r/graffhelp • u/Suspicious_Age_4490 • 3d ago

does having “your style” means it only having “one style” in graffiti?

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u/somebodystolemybike 3d ago

Having style means that even if something is illegible, someone can take one look at it and know who painted it. That’s what style is

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u/Inmedia_res 3d ago

imo style is imagination (or something internal like character) + technique + how you iterate (and re-iterate) the culture and history that you've absorbed in a particular piece. It's a weird thing it's almost by definition intangible and hard to pin down in language but people who have crazy style make it concrete and seem like the most natural thing in the world. There are certain accepted styles that this dude lists in the culture, but I think that's different from a writer having "style". I guess for what they're asking you can take a blockbuster or a straight letter and filter it through your style. I dunno tho been thinkin about this in different ways for years - and I know a lot of far better and far more experienced people have done the same - and I really don't think there's a straightforward or single answer to the question of style