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Today's Vocabulary

Today's Vocabulary
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pissing - is the act of taking a refillable fire extinguisher and replacing the contents inside with paint, allowing for tags as high as around 20 feet.

throw-up or bombing - which is normally painted very quickly with two or three colors, sacrificing aesthetics for speed.

piece - is a more elaborate representation of the artist's name, incorporating more stylized letters, usually incorporating a much larger range of colors. This of course is more time consuming and increases the likelihood of the artist getting caught.

blockbuster or roller - is a large piece, almost always done in a block shaped style, done simply to cover a large area solidly with two contrasting colours, sometimes with the whole purpose of blocking other writers from painting on the same wall.

capping - when another graffiti artists goes over a piece in a matter of minutes with a simple throw-up.

wildstyle - a form of graffiti usually involving interlocking letters and connecting points.

beef - conflict between writers

Friday, March 4, 2011

Getting the hang of things...

Here is a re-post of Indigo graffiti design I did earlier.  I took a few weeks off to discover a method of drawing graffiti that works for me.  Now all I have to do is learn how to create those awesome authentic graffiti backgrounds. 
The one tool that helped me out the most was the graffiti alphabet that shows beginners what the letters should look like and how creative they look.  here is a picture...








Right now I'm working on a kick ass graffiti character that's both simplistic, but effective.
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