :P

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/d0nvit0/th_sike.jpg (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/d0nvit0/sike.jpg)

Hunter7
02-26-2008, 08:58 PM
^ bravo
beautiful
to me at least

krookedskater
02-26-2008, 09:07 PM
welp here you go hope Im showing improvment..:)

Sev7n
02-26-2008, 09:33 PM
learn how to hold your pencil steady.

krookedskater
02-26-2008, 09:37 PM
haha yea I know i gotta work on that anything else?

savedskater43
02-26-2008, 09:41 PM
any help with making stencils and leaving the dots in Bs and stuff?

Necromortis
02-26-2008, 11:21 PM
^It's common sense, you need to have a trail leading from the inner dots to the outside letter, otherwise it's impossible to have a floating dot. There are literally hundreds of stencil making tutorials on the internet. Use the resources you have, and FIND one of them.

~Necro

savedskater43
02-26-2008, 11:38 PM
k thanks sorry for being dumb. plus rep lol

lachlan001
02-27-2008, 05:11 AM
Hey guys, looking good in this thread, its starting to come alive again!

Just thought Id let you know, Ive started writing again.
Ive been trying to upload some pics onto my compuer but my computer doesnt recognize the camera etc. So I cant get them on.
I'll try again tomorrow.

I have a few SEAR pieces but Ive changed my name to REB.

7evenUp
02-27-2008, 12:57 PM
ill post some simples later... gotta do homework first

Izi
02-28-2008, 01:25 PM
I did some stuff when I was sitting in french class...not my best but you can all judge 'em...

http://a109.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_42dcac21494e576bf62c090554103564.jpg


Then some more doodles I did, and I numbered them for all of your conviences...

http://a536.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/20/l_e646917a99f9b0849064a0575db5740f.jpg

http://a702.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/45/l_2ef41e2d518b9b5adfdf6eb1bd528495.jpg

7evenUp
02-28-2008, 01:48 PM
^learn how to draw straight lines, all your straight are like wobbly... and your circle-thingys on C's are never close to parrallel... work on those maybe...

nice that you took some advice tho

Izi
02-28-2008, 02:01 PM
^learn how to draw straight lines, all your straight are like wobbly... and your circle-thingys on C's are never close to parrallel... work on those maybe...

nice that you took some advice tho

Yeah those were just doodles, I just wanted to see if you guys like it, I'll take some of those and put them into real works. Especially since I did them with Pen, and fast in class, they're not the best.

Also the C thing, what do you mean? On a circular thing, why would I have parallel lines?

7evenUp
02-29-2008, 02:53 PM
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/real7up.png
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/sike.png
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/7upfat.png
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/realfat.png
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/done.png

been busy... gosh photographing pencil sucks when you getreflections


oh and feel free to harass me, i know i would

Izi
02-29-2008, 03:38 PM
1=like alot, but looks a lot like a graphic-logo thing more than a tag.

4=Like the R and thats it really, the A is cut off, though I do like the background on it.

The sike thing is pretty cool, nice little style on it.

The next 7up is my favorite, really no problem there, just color, and work on perfect lines.

The next Real is a little sloppy, and I still only really like the R, and the E a bit, the A and the L need work(L is too thick on the bottom) and the A is too sketchy.

the last one is a cool concept and design, just the letters need work, the only almost perfect letter on there is the D.


I'd say pretty good overall, just work on straighter lines, and a little more style.

sskatess
02-29-2008, 05:18 PM
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8752/p1010261xl3.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010261xl3.jpg)
simples, first attempts ever, btw i did them from bottom up.
ARGH either too big or too small
and yeah the SC banner

oh and about "reply" i did these in german and it was the first english word i saw lol.

Sev7n
02-29-2008, 06:19 PM
Great start! and reply isn't a bad name mate.

7evenUp
02-29-2008, 06:21 PM
any more comments on mine? like advice what to work on?

Sev7n
02-29-2008, 06:35 PM
Don't make them really short, yours look weird.

7evenUp
02-29-2008, 06:37 PM
în what way short... like a longer tag, or stretch them out to the top? or how

Izi
02-29-2008, 06:57 PM
Just some stuff...

http://a344.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/39/l_65ba496461efd4d557bb479ab6153daf.jpg


http://a283.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/26/l_2419ef081eef6cad9dd7105de70640aa.jpg


http://a721.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/25/l_5416231208d3313a9567fdeae39f8050.jpg


A piece I did, wondering if you guys thought it was any good...

http://a872.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/120/l_c5f181c44228dab263ddcb405ffbbbdf.jpg

Necromortis
02-29-2008, 07:20 PM
^You're not listening. The second one and the last one are way too complex for you to even begin to tackle. The third one is simpler, and better. I'd play with the C and the O a little bit though.

For all the others - go simpler. The letters look horrible because you're trying too hard to add fancy add ons and bends and the like.

~Necro

Izi
02-29-2008, 07:36 PM
^You're not listening. The second one and the last one are way too complex for you to even begin to tackle. The third one is simpler, and better. I'd play with the C and the O a little bit though.

For all the others - go simpler. The letters look horrible because you're trying too hard to add fancy add ons and bends and the like.

~Necro


Well the last one is just a doodle piece. I know you all would probably turn it down. But beside that, wtf are you talking about. The other simples I did people liked. And number 2 picture, seemed almost perfect. Beside maybe a few wobbles, maybe. But the 3d is fine and I DID THE BARS THING. How is it THAT COMPLEX. It's not, at all. You do the bars, then have a vanishing point, and do lines towards it for 3d.

The first one I don't like a lot cause it's a little wobbly, but beside that what is the problem, people said that simple was fine, when I did it before.

And this Capo one(2nd pic), as I said before is pretty good, but it's like my Truth one from a while ago, and I got some praise for those.

I mean honestly I do all this stuff, and it looks like alot of graffiti I see. So I'm confused, are you all just giving me beef and heat because I didn't start dead flat simples helvectic font stuff? Like I have to work my way up and can't skip, even if it looks fine. Or what....

Cause pic 2, looks really good with the bars, 3d, etc....and I followed all the graffiti guides I've read before.

I'm not trying to fight, but honestly, I'm confused on how it is so complex, and so bad?

Necromortis
02-29-2008, 09:21 PM
I'll break the pictures' problems down picture by picture:

First picture - your letters are uneven thickness and height. For example, the C is really thick, and the A and the P are close but not quite the same thickness, and the O goes back to thick again (but not quite as thick as the C). See what I mean? Also, you generally don't put 3D lines coming off of a curve like you have on all four letters.

The second picture, if I didn't know you wrote CAPO, I would have assumed it said CAEO, with a badly done E instead of the P, because of how you've bent the P. That's what I mean. Don't try and bend your letters yet. Stand them all up straight. Slant them all one way. Maybe slant them in alternating directions. But don't start playing with actual letter structure until you've got a solid understanding of how letter proportions and flow work. You don't have to get rid of the 3D, but fix your letters!

Third picture - this one's actually okay. Nice basic throwup. I think the P and the C are kind of ugly though. And the O doesn't seem situated correctly either - play with that.

Fourth picture...where to start? Letter height and thickness, again. That's a major part, and it's why all the experienced cats tell toys to go simple, so you can develop an understanding of how letters work. Lose every single extension on every letter - they don't flow and detract from the piece. The 3D is fine, don't worry about that, and the outline/goo deal is pretty solid as well. Lose the quotes, it's one of the marks of a toy, or a king. Same with crowns. If you're not a king, you shouldn't be using them. Finally, the patterns in the 3D distract the eye and are just straight ugly - they make the piece appear way too busy and discombobulated. Lose them.

Those are the problems with your pics. Just cause people you show your pieces to 'like them' doesn't mean they're good. Not many people are remotely educated about graffiti, and stuff like the last picture may get a 'wow that's cool' from a few members of the public, but anyone who's actually into graffiti will want to cry.

I'm just trying to help, I'm not trying to fight either. I understand, we were all there at one point. Some of us just spend way longer in the beginner-toy phase, and then we move on to just regular toy, then we lose the toy status.

~Necro

Izi
02-29-2008, 09:57 PM
I'll break the pictures' problems down picture by picture:

First picture - your letters are uneven thickness and height. For example, the C is really thick, and the A and the P are close but not quite the same thickness, and the O goes back to thick again (but not quite as thick as the C). See what I mean? Also, you generally don't put 3D lines coming off of a curve like you have on all four letters.

The second picture, if I didn't know you wrote CAPO, I would have assumed it said CAEO, with a badly done E instead of the P, because of how you've bent the P. That's what I mean. Don't try and bend your letters yet. Stand them all up straight. Slant them all one way. Maybe slant them in alternating directions. But don't start playing with actual letter structure until you've got a solid understanding of how letter proportions and flow work. You don't have to get rid of the 3D, but fix your letters!

Third picture - this one's actually okay. Nice basic throwup. I think the P and the C are kind of ugly though. And the O doesn't seem situated correctly either - play with that.

Fourth picture...where to start? Letter height and thickness, again. That's a major part, and it's why all the experienced cats tell toys to go simple, so you can develop an understanding of how letters work. Lose every single extension on every letter - they don't flow and detract from the piece. The 3D is fine, don't worry about that, and the outline/goo deal is pretty solid as well. Lose the quotes, it's one of the marks of a toy, or a king. Same with crowns. If you're not a king, you shouldn't be using them. Finally, the patterns in the 3D distract the eye and are just straight ugly - they make the piece appear way too busy and discombobulated. Lose them.

Those are the problems with your pics. Just cause people you show your pieces to 'like them' doesn't mean they're good. Not many people are remotely educated about graffiti, and stuff like the last picture may get a 'wow that's cool' from a few members of the public, but anyone who's actually into graffiti will want to cry.

I'm just trying to help, I'm not trying to fight either. I understand, we were all there at one point. Some of us just spend way longer in the beginner-toy phase, and then we move on to just regular toy, then we lose the toy status.

~Necro


Ahhhhhh finally, someone broke it down. Ok I get it. So it's not the 3d or anything, it's just how the structure flows. THANK YOU. Like seriously finally.

Necromortis
02-29-2008, 11:16 PM
Hahaha, it's all good. You can do simples with 3D, but the simples help you understand/learn proper letter proportions and structures, which in turn help you create letters that actually flow.

~Necro

Sev7n
02-29-2008, 11:21 PM
lolol.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/Dc92/piggy.jpg

nasty!

soofadude
03-01-2008, 02:50 AM
you guys are so good

Sev7n
03-01-2008, 10:39 AM
we're not even that good, most of us anyway. mine isn't horrid but the e and a are different sizes from the rest of the letters..

although i do like that punchline.

Izi
03-01-2008, 03:01 PM
I did some simples http://a536.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_7b33a443df270464b19bd5bb4fcef59f.jpg http://a550.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/20/l_4fc5e6cc7035e48b17137d9e25a8a5b5.jpg http://a932.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/105/l_713cc748e7ea6277645a1a8f3676b91b.jpg

lachlan001
03-01-2008, 05:33 PM
Izi, your 3d is way off.

But your letters are good, nice and simple.
On the first one, dont do rounded letters and straight 3D, doesnt look good.

Izi
03-01-2008, 06:00 PM
Izi, your 3d is way off.

But your letters are good, nice and simple.
On the first one, dont do rounded letters and straight 3D, doesnt look good.

Yeah ahah I don't even know why I posted it, I don't even like how it looks.

But how do you do rounded letters with 3d then?....and there not too bubbly so I didn't think it mattered much. I do the rounded because it looks much better in my opinion than hard edge tall simples....

Necromortis
03-01-2008, 07:46 PM
I suggest at least getting the hard edge simples because they'll help with your letter structure - currently your P is really off because of the rounded edges and the like.

~Necro

Izi
03-01-2008, 09:38 PM
I suggest at least getting the hard edge simples because they'll help with your letter structure - currently your P is really off because of the rounded edges and the like.

~Necro

Yeah on all of them the bottom is too rounded...
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Just a little simple


http://a780.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/4/l_7ab9b9d6c56b2e3474c92e4b87ccf5cb.jpg

Necromortis
03-01-2008, 10:00 PM
Getting better, work on your O.

I have to say though, I did literally hundreds of simples before I really even started bending my letters. That's the down and dirty that no one in the graff world really tells you.

Expect a new piece from me soon, I'm in the process of drawing it now

~Necro

Izi
03-01-2008, 11:24 PM
Getting better, work on your O.

I have to say though, I did literally hundreds of simples before I really even started bending my letters. That's the down and dirty that no one in the graff world really tells you.

Expect a new piece from me soon, I'm in the process of drawing it now

~Necro

Yeah dude I have hundreds more of simples in my black book that are just for working on, then I just combine my best skills and make a simple that I'll post on here. And Yeah I know you didn't want me to do bending, but I tried really hard, and eh I say it looks pretty good.
Merging doublepost
New simple..

[BTW I can't wait to see some of your stuff Necro]


http://a523.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/39/l_aea0f3c14a3d89c8d9d1160d05e97f2a.jpg

Necromortis
03-01-2008, 11:28 PM
I like that one. It's simple, and it's clean. Good job.

Finished the basic outline on my piece, but then I took a break to watch The Godfather Part II (disc two), and so now I'm working on the 3D, outline, and colors.

~Necro

Izi
03-01-2008, 11:40 PM
I like that one. It's simple, and it's clean. Good job.

Finished the basic outline on my piece, but then I took a break to watch The Godfather Part II (disc two), and so now I'm working on the 3D, outline, and colors.

~Necro

Thanks man, and I'm like ancy waiting for your piece...

Necromortis
03-02-2008, 01:01 AM
It's finished, but I have no camera right now. I'll take a picture and upload it later tonight, when my camera returns with my dad (who's flying back from Seattle).

~Necro

Sev7n
03-02-2008, 01:24 AM
How much longer do you expect to be?

Necromortis
03-02-2008, 01:37 AM
It's here! Muahahaha.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Necromortis/Graffiti/_0008.jpg

Opinions are of course welcome.

~Necro

lachlan001
03-02-2008, 01:41 AM
I'll try and post some pics of my stuff later, gotta install my mums camera stuff on my computer.

Yeah dude I have hundreds more of simples in my black book that are just for working on, then I just combine my best skills and make a simple that I'll post on here. And Yeah I know you didn't want me to do bending, but I tried really hard, and eh I say it looks pretty good.
Merging doublepost
New simple..

[BTW I can't wait to see some of your stuff Necro]


http://a523.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/39/l_aea0f3c14a3d89c8d9d1160d05e97f2a.jpg

Izi, that piece is way better, I like it.
But keep working on your 3D.
The 3D on the C is pretty weird, down the bottom of it the 3D is bigger than down the side. If you know what Im saying, its hard to explain over the internet.

Elemental106
03-02-2008, 01:49 AM
Mmmm. This is the picture I said I'd post but forgot to post... I drew this before I even started this whole graffiti thing haha I like ittt except the R looks like an ugly bastard and the DES in Design are bigger than the other letters.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/BlackRosetta/fun002.jpg
btw, if you notice there's a little shift in the line under the line of my name, my last name was supposed to be there but I edited it out and put over a different line part because I'd like it if people didn't stalk me.

EDIT: Christian! That's a really good one =] *nudges* now go draw one with Vekt and give it to me so I can pretend I drew it. Hahaha kiddingg.

Sev7n
03-02-2008, 01:57 AM
Gloria, that hurts my eyes. :p

Christian. Those letters are ill but for some reason I don't like it.. hmm..

what markers did you fill the extensions with?

lachlan001
03-02-2008, 01:57 AM
Gloria, its good. Some of your lines are a little shaky though and I personally dont like how it curves to stay in the page. (Even if it wouldnt fit, its just my thoughts XD). Good work though. =]

Necro, thats freaking awesome, I love it.
BUT.
If it says ZULU, then..

1) The connection between the U and the L make it look like ZUZU.
2) The extension beneath the last U makes it look sorta like a Y.

Other than that, good work man =]

Sev7n
03-02-2008, 01:59 AM
^ lolol.. zuly.

Necromortis
03-02-2008, 02:02 AM
Yeah I'm aware of that extension on the last U making it look like a Y. I tried to curb that a little bit by extending the U's lower line through most of the extension part. I'm not really seeing the problem with the extension on the L, but that's quite possibly because 1) I drew the thing, and 2) that's how I do all my upper case L's when I write cursive.

As for markers, I normally use Prismas, but I killed my red, and they bleed too much to do the yellow, so I used these things called 'Art Markers,' which I got from the local Michaels. They're double tipped and super sweet - like Prismas but...less bleeding and firmer, so it's harder to do nice fills with them (big fills that is). As for the black, I used just your regular Uniball Fine ballpoint pen for that.

Sev7n - figured out the reason you don't like it yet?

~Necro

EDIT: Upon review, I've extended the leftbound border line on the L upwards into the extension, so now it definitely looks nothing like a Z.

Elemental106
03-02-2008, 02:07 AM
Sebum, you asrscake, making fun of my n00bness.

I just noticed this but... how come the ink color is different at some parts? I would expect that the blue shows better and more of the original color at the direct paper-on-scanner area rather than on the side where the rings are because the rings lifted some of the page up from the screen, do you guys see that? the lighter blue on the G and the R in Graphic? That blue is supposed to be the original color =/ the other blue just looks bad to me. What's even weirder is that the wheel I drew next to "lala" is the same blue color AND it was directly on the paper part that was actually on the scanner. This pen is weird and has color changes =/ this is pretty confusing for me.

lachlan001
03-02-2008, 02:51 AM
^ lolol.. zuly.

It says ZULU not ZULY.
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http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/searrab005.jpg
Playing with letters.

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/searrab004.jpg
Muck around stuff

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/searrab003.jpg
A simple, tag, stuffed up the A on the piece.

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/searrab002.jpg

Old sear piece.

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/searrab001.jpg

Another old sear piece.
SORRY THE PICS ARE TO BIG, I DIDNT REALISE.
Crits?

Sev7n
03-02-2008, 12:34 PM
lachlan, i can read perfectly fine. i was commenting on what you had said about the u looking like a y.

and christian. are those art markers the ones that come in i believe an 18 pack, they have a short cap on the fine point and a long cap on the chisel tip and they're black in the center and have the gray text that say art marker? because i have those. i hate them, haha.

Necromortis
03-02-2008, 12:34 PM
No offense, but I really don't like your letters. They're just kind of...wack. Although I like the R's on the RAB piece that's...just pen and pencil.

Well they do come in an 18 pack plastic case, but the text is more silver than grey. But otherwise, yeah. Why do you hate them? They're pretty solid if you use them right.

~Necro

Sev7n
03-02-2008, 12:35 PM
^ check my post home boy.

:o

Izi
03-02-2008, 01:23 PM
It's here! Muahahaha.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Necromortis/Graffiti/_0008.jpg

Opinions are of course welcome.

~Necro

Meeeeeeeeeeeee likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... :icon_bunc

[backside]
03-02-2008, 04:08 PM
Necro got loads better....let me get on photobucket then ill post up some stuff

Necromortis
03-02-2008, 04:19 PM
^Thanks guys.

Sev7n - checked you post, you didn't say why you didn't like them :P

I'm probably going to be working on another piece today, so maybe expect another one from me. Just a way to put off homework.

~Necro

Sev7n
03-02-2008, 06:07 PM
Because I can't use them right hahaha. I'm not good with those markers, and the main thing I don't like about them is there's only a few blues and one or two purples and they're super dark.

soap
03-03-2008, 05:30 AM
I wish we could shut this thread.

Izi
03-03-2008, 11:33 AM
I wish we could shut this thread.


Woah...why?

7evenUp
03-03-2008, 11:55 AM
^cause theres barely anything of qualitiy in here, at least not in the last few pages

Izi
03-03-2008, 03:27 PM
^cause theres barely anything of qualitiy in here, at least not in the last few pages


I'm sorry, I mean we're trying?


It's better than putting our stuff that we started with up on walls with no guidance.

Now we can learn and etc....

lachlan001
03-03-2008, 04:25 PM
Im with Izi, I mean, atleast we're trying.
As if underoath started this thread so all the kings could come and post pics, atleast give us crits so we can improve sp that we can make our graffiti of good quality.

Elemental106
03-03-2008, 05:47 PM
I wish we could shut this thread.

Tom that is very unencouraging.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/BlackRosetta/fun003.jpg

In Global Studies class, this is what I do when we talk about nothing. I'm doing better.. I hope.

soap
03-03-2008, 06:13 PM
Tom that is very unencouraging.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/BlackRosetta/fun003.jpg

In Global Studies class, this is what I do when we talk about nothing. I'm doing better.. I hope.


Soap*

I stick by my guns. This thread has turned to wank and it's disgusting. No-one has taken heid of anyone full on. Im embarrassed for this thread.

Necromortis
03-03-2008, 07:18 PM
^That'd had better not be referring to me man ;)

~Necro

krookedskater
03-03-2008, 07:38 PM
Soap*

I stick by my guns. This thread has turned to wank and it's disgusting. No-one has taken heid of anyone full on. Im embarrassed for this thread.

does this include me?:(

Fakie Flip
03-03-2008, 09:27 PM
Eh..
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9558/fataltreeew4.png


Webcam screenshot :P

Izi
03-03-2008, 09:31 PM
Soap*

I stick by my guns. This thread has turned to wank and it's disgusting. No-one has taken heid of anyone full on. Im embarrassed for this thread.

Well, dude, then why do you come in here?

I've seen your stuff, and seriously, it's amazing. But you were at the same point we were once too. EVERYONE has to be a toy/noob once, no matter how good you are now, you were once a toy.

EnigmaticSkatin
03-03-2008, 09:33 PM
Fakie Flip

Thumbs Up.

the F. and A. are average.

So good job.

Izi
03-03-2008, 09:37 PM
Eh..
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9558/fataltreeew4.png


Webcam screenshot :P


Woah not bad man...looks very LA-style Tribal-nesque...

Hunter7
03-03-2008, 09:43 PM
Well, guess what happened today, i was riding through Appalachain (sp?) State University, AND SOMEONE DID A THROWUP OF META. Since it is so close from boone to raleigh, i believe it is time for a new name. My Idears were FATE, Site, and Drama

Izi
03-03-2008, 09:52 PM
Well, guess what happened today, i was riding through Appalachain (sp?) State University, AND SOMEONE DID A THROWUP OF META. Since it is so close from boone to raleigh, i believe it is time for a new name. My Idears were FATE, Site, and Drama


Drama, definitely not, it sounds too Teenie Bopper....umm Fate's ok, Site's pretty cool.

Give me some more those aren't TOO strong...

Fakie Flip
03-03-2008, 10:01 PM
Woah not bad man...looks very LA-style Tribal-nesque...

Thanks.. not my usual style just tryin some new stuff out i normally have rounded edges and 28367383 extentions, def not my best just keepin my flics off the net for now

Sev7n
03-03-2008, 10:17 PM
Fate is taken, and look up Drama from Law1 in Philly.. he'd cut your neck out and shove it up your *** for taking his name. Site might do okay.

easy rider
03-04-2008, 04:06 AM
man i tag and bomb all the time its sweet to c ya tag go past on a train or bus:icon_2gun

Naive
03-04-2008, 01:14 PM
Hey hows it going

Erm, well I dont know many girls who graffiti (well actually just two lol) but I like it alot, just looking at graffitis on big walls and tags, although I dont like tags on house walls and that kind of stuff very much.. around here there are loads and it makes the city look dirty (I like tags, just in places where they dont disturb).

Anyway as I quite like graffiti when I'm bored I try somethings myself, although its not much, usually I dont even finish them or colour them. But I enjoy it alot and I'd loooove to do my own piece some day, but I somehow cant picture myself hahah.

Here they are, mostly done in class:
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5248/penny1pui7.jpg

sorry about the blurriness :S
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9011/pennycv6.jpg

(the ny wouldnt fit)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3135/penoc0.jpg

did this for a friend, its her surname
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3769/boheracl7.jpg

for another friend, his online nickname
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8074/undeadbornpennycj4.jpg


PS:
EVERYONE has to be a toy/noob once, no matter how good you are now, you were once a toy.

Umm not all noobs are toys and not all toys are noobs, even if it is usually the case.

7evenUp
03-04-2008, 01:47 PM
what about "Stein" as a name?
Merging doublepost

PS:


Umm not all noobs are toys and not all toys are noobs, even if it is usually the case.

he meant toy OR noob by the /

Hunter7
03-04-2008, 02:02 PM
Drama, definitely not, it sounds too Teenie Bopper....umm Fate's ok, Site's pretty cool.

Give me some more those aren't TOO strong...

The whole thing behind site is that i have 20/13, which is like... the best vision

I was thinkin Mace or Mase, but i think those are taken
Maya (the Indian word for tempation)
Antic/Antics
Spare
Evo
Evolve
Kench
Cyborg(probably taken)
Merging doublepost
and i like acro

7evenUp
03-04-2008, 02:06 PM
^i like maya, and acro...


i was thinking Vilsa, Effect, or Stein
are those bad?

Naive
03-04-2008, 02:06 PM
he meant toy OR noob by the /

i was referring to the last bit, "no matter how good you are now, you were once a toy." but nevermind..

I like the name Stein, although it makes me think of marvel heroes lol

Spare and Acro are also ok imo.

7evenUp
03-04-2008, 02:09 PM
^lol stein is matter of fact german for Stone or Rock, i just looked around randoly, saw a stone, and kinda liked it as a tag, lol

Hunter7
03-04-2008, 02:34 PM
OK i'll take dibs on Acro and Site

Izi
03-04-2008, 03:29 PM
^^ Ha I have 20/13 too...pimp.

Also Spare is pretty cool. But I'm pretty damn sure Evo is someone, and he had a crew named Evolve....In the Boston area...Just for the info.

Fakie Flip
03-04-2008, 03:35 PM
Acro is taken shes sick as fk, check out the 666 thread on bombing science her stuff floods it
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(the ny wouldnt fit)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3135/penoc0.jpg


LOVING that at first thought it was just trees and looked at it for a few and realized its letters SICK

7evenUp
03-04-2008, 03:36 PM
oh btw, i need to know some good markers, if possible some that i could probably get in germany by any chance

*/impossibletask

kaithxbai.

Sev7n
03-04-2008, 03:51 PM
Hah, you can't touch Acro man. 666 crew all day!

Elemental106
03-04-2008, 05:19 PM
Screw you guys. I decided on Optus for another. Don't take it or I'll hunt you down and beat you with a lead pipe consisting of metal spike attachments.

Sev7n
03-04-2008, 06:21 PM
Those letters will bite your *** 100%.

Elemental106
03-04-2008, 06:26 PM
Those letters will bite your *** 100%.

PSH. Sebum.. it will work..somehow.

Where there's a will, there's a way!...usually.

Hunter7
03-04-2008, 06:57 PM
SO Site and Spare are mine now? or is spare taken too?

Sev7n
03-04-2008, 08:15 PM
Spare is taken but I've never seen site..

S, I, and T are annoying *** letters.. At least, I know for a fact I is, and S is gay for handstyles.

At least, wickeds.. but that's Philly style. what you know 'bout that? :o

Izi
03-04-2008, 08:26 PM
SO Site and Spare are mine now? or is spare taken too?

Spare I wouldn't doubt would be taken, but it's really badass and the letters are cool. But hey go for that. Use both names, like me with Truth and Capo.
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Spare is taken but I've never seen site..

S, I, and T are annoying *** letters.. At least, I know for a fact I is, and S is gay for handstyles.

At least, wickeds.. but that's Philly style. what you know 'bout that? :o


S's are fun, and I find I's REALLY easy...

And are Philly's like those long ones REALLY close together?

Other just long out ones, like mine, S would be simple.

Also I just did a little bubble letter of Spare & Site, and they actually look cool.

EnigmaticSkatin
03-04-2008, 08:38 PM
blah blah blah blah blah blah

I missed the battle. My bad.

Pffttt.

Im to lazy to draw **** in a blackbook

Plus

Some whack crook stole my blackbook

I know who took it

I know his tag cuz that fag rights his name crooked.

FOr real someone stole my blackbook

Heres an old cellphone flick i just found for you to peep.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/190/1007072357kb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Will post painted **** later.

zerohalo21
03-04-2008, 11:25 PM
It's here! Muahahaha.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/Necromortis/Graffiti/_0008.jpg

Opinions are of course welcome.

~Necro

I like this alot.... Good work...

lachlan001
03-05-2008, 03:55 AM
Well, dude, then why do you come in here?

I've seen your stuff, and seriously, it's amazing. But you were at the same point we were once too. EVERYONE has to be a toy/noob once, no matter how good you are now, you were once a toy.

Dued nevermind soap.
Your doing well. Soap bit half of his stuff.

7evenUp
03-05-2008, 12:50 PM
^he really does?

also, is Soko taken? or is repetition gay anyway?

Izi
03-05-2008, 12:57 PM
Soko I don't think is, but it's very Idk....

Solo, or Sozo, or Zoso, or Solzo, or Solz sounds cooler, if you like letters like that or something.

Also I'm working on a really cool piece right now, I'll show you later.

7evenUp
03-05-2008, 01:18 PM
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/7evenUp/Soko1Kopie.png
i did a soko one earlier anyway... i dont like it that much, especially the k

any advice? and am i improving at all?

soap
03-05-2008, 02:25 PM
Dued nevermind soap.
Your doing well. Soap bit half of his stuff.


lol when i started course i did you mongloid. back in the spring of 06. I bit everything. No more.

nah man i come back to this thread to see if anyone has decided to listen to any advise properly.

New flicks 2moro from me hopefully. Going painting with amog, nesk and sept.
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^he really does?

also, is Soko taken? or is repetition gay anyway?

seen.

7evenUp
03-05-2008, 02:35 PM
crap.



EDIT:hold on, is "crap" taken? lol

soap
03-05-2008, 02:49 PM
crap.



EDIT:hold on, is "crap" taken? lol

It is actually. By a writer from belfast...there's also someone from a place near Leeds who writes "bollock"!

7evenUp
03-05-2008, 02:56 PM
ah wtf.
any names that arent taken that i might take?

Noj
03-05-2008, 02:57 PM
There's way too many wack writers who don't follow the original graffiti regulations. No writing on private property, stick to the public spots. No writing on trees, that's just stupid. Challenging locations only, none of this easy obvious spot bs. I see every rule broken driving around town, and most writers have the most poorly developed styles to their letters. I mean, don't write if you don't have any calligraphic skills or style with the can. Not to mention the idiotic scribers ruining every piece of glass possible. Piecers I can dig. Writers are worthless.

Sev7n
03-05-2008, 03:03 PM
Some whack crook stole my blackbook

I know who took it

I know his tag cuz that fag rights his name crooked.

the ink i use might stink, but you gotta think, i got my props cause my tags don't shrink..

artifacts, haha.

i'm going to post straights in a bit, i know i keep saying i will and don't do it but meh.

and whoever asked, philly hands (wickeds) are the real compact tall ones that are generally very confusing.

Noj
03-05-2008, 03:17 PM
OZi548saT1M

Hunter7
03-05-2008, 07:25 PM
blah blah blah blah blah blah

I missed the battle. My bad.

Pffttt.

Im to lazy to draw **** in a blackbook

Plus

Some whack crook stole my blackbook

I know who took it

I know his tag cuz that fag rights his name crooked.

FOr real someone stole my blackbook

Heres an old cellphone flick i just found for you to peep.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/190/1007072357kb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Will post painted **** later.

i feel like ive seen that I before

EnigmaticSkatin
03-05-2008, 08:46 PM
**** that. Toys are worthless.

Hunter7
03-05-2008, 08:51 PM
? :( ???

EnigmaticSkatin
03-05-2008, 08:57 PM
i wasnt talkin to you. i was just throwing it out there because noj was talking about rule breakin.

and youve seen that i because its classic ny mild style.

Hunter7
03-05-2008, 08:59 PM
ok
i thought u were talking to me
but yea, it seemed familiar

Scrub11
03-05-2008, 09:58 PM
just finishing up my first two tries. they will be up in a few.
Merging doublepost
1s time doing any sort of graffiti. any advise would be awesome. i dont really like my s and c. just my initials, any good words that look good? again, please give me tips.

<a href="http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/Scrub11/?action=view&current=scan0001.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/Scrub11/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Merging doublepost
sry one one

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/Scrub11/scan0001.jpg

Sev7n
03-05-2008, 10:23 PM
..owww.

read the previous..

entire thread.

Izi
03-05-2008, 11:02 PM
New piece, I'm not getting color till Sunday, so I thought I'd just post the ink now.

I'll color when I can and post it then, but here ya go..

http://a506.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/117/l_96410c621630cc75ade1f6dce2f2cc89.jpg

7evenUp
03-06-2008, 10:03 AM
New piece, I'm not getting color till Sunday, so I thought I'd just post the ink now.

I'll color when I can and post it then, but here ya go..

http://a506.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/117/l_96410c621630cc75ade1f6dce2f2cc89.jpg

its sick i guess... but its just too much of.. blargh like, anything. try making something simpler that looks equally awesome


EDIT: and soap already uses truth

soap
03-06-2008, 10:38 AM
its sick i guess... but its just too much of.. blargh like, anything. try making something simpler that looks equally awesome


EDIT: and soap already uses truth

eh?

I wirte TRIE and SABO-T

Naive
03-06-2008, 02:19 PM
Izi I like it but its a bit over the top..

Oh and its long jetty that uses Truth
take a look, he kicks ***
http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=21644&page=20
http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=21644&page=28

7evenUp
03-06-2008, 03:11 PM
i swear ive seen truth in here earlier...

EDIT: yeah, long jetty it was.

Izi
03-06-2008, 03:31 PM
Yeah the stars might have done it, but It's just I wanted to resemble an old wall, king of like years of tagging done there. It's my style-clutter and weird alien characters lol :tongue:

And yeah I knew someone here had Truth, someone told me early, but It's my tag I use around here along with Capo, because it was my first name. I mean jetty lives no where near me, so theres no point in not using that name. And I don't post any of my truth stuff on here, only 2 pieces ever of my truth stuff have been here, and I only post 'em because there good.

I think once there's color, it'll look much better, cause the stars will blend with color rather than look like clutter.

Scrub11
03-06-2008, 06:02 PM
what page do you guys explain how to start graffiti?

Necromortis
03-06-2008, 07:59 PM
^There isn't one. You just start.

~Necro

Scrub11
03-07-2008, 01:14 AM
is SULZ taken? or does it matter?

7evenUp
03-07-2008, 08:19 AM
goddamn i still need a good name...

i suppose word is taken?
what about mood?

soap
03-07-2008, 08:34 AM
goddamn i still need a good name...

i suppose word is taken?
what about mood?

moods a swedish writer.

If you want a name do something that is meaningfull to you. Then look for alternative words to write for that word.

I.E
you wanna write first but need something differant because first is taken.

Try native
or one

like that.

lachlan001
03-07-2008, 11:19 PM
www.bombtheworld.net
Graffiti game for any who wanna play.

Hunter7
03-10-2008, 07:15 AM
^ it wont let me log in after i created an account, and you have to have an account to play.

Sev7n
03-10-2008, 07:52 PM
i hated that game, but to each his own. loading flicks to the pc as i type, look for them soon. its just hands but you know.

EnigmaticSkatin
03-10-2008, 08:26 PM
Try writing on **** that isnt yours to. Thats youknow, graffiti...

Sev7n
03-10-2008, 08:31 PM
^ me? or was that directed to someone else?

Izi
03-11-2008, 12:55 AM
All new stuff..


http://a519.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_c9b4de042fa6cb20ff806e82265d6ed6.jpg

http://a931.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/55/l_8e71a7dd858aba30488e2c093e3f9cca.jpg

http://a784.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/3/l_dac52dee402e1ba6f9f837ea58493a4f.jpg

lachlan001
03-11-2008, 05:47 AM
Lol Enigmatic.
If that was directed at me, then..
Think again, I do, do you know, graffiti.

7evenUp
03-11-2008, 01:50 PM
All new stuff..


http://a519.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_c9b4de042fa6cb20ff806e82265d6ed6.jpg

http://a931.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/55/l_8e71a7dd858aba30488e2c093e3f9cca.jpg

http://a784.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/3/l_dac52dee402e1ba6f9f837ea58493a4f.jpg

dude, those colors ruined it... they look weird.

Izi
03-11-2008, 03:32 PM
dude, those colors ruined it... they look weird.

Really?

The last one I sort of agree, I tried to do like a 80's-90's color scheme, but it didn't turn out perfect.

And the "01.20.09=Bush's Last Day" one, I thought had a pretty cool color scheme.

But the Truth one seem's perfect?

Cool Colors, then orange/yellow to pop it..?

krookedskater
03-11-2008, 03:44 PM
good colors I think execpt for the last one

Elemental106
03-11-2008, 04:22 PM
Ehh I don't know Iz, I'm not feeling it.. the colors remind me of barf =/

Izi
03-11-2008, 05:10 PM
Ehh I don't know Iz, I'm not feeling it.. the colors remind me of barf =/

ALL the color schemes?

like the middle one is just cool colors?

Sev7n
03-11-2008, 06:19 PM
izi. STRAIGHT LETTERS. or you could quit. that's an option.

Izi
03-11-2008, 07:01 PM
izi. STRAIGHT LETTERS. or you could quit. that's an option.


THEY ARE STRAIGHT LETTERS(with maybe a few extensions)...well except the last one...

Ok the last one failed, period.

Sev7n
03-11-2008, 07:06 PM
straights are simples. Not with the retarded color dysfunctions and extensions and things going on inside them.

Izi
03-11-2008, 07:20 PM
straights are simples. Not with the retarded color dysfunctions and extensions and things going on inside them.

Ok the color on the truth one seems perfectly fine, its a cool color palet, with orange stars, wth is the problem with stars?

And on the 01.20.09 one I use extensions to show something that looked like a hole for the hole in the numbers, I thought it was used well.

Next time I'll use like 2/3 colors, but if there wasn't the stars in the Truth one it'd look fine(I like the stars, but it does clutter a little).

EnigmaticSkatin
03-11-2008, 07:31 PM
bullets dont take bribes stupid they shoot ****!
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m7/enigmaticdawg/DSC_0009.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m7/enigmaticdawg/DSC_0005-1.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m7/enigmaticdawg/DSC_0002-1.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m7/enigmaticdawg/DSC_0094.jpg

Izi
03-11-2008, 08:41 PM
^lol at police, and cool at the paper, the paint was just mediocre.

Ok, STRAIGHTS, only 2 color palettes...

http://a363.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/l_b2037107ed02ddb91614eda6509aa742.jpg

Hunter7
03-11-2008, 09:08 PM
well seeing as my moms printer isnt working again, i can't scan, so here is something i did in photoshop. (note,it was supposed to say spare,but i ran out of room)

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Sinehremark/spar.jpg

and i know u r all gonna say,stay away from the drips

Sev7n
03-11-2008, 10:25 PM
^ my boy writes spar..

Enigmatic, your letters on the piece were alright but those hands.. ew.

Izi
03-11-2008, 10:30 PM
^ my boy writes spar..

Enigmatic, your letters on the piece were alright but those hands.. ew.

And mine...improvement?

Hunter7
03-11-2008, 10:45 PM
^ my boy writes spar..

Enigmatic, your letters on the piece were alright but those hands.. ew.

yea.. i just ran out of room for the e

CaptainCool
03-12-2008, 05:16 AM
izi. STRAIGHT LETTERS. or you could quit. that's an option.


Harsh bro, jus harsh. I've seen your crap. Not that great. So please think about things before you disrespect toys, such as yourself.

PWND

lachlan001
03-12-2008, 06:09 AM
^ I agree.
Sev7n goes around thinkin hes king.
I hate his letters. Im sure you hate mine to and I know Im toy as hell.
I dont care.
Merging doublepost
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/rule002.jpg

Crits pleasE?

soap
03-12-2008, 10:25 AM
New sketches and painmtings comin next week

trieone hand:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/729/goodhandyem0.png (http://imageshack.us)


new scien and klor custom adidas shoes (with new snake viv in back haha):
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4679/shoesdz6.png (http://imageshack.us)

Izi
03-12-2008, 11:59 AM
Harsh bro, jus harsh. I've seen your crap. Not that great. So please think about things before you disrespect toys, such as yourself.

PWND

Yeah agreed, and crits on my last piece anyone?

2788

Sev7n
03-12-2008, 03:18 PM
Harsh bro, jus harsh. I've seen your crap. Not that great. So please think about things before you disrespect toys, such as yourself.

PWND

Let's get this straight. I've never even seen you before. And you've seen nothing of my recent work. I'd upload my stuff, but I don't have a USB at the moment for my camera. So you think about it before you say who's a toy and who's not. Post up your work.

Izi. That's an improvement, try not to do such fat simples though. Try skinnier ones.

Oh, and Lachlan, when did I ever say I was a king? I'm nowhere near. As much as I despise your letters, it's not a completely horrible start. You really need to draw straighter lines though.

Izi
03-12-2008, 03:46 PM
Izi. That's an improvement, try not to do such fat simples though. Try skinnier ones.


You mean the whole letter including the 3d, or just the letter excluding the 3d skinner?

Because the 3d is a bit fat, but the letters are scrawny I thought. But ok.

And thanks, and thanks for the rep too.

Necromortis
03-12-2008, 03:49 PM
Sev7n - you are a toy, no denying it. Just like I'm a toy. Enit.

~Necro

soap
03-12-2008, 03:51 PM
Im still a toy.

Sev7n
03-12-2008, 03:57 PM
Sev7n - you are a toy, no denying it. Just like I'm a toy. Enit.

~Necro

I didn't deny it mate, why's everyone acting like I did..?

soap
03-12-2008, 04:04 PM
I didn't deny it mate, why's everyone acting like I did..?

So you think about it before you say who's a toy and who's not. Post up your work.
Implying your not a toy.

Your a tonka toy bredrin.

Izi
03-12-2008, 04:10 PM
Im still a toy.

But you're so good, when do you become "Not-a-toy"?

soap
03-12-2008, 04:13 PM
But you're so good, when do you become "Not-a-toy"?

cheers.

After a fair few years when people like...know your letters without having to read them..would be the best way to describe it.

I can upload some pictures of a bloke i know from my endz called replete...he's 30 odd and everyone knows his letters..just to sghow you

Izi
03-12-2008, 05:52 PM
cheers.

After a fair few years when people like...know your letters without having to read them..would be the best way to describe it.

I can upload some pictures of a bloke i know from my endz called replete...he's 30 odd and everyone knows his letters..just to sghow you

Yeah, ok.

And I'm guessing Kings are just ones that everyone knows there names...Zephyr, Sento, etc...

Anyone know any current Kings of NYC, or Boston?

Sev7n
03-12-2008, 07:59 PM
So you think about it before you say who's a toy and who's not. Post up your work.
Implying your not a toy.

Your a tonka toy bredrin.

Oh alright, I didn't mean for that to come out/be interpreted as that. Sorry then guys. If my camera stops being retarded, flicks later. Doing a fill now.
Merging doublepost
you guys have no clue how much better this looks in person.. camera blurred it. i'm going to fix it up a bit but for now.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/Dc92/erak1.jpg

nothing special.

Izi
03-12-2008, 08:01 PM
I did this, DON'T KILL ME...it's not a simple, but kind of like one with extensions, I saw this style on like 30 people on bombing science, but I'm not biting, all the extensions and whatnot are my ideas, just the letters are like those of this same style....also the colors are a little more compelling...

http://a995.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/14/l_0ad821b41184e971abe238645c7b405a.jpg

Edit:I hate how you can't see all the tiny details I do, it looks basically like crap on here...oh well crit it how it is.

Sev7n
03-12-2008, 08:10 PM
hah, you saw the wrek piece evade did I take it?

Izi
03-12-2008, 08:19 PM
hah, you saw the wrek piece evade did I take it?

No, I saw like 4 black book pieces in the middle of the toy black book thread, and wanted to try the style....what this evade?

Linky please...

Sev7n
03-12-2008, 08:55 PM
Evade

http://www.bombingscience.com/graffitiforum/showthread.php?t=4825

And Haze

Izi
03-12-2008, 09:18 PM
Woah awesome **** he did, but I fail to see how it would relate to mine, anywho...that was cool. Oh and btw your piece is pretty nice, all except that gold explosion at the end, too sketchy.

Sev7n
03-12-2008, 11:24 PM
That was to cover up for when the gold pen juiced alllll over my paper. But you know. Oh, I fixed the leg of the R so I'll have the update here by this time tomorrow.

And I guess it was the sort of wrapping smurf penises that reminded me of that piece. :o

Izi
03-13-2008, 12:53 AM
That was to cover up for when the gold pen juiced alllll over my paper. But you know. Oh, I fixed the leg of the R so I'll have the update here by this time tomorrow.

And I guess it was the sort of wrapping smurf penises that reminded me of that piece. :o


hahahaha lol.

CaptainCool
03-13-2008, 07:25 AM
well heres a throwie from early this year. i am now writing something different, but i should be posting a more recent sketch tomorow.

2792

Sev7n
03-13-2008, 06:17 PM
it's not completely terrible, but your hands are sloppy, your throws all have random things going on, and you can't read it.

Scrub11
03-13-2008, 06:52 PM
izi, in your truth one i think you should get rid of the green, it doesnt blend well with the orange or yellow. but besides that it looks pretty good.

EnigmaticSkatin
03-13-2008, 07:47 PM
If you guys are not going to listen to more experienced writers.

And arnet even gonna bother painting...

No excuses. Rusto in my back pack. Krink in my pocket.

soap
03-13-2008, 08:05 PM
If you guys are not going to listen to more experienced writers.

And arnet even gonna bother painting...

No excuses. Rusto in my back pack. Krink in my pocket.

standard.

TaBO39
03-13-2008, 08:41 PM
Naive is pretty sick ... but in math class i usually write alot of graffiti of random stuff haha

CaptainCool
03-14-2008, 04:46 AM
it's not completely terrible, but your hands are sloppy, your throws all have random things going on, and you can't read it.

i understand what u mean by the hands, but i dnt get what u mean about the throws. its not random, they all follow the same flow.

Izi
03-14-2008, 10:22 AM
If you guys are not going to listen to more experienced writers.

And arnet even gonna bother painting...

No excuses. Rusto in my back pack. Krink in my pocket.


Actually I paint this warehouse place and cardboard, but there not good enough to post yet.

Sev7n
03-14-2008, 03:25 PM
eni, i'm going out tonight if it doesn't rain.

CaptainCool
03-14-2008, 06:21 PM
it's not completely terrible, but your hands are sloppy, your throws all have random things going on, and you can't read it.

maybe you just cant read graffiti.

no beef.

Hunter7
03-14-2008, 09:41 PM
New sketches and painmtings comin next week

trieone hand:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/729/goodhandyem0.png (http://imageshack.us)


new scien and klor custom adidas shoes (with new snake viv in back haha):
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4679/shoesdz6.png (http://imageshack.us)

Dude how did you do the shoes, they are sick.

niftyneek
03-14-2008, 09:50 PM
i want to upload something but i have to hook my brothers new scanner up, lol

Sev7n
03-14-2008, 10:56 PM
maybe you just cant read graffiti.

no beef.

er.. how're you gonna say that and try to say no beef? i can read perfectly fine thank you.

letting my boy finish with his sketch then fill and stuff and then a hand or something then i'll upload flicks. it rained. :(

Hunter7
03-14-2008, 11:57 PM
sev7n can read...

Edit:
OOOO i'll post a hand, just let me make it in photoshop real fast

edit:
here, enigmatic already said to make the S smaller, but this is the only one i have at the moment

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Sinehremark/spare2.jpg

Sev7n
03-15-2008, 12:01 AM
as much as i don't like your hands, it's a start. keep developing with that.

my boy's letting the paint marker dry so he doesnt smear it then hes doing the outline so flicks up in a few.

Hunter7
03-15-2008, 12:02 AM
yea, i know they are bad... im trying to get the arrows and stuff to look good, and to work on different letter styles

Sev7n
03-15-2008, 12:04 AM
anything but arrows.. and if you do them, only one at a time. haha.

Hunter7
03-15-2008, 12:16 AM
lol, yea... seeing as my moms printer is broken, photoshop is all you will see in a while... but now its off to bed, havent slept more than 10 hours in the past 5 days
Merging doublepost
ok, how do you feel about underlines, i know enigmatic hates them, like.. what should i do to them,
this is one i just did, i had to straigten it out... i dont exactly think it is that good,
what should i do to fix it
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Sinehremark/spare3.jpg

Izi
03-15-2008, 01:04 AM
New one, I'm TRYING to get this damn style

http://a856.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/4/l_6f6972486b1c3db4eee9c7d3c40c022f.jpg

lachlan001
03-15-2008, 05:22 AM
Hunter, space out your letters a little bit.

Izi, you are showing an improvement.
Keep all your bars the same size though.

Naive
03-15-2008, 01:45 PM
Hmmm Izi I think maybe you should try perfectioning the letters before adding colour. Plus the color you use is kind of odd it makes it look really saturated and full.

Heres a birthday card I did for me mam jajaj
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4623/d107jb5.jpg

its not that much but I've liked the style so I'll try something else with it.

elmo
03-15-2008, 02:25 PM
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Sinehremark/spare2.jpg

can i ask how you made these?
what type of brush?
and did you use a table?
:cool:

Naive
03-15-2008, 03:15 PM
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2339/pennytagix1.jpg
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/9315/pennytag2ri6.jpg

Izi
03-15-2008, 03:41 PM
Hmmm Izi I think maybe you should try perfectioning the letters before adding colour. Plus the color you use is kind of odd it makes it look really saturated and full.

Heres a birthday card I did for me mam jajaj
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4623/d107jb5.jpg

its not that much but I've liked the style so I'll try something else with it.


What do you mean saturated and full?

Blue, purple, light blue? How much better color blend can you get?

soap
03-15-2008, 04:19 PM
Dude how did you do the shoes, they are sick.

I didn't do them. There a one of line of custom adidas shoes from a project called end to end, with scien, klor, atom e.t.c

Hunter7
03-15-2008, 05:36 PM
can i ask how you made these?
what type of brush?
and did you use a table?
:cool:

yep i used a tablet
it was a caligraphy brush, i think 20 thickness diagonal brush in photoshop

lachlan001
03-15-2008, 06:54 PM
What do you mean saturated and full?

Blue, purple, light blue? How much better color blend can you get?
The colours blend well, But what shes trying to say is your letters look to full, try perfecting the actual letters before colouring them.

Naive: The happy birthday piece is actually pretty good. I like how the 'birthday' bit looks all gumby.
On the photoshop tags, no offence, but I think you should quit 1 liners for now.

Hunter7
03-15-2008, 07:39 PM
I didn't do them. There a one of line of custom adidas shoes from a project called end to end, with scien, klor, atom e.t.c

ooooooooooooo
i want some of the DC artist projects BUT I CANNOT FIND OUT HOW TO BUY THEm

Sev7n
03-15-2008, 08:43 PM
http://a954.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/2/l_67dab2a4b6abaf48587bdde397bf9c81.jpg
http://a321.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/44/l_ffc082cf9c1356072333c0c37f910550.jpg

chyeah. collab with the young boy. ahahahaha.

lachlan001
03-15-2008, 11:26 PM
Sev7n - Fatten up your bars man. I reckon it'll look better. Theyre anorexic dude.

New pics soon, hopefully.

P.S Surge piece killllllls.
Dotn really like your tag on the pole but whatever, keep it up.
Merging doublepost
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/rulethrow.jpg
Sloppy sloppy throw-up, first time evre tryingto make it glossy. Crits on the tag too?

Sev7n
03-15-2008, 11:55 PM
the hand was alright, not liking the throw, would've looked nicer without the white. not bad though.

and by bars you mean the legs right?

lachlan001
03-16-2008, 12:04 AM
Well, not necesarily the legs.
No offence, but I find it hard to believe someone at your skill level doesnt know what bars are.
I did a little tut for you on what bars are. This is how you should draw letters [not necesarily simples like in this tutorial, but you should get the point] :
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff215/Lachy911/barstut.jpg

Sev7n
03-16-2008, 12:43 AM
i've only actually been into writing for like. 4-5 months at the most haha. thanks for that though.

Naive
03-16-2008, 09:06 AM
The colours blend well, But what shes trying to say is your letters look to full, try perfecting the actual letters before colouring them.

Naive: The happy birthday piece is actually pretty good. I like how the 'birthday' bit looks all gumby.
On the photoshop tags, no offence, but I think you should quit 1 liners for now.

Yeah thats what I was trying to say, that the letters made the colour look too full and not that good. Izi I think your letters should have more space for each one, and maybe a bit wider, cause they look like they've been pushed together or something.

Lachlan haha ok about the tags, but is it just because they trully suck or is there something specific that kills it?? Its just I love doing one liners so I'd like to get better at them.. anyway thanks.

Sev7n I like the surge one, nice!

Sev7n
03-16-2008, 11:39 AM
That's not me hahaha

soap
03-16-2008, 12:27 PM
I dont have a clue what bars are :s

I know fat letters and skinny letters..never heard the term bars before.

Sev7n
03-16-2008, 12:57 PM
that's what i said. :o

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/Dc92/makebattle.jpg

battle with a friend.