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I love graffiti and have done my whole life, so here's a thread about it.
Tagging is the calligraphic writing of one's name or alias. It is generally regarded as the earliest form of graffiti. No outline involved in the leter forms. Generally the fewer the syllables the better. Taggers write their own name/crew name. Some go for clarity, others let the can drip on purpose='drippers'.
Throw-ups consist of single letter outlines, executed at speed, sometimes just a single stroke and filled in with a solitary colour. There are tons of styles out there, most frequent is the 'bubble style' ie round forms.Block lettering from a can or with rollers or 'block busters' are in this category. Images eg faces/figures can be throw ups too.
Pieces are, in a nutshell, more detailed versions of throw ups. Very personal to the writers usually using modified letterforms of some kind. Can be done in 'wildstyle' - staright lettering, as in 70s NYC writers, but are seldom used nowadays.
Productions are pieces or a series of pieces tied together with a common background background. Often written by crews.
Here's an example of all of the above.
(Footnote: Pieces and Productions are generally coloured in((but not always)), but due to laziness issues they remain in black and white.)
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This stuff is amazing. I thought about doing a peice on a big peice of wood that I have in my garage, but I have no art stuff.
Before different colours were properly manufactured, I used to mix the paints myself. You should try car paints if all else fail. They are quite easy to come by, most garages will have them. They are pretty cheap and scrape off the surface quite nicely.
Since I don't see explicit nipples (cue giggling) I'm just going to do nothing
Lol
Posted as photography, I suppose! Unless the original artist has somehow made some written statement somewhere that no copies of their work could be reproduced in any way or form...which I somehow doubt.
The graffiti art I am referring to was done illegally, so do the artists have the right to withold people from using their images?
Anywho here is my the graffiti I saw when going round Sydney whilst on my travels, enjoy! There are quite a few images, so bear with me, I only posted the most impressive pieces.
Graffiti from the Land of Oz
Some nice lettering (that handsome fella behind the bin is yours truly)
This is a nice colab I saw, with some nice characters dotted in it. O there's that handsome fella again!
Here's a very impressive mural, a nice style.
Some more lettering, I liked the fill in this a lot.
A nice piece, with nice lettering.
Some nice characters, especially the cat.
Another mural, I really liked this one especially the border.
Some nice looking lettering, with an especially nice looking fella next to it.
Great character, I always think religious graff looks cool.
Good piece, with some nice bits.
This was probably me 2nd favourite piece I saw in Oz. I really liked the donkey character, some decent lettering too, with nice fill.
This mural was probably the best graffiti I saw when in Australia. From the date, I am assuming it is a tribute to all the Anzac servicemen and women who died fighting in Gallipoli. As far as my understanding goes, it is a very important thing for Australians, their equivalent of the Somme. Sobering and excellently realised.
Well that's all folks, but stay tuned, I recently found my camera from when I went travelling and have pics of graffiti the world over, next time, graff from South America.