Does graffitti have a place in /ic/ has anone done graffiti lawfully?
>lawfullyThen it isn't graffiti then, is it?
It's the only piece of graffiti that never got covered up and it's already been several years since I did it. it's on google maps and even got made into a Pokestop and deemed it a "mural". >doing graffiti lawfully Kind of defeats the purpose in my mind. Look for an area in your community you don't think anyone wouldn't mind you tagging and try to beautify it. Not the other way around where people deface nice things with scrawl. I like stencils because the end result looks nice and is easy to pull off. I basically drew out the anime girl and had to think how to cut out the pieces so that when I would spray it, the negative space would work out to be the dark part of the image. You have to think in reverse and make sure the pieces won't fall out from not having an "anchor" to the rest of the piece. The top two fingers making the V fell off afterwards and you can see why. After I finished cutting out the anime girl black parts of the image I made another stencil that was a cut out square roughly the size of the outside edges of the anime girl for the yellow part. Waited until evening, sprayed the yellow square, briefly waited for it to dry, then slapped the anime girl stencil part over it and sprayed that with black spraypaint. Someone even walked by while I was doing it and largely ignored me. I like graffiti because it feels honest where the artist doesn't need credit and if it stays up, that means people liked it. You could turn a desolate dumpster or otherwise crappy area into something beautiful. Godspeed.
>>7860249Nice tag anon. how long did it take you to stencil that out? Would you change anything if you could do it again?>>7860187Finding an unassuming place is the key to it, you want to pick a place where people would not notice unless they actually explore their environment/don't have it in their direct view when walking, driving, etc. >You might make a fucking masterpiece, but all it takes is a few nimby mofos to ruin it for everyone. the more complaints in a short amount of time, the higher likelihood of your tag getting covered.Also helps to you know, not get caught/gives you more time to work. Oh, and also it is not a great idea to cover up any text or numbers, those are there for a reason and your tag will be scraped off and piss off whomever is forced to do it.I usually us multiple stencils. Spray paint the background, and slowly over awhile start adding on the layers.Using the canvas to its full potential can really bring out a work. get creative.
>>7860187The ancient Romans had a name for it. I think it was called a Fresco. Few survive because art done in this style is often difficult to preserve.
Vaughan Bodé contributed damn near as much as Moebius but he's tragic and horny so we don't talk about him
>>7860187I like street art, but let's be honest, the vast majority of graffiti is nigh unreadable squiggles that barely constitute legible writing, much less art, or anything to be appreciated.There's also the problem of graffiti, when not being alien glyphs, is often being highly pretentious political statements, like banksy... I think I'd prefer the squiggles.All this said, I always wanted to give street art a go, but don't think I ever can. Beyond being a pussy, I think I'd over think every location and feel bad about potentially vandalising someone's private property (a big no no in my eyes).When I was a kid people would spray paint our front fence and mail box - it's very demoralising and just makes your house look like utter shit, and I wouldn't want to do that to someone else, even if I'm doing a nice piece of art.>>7860249Cute piece.
