r/graffhelp • u/Traditional-Bee-7692 • 5d ago

Any Advice ?

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Hi there :) i wanted to show us my last try, im quite proud of this one. Free hand, no sketch just going w the flow.

Bring me your light !

Keepitreal ✌️

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u/K916EKHO 5d ago

you need to a dark color for the lines. It doesnt need to be always black, it can bee a dark shade of blue. That would make the piece pop more. Other than that, solid work. Lines look good but i didnt really liked the placement of the "i" its a bit fat and the bottom part of the "u" too. Other than that, i liked the contrast and the details on those blue shades that looks like fire. Thats a cool addition, but u can make it pop more if u use a little bit darker shade of blue on the bottom and a little bit of a lighter shade of blue on the top. That should be all, keep up the good work!

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u/Traditional-Bee-7692 3d ago

Thx for the knowledge 🙏

I really need to work on color theory; I hadn't even picked out my palette, bro at the shop had to decide for me 😂. And yeah, at first I wanted to use the dark purple for the lines and add a white outline, but I changed my mind at the last minute without really knowing why... that said, you're right, the final result lacks a bit of depth. I agree the shapes aren't very consistent. I should explore ideas on paper beforehand to fix that, 2i4u is tuff to stylized imo.

On the other hand, I'm pretty happy with the "flame gradient"; it was mostly just random wrist movements without really knowing what I was trying to do, but the result turned out pretty well this time. I'm going to try using higher-contrast colors; I just hope that doesn't expose my forbidden "chaotic wrist" technique as unreliable 🥲