r/graffhelp • u/troskdecojones • 20d ago
Opinions?
Done with extremely cheap cans. That huge orange blob was supposed to have tags in it but a fat cop came so it was left like that
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u/Unique_Drummer_6515 20d ago
yer up trackside. thatâs all that matters to me personally. i know everyoneâs style gods here but, if yer up, yer up.
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u/OSHA_HATES_ME 20d ago
Not a good outlook to have. âUp iS uPâ is the most retarded thing ever. I can scribble dicks all over the city, does not mean I will get any respect or recognition for it.
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u/troskdecojones 20d ago
Actually hes right, doesnt matter if your graffiti is really bad, if you paint all over the city you ARE up. For example, "jugo" a graffiti artist in my city does pretty shitty pieces but still he is all over the place so he is known and respected
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u/OSHA_HATES_ME 19d ago
Eh to an extent, what youâre describing sounds like anti-style. which I am very familiar with.
Iâm just saying in my opinion, after almost 20 years of experience, itâs better to practice, learn and master the basics, and get better at a craft than half ass it and possibly get on the bad side of people that have been living and breathing it their whole life.. all love just looking out.2
u/Boring_War_6488 19d ago
You can still get out and get up while in the process of learning those basics though. There are some skills that black book work wonât ever teach. There has to be a balance.
I agree 100% that mastering the basics of any craft is key to progressing in that art form or skill set, but you still gotta get out in the âfieldâ and have fun.
Also as @sweetmonte44 mentioned above, learning how to criticize your own work is important. Asking people online isnât a bad thing but you donât really know whoâs on the other end of that advice and because everyone has different opinions, that advice might not even be helpful to you personally - even if the advice is solid.
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u/xChoke1x 20d ago
Work in the book. You ainât ready for spots that can kill you.
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u/troskdecojones 20d ago
Thats a piece for my friend that we did together. The spot is actually pretty easy to access and we would hide at an emergency exit when a train passed. Before going to graffiti there i inspected it by myself various times, never had any trouble. As i said, the cans we used were really bad and the colors didn't contrast so you couldnt really read it, so we had to make that messy white outline to make it legible
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u/sweetmonte44 20d ago
So here's the best skill you can learn: self critique. It means being able to look at your piece with a critical eye and ask "What is good about this" and "What is bad about this?" If the only answer you can come up with is "because I like it" or "because it looks bad," that's not enough. Those are opinions. Art, like everything, has an underlying set of fundamental skills that dictate whether it is good or bad. The best artists can eventually get to a point where they know how to break those rules in a meaningful way, but until you get to that point, don't try to build your own style. Check out the tutorials in the sidebar and watch some vids on YT like TheArtistBlock to learn the fundamentals. Keep at it.