Write In Graffiti

When most people think of graffiti, they think of outdoor murals and tags created with spray paint. While the street is the most popular place to write graffiti, the truth is that writing in graffiti can be done with virtually any writing utensil and blank canvas.

Before graffiti artists start bombing the streets, they typically learn how to write graffiti with pencil and paper. The following steps are intended to be an introduction to writing in graffiti.

Step1 Choose a word to write in graffiti. Many graffiti artists use their name or pseudonym.

Step2 Choose a graffiti style. There are dozens of unique styles for writing in graffiti. You might consider becoming familiar with different styles by taking note of professional pieces of graffiti in your city or online. One of the most popular graffiti styles for beginners is bubble letters.

Step3 Once you have found your graffiti style of choice, keep an example of it on hand for reference. Put your pencil to paper and make light strokes to mimic the style of your example. Erase and rewrite as necessary until you are satisfied with your pencil drawing.

Step4 Add details such as shading or graphics. Use your creativity. Keep it relatively simple until you grow comfortable writing more complex graffiti.

Step5 Use trace paper or a photo copier to make a copy of your completed pencil drawing. This will make it easy to start over in case you make a mistake in the next step.

Step6 Use a marker or pen to darken the pencil marks. Make them permanent. Use colored markers or crayons to fill in your letters and compete your graffiti writing.

Step7 Keep practicing and experimenting with graffiti to develop a unique style you can call your own.

Excellently Executed - The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers

The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers has successfully compiled a who's who of writer's writers in a format that looks so legit, you'd swear you could feel the grooves in the pages left by pencils and pens... as authentic and realistic as possible, there are even a few blank sheets to get up yourself! I even tried to peel the sticker off the inside cover!

Way before there were all these electronic networks, there was piecebooks. And within the confines of the book's covers, writers explored styles and studied up on the art. With that in mind, Sacha "SHR" Jenkins and David "Chino" Villorente have compiled dazzling pages from the real sketchbooks of graf legends like Zephyr, Lady Pink, Dondi and Sane for Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers (Prestel).

"Piecebooks are also used to collect work from other writers we respect/admire," says Villorente. "There are very few items a writer might buy at 14 years old that they'll still be purchasing and passing around at 41." Through close attention to design detail--simulated duct taped spine, illustration proportions and texture over 200-plus pages--the two have triumphed, where most have failed, in capturing graf's authenticity in book format. --Mass Appeal, Issue # 51

Before it hits the wall, graffiti is often painstakingly planned out in a sketchbook or piece book. Well-worn and dog-eared, these books are passed along from artist to artist as a way of sharing ideas and offering instruction. Here hundreds of drawings, most of them never before published, are reproduced on uncoated paper to resemble the pages of an authentic piecebook. Bold and beautiful works from graffiti history s most important sources or seeds Zephyr, Dondi, Daze, CRASH, Lady Pink, T-Kid, CAP and Ghost, among others represent a dizzying array of techniques.

The authors, former graffiti practitioners themselves, offer biographies of the artists and an introductory essay on why piecebooks have become such valuable historical records. Fans of graffiti will find this an irresistible inside look at how their favorite artists perfected their talents.

No Graffiti But You Must To See - My Redeemer Lives

A son says to his father: 'Dad, would you be willingly to run a marathon with me?'

The father, despite his age and a heart disease, says 'YES'.

And they run that marathon, together.

The son asks: 'Dad, can you run another marathon with me?' Again father says 'YES'.

They run another marathon, together.

One day the son asks his father: 'Dad, would please do the Iron Man with me?'

Now just in case you wouldn't know, 'The Iron Man' is the toughest triatlon in existance; 4km swimming, then 180 km by bike, and finaly another 42 km running, in one stroke.

Again father says 'YES'

Maybe this doesn't 'touch' you yet by heart ... until you see this movie (put on sound!):

Graffiti Breaks Free From Wall

The Hip-hop theatre pioneer Jonzi D explores the issue of whether graffiti really is an artform or merely vandalism. He directs a team of six of the UK's best break- dancers and body-poppers, who become "physical calligraphy" alongside specially commissioned graffiti "sculptures" and on-stage video animations.

The dancers, representing paints and colours, move within large, sculpted graffiti-style letters made of wood, steel and upholstery, all created by the British graffiti artist Prime, of Sculptural Graffiti. The dance theatre piece, set to a score by DJ Pogo that combines hip-hop break-beats and scratch patterns, charts the story of an obsessive graffiti writer.

"We're not trying to define whether graffiti art is a crime or not: we know that it is," Jonzi D says. "But it is also an artform. We are having a creative discussion on the vandalism and the criminality and the artistry of the form."

The graffiti artist is played by John Berkavitch, a performance poet and breakdancer who is also a graffiti artist. "Like a puppet master, he shapes the bodies of the dancers with an imaginary graffiti wand into images that come to life," Jonzi D says. "He is exorcising his personal and creative demons in the only way he knows how."

Since graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School in 1993, Jonzi D has dedicated himself to hip-hop theatre, creating Lyrikal Fearta in 1995 and Aeroplane Man in 1999. He was an associate artist at The Place, London, and has performed dance theatre all over the world. He is also the creator and host of Breakin' Convention, the annual hip-hop festival at Sadler's Wells in London.

Graffiti Law Tagged Out

A LAWSUIT spurred by the fashion and video game designer Mark Ecko has at least temporarily won back for young New Yorkers (ages 18 to 21) the right to purchase spray paint and broad-tipped markers.

Some stern adults in the city are certain that the only reason any youngster would want to possess such art supplies is to add to New York's graffiti. The law, spearheaded by City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., went into effect in January and was suspended in early May by a judge pending the outcome of Ecko's lawsuit. The ban still applies to New Yorkers under 18.

For Vallone and other fans of the law, such as Mayor Michael Bloomberg, it's part of their war on the classic image of New York as a gritty, filthy playground for the lawless. The young plaintiffs in the Ecko-funded lawsuit argue that such restrictions on artistic tools, which do not distinguish between legal and illegal uses, are pre-emptive assaults on the right to free speech.

Writing Graffiti Style

You see it everywhere these days, from the fronts of T-shirts to the underside of bridges. You can buy coffee table books on the subject and even download fonts for your computer that attempt to emulate it. Graffiti art is everywhere, and there are as many different styles as there are individuals who use a can of spray paint and the side of a building as their medium. But there are some basic tag styles that can be emulated if you are trying to learn how to write graffiti style.

The most basic style of graffiti writing is also the simplest and most unornamented. The letters are usually shaped much like you would write them with a pen in a Roman type font where the letters don’t touch each other. This kind of work is commonly seen in long written works or as a signature on a larger piece of graffiti. It is the perfect place to start when learning graffiti writing, though, because anyone can do it.

The next step up in difficulty would be “throw-up” style, which incorporates the outlines of letters into the design.

This kind of tag can be done very quickly with practice because the letters can be squished together such that you can form a whole word with one fluid line. (It is probably best to practice on paper with a pen or pencil before getting out your airbrush gun.) A commonly appearing form of this style is the bubble style (which you’ve probably seen if you’ve ever known a teenaged girl who doodled in her notebooks), where the outlines are large and look like bubbles, much curvier than a standard outline. Sometimes bubble style takes a little longer than other outline forms, and it can be more ornate than other types of outlining.

Once you have mastered these basics, you’re ready to move on to “semi-wild” style. This is where the fun of graffiti writing comes in, where you can really show off your personality in your designs. This is a style where the letters begin to get squished, stretched, tilted or twisted. There is a lot more ornamentation (arrows, bars, starbursts, etc.) surrounding (and as part of) these letters than in the more simple styles. The letters are usually still readable in semi-wild style, even for people who are not well-versed in graffiti writing.

If you want to try semi-wild out for yourself, pick a simple word (like your name). Write out the letters as you normally would (not in cursive, just in block letters or a plain style). Write it again in an outline or bubble style. You may want to try several different kinds of lettering, from big and bubbly to straight and blocky. As you do this, think about how the letters fit together, or how they might be made to fit together. How would it look if you tilted the first letter out and laid it on top of the second letter, then put the third letter a little higher on the page but just touching the second? Then you could place the fourth letter under the third on its side, just sliding into that hole you made.

Maybe you could break up the letters (if you want to see how this could work and aren’t sure you can draw it, take simple outlines of the letters and cut them up, arranging them in different ways running in and out of the other letters. Maybe you could add an arrow to the end of the last letter of your name, or a starburst instead of the dot over one of the letters. You can embellish any way you want, that’s part of the fun.

From “semi-wild” style the classification moves to wild style, which is similar to semi-wild only with even more ornamentation and twisting of the letters. This style of tagging can be hard to read and looks more like a random, wrecked pile of letters than an easily distinguishable word. These pieces skirt the line between words used for the purpose of communication and letters (or the basic building blocks of letters, anyway) used more as art. (Of course art itself is a means of communication, but a different, less direct level.)

Obviously it takes a lot of practice to be able to do graffiti art with any skill, but once you get the basics down there are all sorts of variations and designs you can add to make a simple word into something a lot more beautiful. We already talked about using stars to dot letters. They can also be seen inside circles as a stand-in for an O or as part of the decoration. Hearts can also be used in place of O’s, and crosses in place of T’s. Serifs (or “tails” on the letters) can be exaggerated by being made into arrows, daggers, airplanes or other simple shapes.

You can draw shapes that look like holes or “chips” in the graffiti to make it look like it’s been chipped off or destroyed somehow. You can put different symbols inside the letters, or put the word inside a larger symbol or design. And of course when you outline the letters you can use different colors and patterns to fill in the letters. There is no end to the creativity and interesting forms you can express when working with graffiti writing.

On the streets you will find many different variations on these themes (though we don’t recommend you practice your new skills on public property). Depending on where you live, you are likely to see a dominant style. Whole books have been written about different styles such as the Latino “Old School Cholo” style of upper case, square letters, which has been popular in the Los Angeles area since the 1930s. New York’s style is bubbly like Broadway (said to be result of lax supervision), which Philadelphia’s is scratchy and rushed (because cops cracked down on taggers in the old days).

Whenever you visit a new city you will likely see some different kinds of graffiti. Many cities are less concerned with covering up graffiti these days and instead view it as a kind of public art (and a kind of museum art, in some places). As you practice you will develop your own style, certain embellishments you like and perhaps a whole new way of thinking about those simple letters and words that are all around us. Give graffiti writing a try and see if it doesn’t change the way you think about those who would choose to express themselves this way.

Amazingly Enduring Street Artist

This is a snapshot of an amazingly enduring street artist known as Above and his travels across North America and Europe. This guy gets up in mad quantities and with the most unique styles.

Street artists such as Banksy, D*Face, , Swoon, Twist, 108, Ellis Gallagher, Neck face , and Os Gemeos have earned international attention for their work and in turn migrated the showing of their works to the museum or gallery setting as well as the street. It is also not uncommon for street artists to achieve commercial success Shepard Fairey, Faile, WK Interact, Kaws and Buff Monster doing graphics for other companies or starting their own merchandising lines.

Graffiti Alphabet of the Palm Pilot

One of the more compelling features of the Palm is its ability to recognize script from a stylus (or pen). Although the Palm is not yet smart enough to recognize your handwriting, it does have a script of its own which will allow you to enter data quickly into any Palm application. Such "graffiti" writing occurs on the lower third of the Palm (between the icons mentioned in the previous section). Note that this area is divided by two bold arrows into two unequal parts.

If you wish to write alphabetic characters, you must do so on the left section of the graffiti area; numeric characters are entered on the right section. This distinction is noted on your Palm by the icons in the lower corners of the graffiti area. These icons, however, perform a function of their own.

By tapping either of these icons a keyboard will appear on the bottom of the digital viewing area of the Palm. You can then tap on the virtual keys with the stylus like a regular keyboard. So the Palm gives you a choice: you can learn the graffiti strokes or just pull up the keyboard. Ultimately you'll probably want to do most of your data entry from your PC keyboard anyway; though both Palm options have a low learning curve, they are not nearly as fast or perfected as the PC keyboard itself.



Note that there are some unique graffiti strokes that allow you to manipulate text instead of just creating letters and numbers. If you want to erase the last character, you can use a right-to-left stroke in either the alphabetic or the numeric section of the graffiti display (see the bottom-right of the above graphic). You can capitalize any character by first using a bottom-to-top vertical stroke in the alphabetic side of the graffiti display.

These are just a couple of the special characters available in the graffiti display area; many more can be accessed via special keystrokes. Some of the special keystrokes are shown here. A comprehensive list of these secondary characters can be found in the Palm manual and on the special reference sticker that came with your Palm.

Create The Graffiti Sketches

Graffiti like anything else. Usually requires plenty of practice to be any good. It can also be helped along with preparation, planning and perfecting your next piece of graffiti art before you even pick up that can of spray paint. You can work on perfecting your work when you create graffiti sketches.

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A few simple steps and plenty of imagination are all you need to create graffiti sketches. Oh, a pen and paper might help, too.

Step1 Decide where you want this graffiti to be. You don’t have to know the exact location, such as under the bridge next to the tree by the bend in the road, but you should have some idea of the size and shape of your concrete or other canvas. A sketch that covers a large, solid area is going to differ from one that is meant to be put along the border of an overpass.

Step2 Sketch out your canvas. Draw the borders of the area you plan to conquer. A large wall will be represented by a rectangle or square, or you can choose any other shape you want to fill with your work.

Step3 Pick your subject. The world is yours. Keep in mind, however, a generic subject, such as a wrestler or snake, is going to be easier to reproduce than a specific subject, such as Hulk Hogan or a Western Diamondback Rattler with exactly seven teeth, forked tongue and colors exactly matching the species. But then again, you are preparing in advance, so you have time and the tools to pretty much perfect anything you want.

Step4 Keep lines fat and bold for easy viewing. Remember that you are working on a large scale, much larger than the piece of paper in front of you. You may want to practice the outlines with a thick marker that will give you a better idea of the work’s bold outlines necessary.

Step5 Fill the space entirely. Some of the best graffiti work includes shading, designs and shadows in the background. Once you have your main subject down pat, work on creating a background for the subject that can also be perfected.

Step6 Decide on colors. Too many colors will look too busy, so keep it simple but make sure the colors that are side by side are different enough to stand out from each other. For instance, do not place a bluish green directly next to a greenish blue and expect people to tell the difference from a distance. You can practice the colors by shading and adding hues with colored pencils.

Graffiti Art Takes Wrong Turn

When graffiti got to be a problem for Mark Schachner. a dell owner in Brooklyn, N.Y., his solution was not to report it, Out to encourage it. He painted his boarded fence white and then posted signs inviting local graffiti artists to come and paint one panel each.

There were rules posted for the artists to follow, one could not paint beyond each flame and they could not dirty the floor or the surroundings. The idea came about when Mark Schachner and son, Jordan, were talking, "We were discussing some great graffiti artists like Jean-Michael Basquiat and Keith Hating, and we were looking at how ugly our fence looked. So I put up the sign and it was like wildfire.

The first night, according to Schachner, seven to nine street artists showed up with about four friends each, ranging in age from teens to early 20s. His motivation was to turn a nasty, ugly fence into a beautiful work of art.

Unfortunately, the idea turned sour. Some street artists went beyond the allowed frame and even painted over some of the nicer pictures. Schnachner says he is committed to talking with these deviant artists in an attempt to change their behavior. If he is unsuccessful, the fence will come down.

Free Graffiti Christmas Font

A coordinated set of designs for characters, or a computer file that stores these designs (also spelt fount), Baptismal font, a container for holy water, An older term for fountain (also spelt fount), Font, Switzerland, a municipality of the canton of Fribourg, Typeface, a Marvel Comics character.

You can download free fonts, graffiti fonts and Christmas font in America (California, Los Angeles, Texas, Newyork & Washington)


A computer font in America (California, Los Angeles, Texas, Newyork & Washington) is an electronic data file containing a set of glyphs, characters, or symbols such as dingbats. Although the term "font" once referred to interchangeable typefaces using mechanical components such as a type ball element or a daisy wheel, most modern fonts are used in computing. Stroke fonts use a series of specified lines and additional information to define the profile, or size and shape of the line in a specific face and size, which together describe the appearance of the glyph. Graffiti, Christmas fonts can be downloaded online for free.

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Obama Graffiti - Under Investigation

This news form whbc.com - Vandals with a political message have struck in Canton Township. Stark County Sheriff Tim Swanson says early Friday morning, someone spray-painted a message reading "Obama Rules" on the garage door of the home's Republican owner.

Swanson believes it's the work of some juveniles who think they're being funny or smart. Homeowner Georgianna Gaskins, a former Canton Township clerk and school board candidate, calls the incident a hate crime.

She says the vandals also stole a political sign for a Republican candidate for Stark County Commissioner. Swanson says such activity is common in the period leading up an election. The matter is under investigation. Deputies have no suspects.

Light Graffiti Ideas

One of the coolest ideas is to make sweet light graffiti with the camera. This video show you about how to do a cool form of art called light graffiti.

Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they'd never be able to with spraypaint. Very cool!

Romanian Graffiti Artists

The RCI flew in three early-twenties graffiti artists to team up with Wooster Collective co-founders Sara and Marc Schiller and cover the gallery walls in brightly colored religious icons, serpents, spies, manimals, slogans, and symbols.

Schiller who spends his days collaborating with street artists wanted to give these artists the opportunity to interact with New York. "As much as technology and the Web connect everything, you can't replicate the experience of being together."

The opening also merged street and multimedia art with screenings and interactive installations from Simultan, Romania's largest video and media-arts festival. It's still a relatively small festival, but Cristian Neagoe, the young new communications director largely responsible for bringing these artists here, says it's easier to get an authentic experience that way. "Here it's a bit more controlled," he says. "An artist becomes trendy and the media latch on. In Romania they're starting from scratch, nobody watches or gives a damn, and that way, they have the freedom to innovate."

Como hacer graffiti En MSpaint

This video show you how to do Graffiti on paint?. Paint is simple and normal program on Windows OS. Very nice - you dont have big program or by a program. Use Paint in every computer. Video from youtube enjoy!.

Japan Graffiti - Graffiti Book

GRAFFITI JAPAN is another fine book on contemporary art and design from Mark Batty Publisher. As with all of their books this volume addresses art in a specific place and assures the reader/viewer that the cultural background of that location is woven throughout this richly illustrated volume to add to the pleasure of encountering fresh art forms as a meaningful experience.

Japan has always been a breeding ground for innovative approaches to Western traditions, such as cinema and baseball. Another example includes graffiti, which covers the buildings and walls of Japan’s largest cities, as well as the more rural areas. While graffiti in Japan shares many of the same characteristics with examples from other parts of the world, distinct cultural aspects of Japan, from Kanji to popular anime characters, set Japanese graffiti apart.

Tokyo-based photographer Remo Camerota has captured these culturally unique aspects of Japanese graffiti, and in doing so has befriended some of the country’s major graffiti artists. Colorful spreads and intimate interviews provide a detailed examination of Japanese graffiti, a subject that has yet to dominate the graffiti book market.

Remo Camerota, an artist and photographer, traveled to Japan, not knowing the language but with a desire to study and understand what makes Japanese graffiti unique. In a vivid introduction he paints the scene for his visit and after his preface he turns to one of the graffiti artists (KRESS) to open the path for examining Japanese graffiti. Fifteen graffiti artists are presented in full-color reproductions of their art and the variations among these artists' works are gradually identifiable through the superb photographs, most of them by the author and investigator Camerota. As each artist is reviewed a conversation with Camerota is presented and this writing is both sensitive and humorous, and always shaped by the honest convictions of each artist's intent. The book then approaches the graffiti as it differs among four cities - Hiroshima, Osaka, Kanagawa and Tokyo.

That is the background description for this book. But the importance of the volume lies in the fully saturated illustrations and design that allows the viewer to appreciate graffiti in a completely new light. The quality of art from these street artists is pristine in execution, highly innovative in design (there is a major influence of one of Japan's own contributions to the art world - anime), and in many ways competes with the huge murals that have long been a part of our universal artistic heritage. Japanese graffiti artists may have 'borrowed' the concept of graffiti art from the USA, but the works represented in his magnificently illustrated volume are uniquely their own. This is a beautiful book that not only dazzles with color and design, but also makes for a terrific nidus for roundtable discussion on the role of graffiti as an art form. This book IS art! Highly recommended for students and art collectors alike. Grady Harp, September 08

Graffiti Gallery Website

Today I am reviewing a graffiti website to you. http://graffiti.flixya.com is a web sharing photo and videos about graffiti, streetart and arts. It was started on a few days. If you love graffiti go to visit it.

There are many different styles of graffiti writing. Graffiti on Flixya are a few examples and short descriptions of some of the most commonly seen.

Graffiti Studio - Happy Halloween Day

Make a graffiti with graffiti studio. Show you about halloween style. It was posted on youtube. Gift for halloween day coming soon! happy halloween graffiti ;)

GRAFF BEATS OVER HOT BOMBS !!!

Street art is any art developed in public spaces that is, "in the streets" though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives.

I get this video from youtube. Wow I like a sound music and very beautyful graffiti arts. Show for you.

Graffiti History - Since Caveman Wrote on tha Walls

Since Caveman wrote on walls, graffiti legends talks about the history of graffiti. I searh this video from youtube.

The Rise of Graffiti Arts

Towards 1968 some young black artists and Puerto Rican artists started bombing trains with their tags, their graffiti names. These tags had to be visible to allow a kind of “ascent” or “getting up”. These graffiti can be viewed as the sign of an identity that has finally been recovered.

Like the caveman singing at the sight of the impression of his hand on a rock, these young people feel triumph at the sight of their graffiti. Dondi White makes the same kind of comparison in his first pictures in 1983. Does the impression left by the prehistoric artist not have something prophetic about it? Does it not announce, from a dark grotto, that man will survive? Does it not indicate that history will be reborn in the original form of graffiti, also painted by artists working in the night and expressing, in this way, their aspirations to a new world order?

Over the years (1968-1980) all kinds of styles of imaginative decoration emerged in the field of “tags”. Realism and Romanticism co-existed in the light of the existence of enemies and obstacles such as the police, stool pigeons, various gangs, wolves, dogs, the huge fences and the cleaning installations threatening both the graffiti creator and his work.

So it is not surprising to note that the graffiti-writers move out of the stage of being students, disciples or masters to become a prince or king of subway art and street art. It is also obvious that it is only one more step to become an artist. Art, after all, is above all a pictorial representation of consciousness.

This definition began to appear for the first time at the end of the 1970’s and the start of the 1980’s and it’s just as important in the history of art – which after all aims at humanizing the world – as Marcel Duchamp when he turned a urinal into a work of art, shocking the world.

The New York Graffiti movement was like a bomb thrown into the art world. Few genres have managed to attract so much media attention and the discussions surrounding the movement persisted. Various films, books, newspaper articles and items in the official art reviews have concerned themselves with the debate. In the television film “Wild Style”(1981), graffiti is portrayed as a kind of total art, with train spray can art, break dancing, hip hop- and rap music constituting an invisible whole.

The graffiti movement made it’s appearance in Europe as an artistic movement in 1983 when the Yaki Kornblidt Gallery displayed the first graffiti pictures.

Well known dutch collectors bought a large number of splendid graffiti works by artists like Rammellzee, Blade, Quik, Futura 2000, Bill Blast, Crash, Dondi White, Seen and Zephyr.

It was an exciting time. The enthusiasts fought over the best pictures and all the 1983 and 1984 exhibitions sold out. The prices followed along with the trend.

The museums quickly took an interest in graffiti and Wim Beerens, who was director of Rotterdam Boymans-van Beuningen museum, and Frans Haks, director of the Groningen Museum, bought various works.

In 1983 Wim Beeren organized the first large-scale official exhibition about the New York Graffiti movement for the Boymans museum and it attracted 25.000 visitors, mostly very excited. The catalogues and the admission tickets were sold out at a blink of an eye. The public delighted in the vivid and twinkling colours, the movement, the aesthetics and the rhythm of those very expressive paintings.

The Groninger Museum took over the show and over 40.000 visitors took the show in. The works of Koor, A-One and Toxic were not part of the shows, because those artists were not really known in The Netherlands, but this is now recognized as a mistake.

The enthusiasm spread to Germany when the well-known collector Ludwig purchased some of the artists’ works and graffiti made a tour of German museums.

In 1986 the Groninger Museum organised the first exhibition dedicated to Rammellzee and 3.000 visitors stormed the museum at the opening and some paintings had to be temporarily withdrawn from the exhibition. The four week show attracted 10.000 people.

Physical Graffiti - A Classic Album Under Review

This DVD is a documentary film about the build-up making release and - crucially - music contained on this most revered of albums. With the aid of rare and classic performances scarce interviews seldom seen photographs and contributions from those involved in the making of the record - plus the review and critique from a panel of Zeppelin experts.


This program finally lifts the lid on what many believe to be Led Zep's very finest offering. With contributions from; the album's engineer Ron Nevison; former Yardbird Chris Dreja; Swansong recording artist Maggie Bell; author of The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin Nigel Williamson; Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis; Classic Rock Magazine's Malcolm Dome; renowned guitar tutor and author Rikky Rooksby and Robert Plant biographer Neil Daniels. This is the complete story behind what what Rolling Stone called "their Tommy Beggar's Banquet and Sgt. Pepper rolled into one".

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Street Arts with Above !

This is a snapshot of an amazingly enduring street artist known as Above and his travels across North America and Europe. This guy gets up in mad quantities and with the most unique styles.

This Video show you about STREET ARTS LIFE!

Graffiti on Girls - Body Paint Arts Meet Street Style

Tattoo art and graffiti have always been closely correlated. So it seems fitting that actual graffiti should be the next wave of body art.

Those graffiti artists are naughty boys and if you need any further proof, feast your eyes on these selections. I can only hope that someone will do body art soon in Blek Le Rat or Banksy styles, as that would make this body art pop even more.

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Mexican Gang Graffiti

Today i try to searching about "Mexican Gang Graffiti", Do you see this word before?. O.K. this is detail about it on ... policeone.com Mexican gang graffiti is more simplistic and to the point than other street gang graffiti. In one tattoo, Vagos is abbreviated by taking the first, middle and last letters of the gang name to create the gangs version of an acronym. (V.G.S.)

This abbreviation technique is extremely common in Mexican gangs on the East Coast. Their graffiti seldom uses symbols and needs almost no interpretation. As is plainly stated in the picture above, Vagos are prominent around the area of West 116 Street in New York City. Gangs like the Vagos (aka 'Los Vagos') and other Mexican gangs will frequently insert a reference to 100% which means 100 percent gangster or “I am in to this gang life 100 percent.”



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Painting Without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture (Hardcover)

WOW WOWWW ... Do you have this Book - Painting Without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture (Hardcover). It very good book for hip hop & graffiti lover. This book about : The author interviewed ten hip-hop graffiti writers of various race, class, and gender by audiotape and reviewed them until patterns emerged as themes, mainly issues concerning public space and community.

She continued her relationship with the participants over a five-year period to observe the diversity and transformation of individuals within graffiti culture. The study begins with a literature review from Web resources, books, and subculture magazines on graffiti in order to define "The Structure of Traditional Hip-Hop Graffiti Culture."

This chapter lays the basic foundation familiar to all writers and points to the main issues in order to analyze how individual writers conform to or deviate from the standard subculture. The author addresses the complex issues which are layered behind a residue of illegally painted signatures, characters, and text. There is a need for the voices of young people to be heard, especially those who have found artistic integrity, and awareness of civic and political issues on their own terms.

Youth are in an ongoing struggle to construct personal identities and communities that they want to live in.

Hip-hop graffiti is only one example where they have created a space, within a peer-run environment, to respect and encourage their political powers, ideas, and skills. The book asks whether an understanding of how adolescents learn outside of school can generate alternative sites for curriculum theorizing.

Relationship Between Graffiti and Hip Hop

Hip Hop Graffiti

In America around the late 1960s, graffiti was used as a form of expression by political activists, and also by gangs such as the Savage Skulls, La Familia, and Savage Nomads to mark territory. Towards the end of the 1960s, the signatures—tags—of Philadelphia graffiti writers Top Cat, Cool Earl and Cornbread started to appear.

Around 1970-71, the centre of graffiti innovation moved to New York City where writers following in the wake of TAKI 183 and Tracy 168 would add their street number to their nickname, "bomb" a train with their work, and let the subway take it—and their fame, if it was impressive, or simply pervasive, enough—"all city".

Bubble lettering held sway initially among writers from the Bronx, though the elaborate Brooklyn style Tracy 168 dubbed "wildstyle" would come to define the art.The early trendsetters were joined in the 70s by artists like Dondi, Futura 2000, Daze, Blade, Lee, Zephyr, Rammellzee, Crash, Kel, NOC 167 and Lady Pink.

The relationship between graffiti and hip hop culture arises both from early graffiti artists practicing other aspects of hip hop, and its being practiced in areas where other elements of hip hop were evolving as art forms.

Graffiti is recognized as a visual expression of rap music, just as breakdancing is viewed as a physical expression.

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George Lucas - Who starred in american graffiti?

George Lucas got his start going to school at USC, which got him an internship on a Francis Ford Coppola film currently shooting. Through this the two became good friends and ultimately produced films together under Coppola’s banner American Zoetrope. The first of these was a film called THX-1138, a feature length version of a student film Lucas also directed. It showed an uncompromising bleak future which was well received, giving Lucas many accolades as a director to watch.

Next Lucas made the nostalgia picture American Graffiti, which seemed risky at the time until it grossed a large amount of money, tapping into a yearning for nostalgia that has been mined again and again. With this success Lucas turned his attention to an idea spawned from reading Joseph Campbell’s books on mythology and the role of the hero: Star Wars. It was Star Wars (along with Spielberg’s Jaws) that heralded the rise of the Hollywood blockbuster.

In order to make Star Wars Lucas offered a reduced fee as director in exchange for sequel and merchandising rights. Fox, believing it would make no money, agreed. No such deal as ever taken place since as it turned out to be extremely lucrative for Lucas…. so much so that the future Star Wars films were all financed by Lucas himself. After the recent prequels Lucas’s net worth was around $3 billon.

However, in the late 80s not all was well with Lucas. He produced a big budget fantasy picture called Willow directed by his friend Ron Howard (who starred in American Graffiti). It was a financial failure. A worse failure was his produced adaptation of the cult comic book Howard the Duck, which failed completely both artistically and financially. As these were also produced by Lucas he took the brunt of their financial failure upon himself (Lucas paid $2 million to construct the duck suit alone). This coupled with the construction of his multi-million dollar Skywalker Ranch in the 1980s left him liquidating some of his assets, one of which was a computer animation unit which he sold to Steve Jobs. This became Pixar, whose success should be known to all.

Since then Industrial Light and Magic (formed by Lucas to do the special effects for Star Wars) has become one of the top special effects houses in Hollywood. THX certification, developed by Lucas, became one of the top audio standards in the 1990s with the advent of digital sound in theatres. This along with the financial success of the Star Wars prequels has brought him to his current financial state, which is needless to say, more than secure.

This is about the time Lucas stated in an interview that now that he had made so much money he was going to be able to direct art films again, direct a different low budget movie each year and watch as they tank since he had nothing to lose. Instead, he has announced a Star Wars television series. Despite the lack of financial risk involved his earlier experience in the 1980s seems to have blunted his desire to take chances.

Yet, throughout all of his films Lucas has placed the numbers 1138, sometimes subtly and sometimes in an obvious manner. While a funny in joke it seems a bit sad in retrospect. The personal reminder to be artistically bold means little without action, especially considering the recent statements by Lucas that he wants to move in that direction again.

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Graffiti Qualify as Art - Yes or No?

Graffiti or Graffitoin singular form, has always met two very conflicting views from people. For the conservatives, it is nothing more than a form of vandalism. For the modernists, it is an art form.

Consisting from simple scratches to elaborate paintings on the wall, this art form is ancient and, like time, has evolved a hundred fold. In earliest times, the cavemen used it on the cave walls to depict their day to day activities, and the ancient Greeks used it in "modern style" to advertise prostitution. In this manner, the Greeks carved a handprint that looks like a heart beside a footprint and a number, indicating that a brothel is near.

The Romans used it to carve love poems, love letters, alphabets, slogans or any other messages that they want to convey to the public in general in a fast way, on their walls and monuments. For them, it was a way of advertising and easy information dissemination. Not only did they do the art form in letters, they also had it in pictures. An example of this would be a second century carving of a crucified donkey that many believe to be a depiction of Jesus Christ.

Despite the many reproofs, famous artists and painters had made use of it for plain amusement or for their profession. At one time, Renaissance artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Filippino Lippi, Pinturrichio, and Ghirlandaio went to visit Nero's Domus Aurea ruins and carved, or painted, their names resulting to a new style of decoration of that era. A lot of evidences provide information that the Americans, the French, the Egyptians, the Malays, the Japanese and the Chinese of early times had also made use of it. This just goes to show that no matter how hard some people refute and regard it as junk, this certain art form is part of their culture and history.

In this day and time, graffiti has evolved greatly and has become part and parcel of the hip hop society and culture. With the technology available at hand, instead of carving the messages or images on the walls, the ones who make use of this art form now make use of the most handy aerosol spray cans, making it the most used tool for the modern art form. Because of this, graffiti has become a street art form and along with it emerged new styles. The first one is the basic form called the tag style.

Because of its ease in execution being just a representation of an artist's name, it is most often used to gain recognition and as a signature of a larger piece. Next is where one makes a layer of color then outlines it with another color. This is called the throw-up style. Next style is the blockbuster style, which is made up of block letters making it very easy to read. The last style is called wild style and is made up of blended letters which are highly decorated.

Banksy earned an award for Art's greatest living Briton

There are little facts available about him but his works are all over the world. His works are very amusing and his personality just shines through in his work. The art shows a satirical side of politics, culture and ethics. He uses a stenciling style when he does his graffiti work. It can be said that he does work for the sake of doing art. He does not sell pictures of his graffiti or do exhibitions in commercial art galleries. Bristol ...

There was much movement and hype with the Bristol underground scene. Banksy was influenced and inspired by local artists. In 1992-1994, he was a freehand artist and he worked with other artists and writers like Kato and Tes.

After a few years, he made enormous graffiti on walls beside the work of Inkie, a graffiti legend. Banksy made "Walls on Fire". There was a weekend long event that established his name in the European graffiti scene. The event magnetized several graffiti artists all over UK and Ohio.

In 2000, he discovered that he could make artworks faster when he used stenciling. His stenciling techniques are very distinctive. He expresses his humor by combining funny images of people and animals with striking slogans. These are clearly shown in his work.

The messages and concepts conveyed by his work are usually anti-war and anti-capitalist. Then in 2001, he went to the land down under and collaborated with the artist James DeWeaver.

In 2003, there was a show called "Turf War", Banksy painted on animals. This has raised animal rights activists to action. A woman even chained herself in protest.
Challenges

Banksy is known to make challenges in art.

He subverted Monet's Water Lily Pond, and made it his own by adding litter and a shopping trolley on the painting. Since, he already subverted a great artist's work, he made British spoof notes.

He changed Queen Elizabeth's head with the head of Princess Diana's head. That was not all he changed. He changed "Bank of England" to "Banksy of England", showing that no only can he express himself in drawing, but also in words.

He was later held a vandalizing extravaganza in Los Angeles, his exhibition was called 'Barely Legal'. He made art works depicting Queen Victoria as a lesbian and made skill-screen prints following Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe style. He also did his own version of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. His works were a success and sold more than they should.

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In 2007, his works were auction in Sotheby's auction house. A work reached £102,000. His other works also sold for huge sums. As a reaction for his success Banksy posted another artwork in his website. It was a picture of people buying his works from the auction house with a message saying, 'I Can't Believe You Morons Actually Buy This Shit."

Banksy earned an award for Art's greatest living Briton. Since, he does art for art's sake and his a very recluse person; he did not collect his award. His actions and art speak for themselves; it is a reflection of what a magnificent artist is.

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Graffiti - The Writing on the Wall

Graffiti has always been given a negative connotation as it is seen as a defacement of a piece of property with the used of paint and other items. It has also been inextricably linked with the hip hop culture and has become one of the main elements of the movement. Despite the negativity that some people feel towards graffiti, it has slowly become one of the foremost art forms in modern society.

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Despite seeming to be an all too modern art form, graffiti has always been around even in ancient times. Remains and relics from the ancient Roman city Pompeii reveal a world where people expressed their thoughts emotions by writing on walls and on other public and private items. Everything from poems to various drawings was found preserved in the ancient walls. This kind of society in ancient Rome is beautifully depicted in the introductory scenes of the HBO series Rome. The animators of the two season TV series depicted Roman streets and walls covered with graffiti that ranged from the obscene and sexually explicit to depictions that were political in nature.

Rome wasn't the only place where ancient graffiti was found. The Egyptians were also known to write on the walls aside from their highly celebrated hieroglyphics. In Saudi Arabia, it is widely recognized that a form of ancient Arabic language called Safaitic was only found scratched into boulders and rocks in the Syrian and Jordanian deserts.

During war eras and choppy political periods in the United States, people have also seen various forms of graffiti from World War Two's "Kilroy Was Here" to Dick Nixon "Before He Dicks You" during the 1970s. Another famous graffiti are the immortal words "Clapton is God" found in the London Underground.

Modern Day Graffiti
Modern Day Graffiti is mostly associated with the Hip Hop Culture. There are various forms of graffiti art as well as a multitude of artists that leave tags on their work. Notable is TAKI 183 and Julio 204. These individuals and a lot of others left their stamps in public walls and also in the heart of modern day art. Graffiti as it is found today has become very elaborate and have evolved from simple images to more elaborate slogans, images and other spray paint creations.

Graffiti Tributes are a common occurrence all over the streets of New York and on the prominent cities in the United States. These are often tributes given to people of prominence that have passed away. Most notable are the hip hop legends that have died like Tupac, B.I.G, Jam Master Jay, Big L and Big Pun. Other than Hip Hop legends, "greats" like Princess Diana and Mother Teresa were also immortalized in graffiti artwork.

From the Streets to Galleries
In 2006 graffiti art found its way into the halls of the Brooklyn Museum. Here, artists like Lady Pink, Crash and others were officially celebrated as great artists. The curator of the Museum hoped that by this process, the negative view that people had about graffiti will change for the better.

All over the world, graffiti is slowly getting the recognition that it deserves. Though it is still not a generally accepted art form and is still often viewed as a form of vandalism, people are slowly changing their ideas about graffiti and soon consider it to be an official art form.

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Police in Idaho's capital city say they're hoping the non-emergency number — 377-6790 — will encourage citizens to alert authorities more quickly, helping speed the removal of unsightly vandalism that's sometimes affiliated with gang activity.

As part of the program, Boise Police dispatchers will send community specialists, not sworn officers, to take the graffiti report, including photographs.

Property owners will be given a brochure with information on how to remove graffiti, and the importance of quick removal.

In addition, the specialists will help enter graffiti reports daily into a crime analysis data system for immediate access by criminal investigators looking for perpetrators.

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Montana Colors is an aerosol paint company that manufactures specialty paints for graffiti artists. It should not be confused with Montana Cans, also a paint company for graffiti artists.

In 1993, two writers who were opening a hip-hop store in Barcelona, Spain, contacted a paint company inquiring about prices of their paint. The commercial manager there, Jordi, heard the idea of manufacturing paint for graffiti artists, and was willing to act on it.

The manager, however, was unable to convince the company of the idea's profitability. Thus, Jordi and the writers worked together to create an ideal paint for artists. In 1994, an event called "Aerosol Art" became the place in which the first Montana Colors aerosol spray was unveiled to the public. Soon after the "Hardcore" 400mL can was also unveiled, a common product today. Then in 2001, the "Alien" cans debuted. These were smaller, lower pressure cans that came in a wide variety of colors.

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The Graffiti Cleaning Tips!

Paint and markers have got to be two of the most hard-to-remove stains on the planet. Bar none. Follow these tips, though, and your graffiti will be as good as gone!

1. Take into account the canvas material.
Graffiti art is difficult to remove because the canvas isn't fabric but most of the time, concrete walls. Stones and concrete absorb spray paint quite well due to their porous natures. Once the paint seeps into the pores, there's no easy way to take it out.

Take into account the canvas material before you begin to think about what to do next. Different canvas materials require different cleaning methods and using the wrong method can put you in a tight spot. Put that into consideration next time.

2. Paint it over.
You're going to need some tough luck if you want to effectively remove graffiti from your property. Graffiti art is popular with street kids these days, and it'll take more than your fair share of watch dogs to keep these punks from vandalizing your property for good. The moment the spray paint seeps through, you're done for-you and your property. Either have the wall taken down or leave it be.

You can also just paint the wall over. You got that right: just paint it over. It will leave your wall intact and looking shiny and new.

3. Call the police.
This has less to do with cleaning graffiti and more to do with fighting back against vandalism so you won't have to clean it up in the first place. Some kids get away with vandalizing dozens of houses. Then they get caught by the police for vandalizing one property, fulfill the hours required for community service and next thing you know they're back on the streets again, vandalizing your dog house.

Call the police and file a report on the vandalism on your property. Have the police officers take pictures and conduct their own investigation. If enough people complain, the graffiti artists will be gone for awhile, at least.

4. Blast the darn thing.
There are a number of ways to remove graffiti, and sand blasting is one of them. Sand blasting can be effective if used right, disastrous if used incorrectly. Most of the time you're better off hiring someone instead of doing it yourself. A bit of sand blasting here and there is sure to take care of even the toughest wall stains.

Blast the darn thing! Use an attachment probe and try to work as precisely as possible with the nozzle. Different types of walls require different sand pellets, but it seems round silica works best on most surfaces. So blast the wall already and enjoy the show!

5. Call a professional cleaning company.
One of the easiest methods to get rid of graffiti on your property is by letting your money do the talking-that is, by calling a professional graffiti cleaning company. Let's face it. These guys know the ins and outs of the job, they know how to do it effectively and safely. Just watch them at work and you'll be more than half convinced within minutes that you did the right thing when you called for their help.

Since it's difficult to prevent graffiti from showing up at all, finding easy solutions can be key to enjoying a clean and mark-free property.

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Graffiti and Street Art

Since the early Neanderthals scratched out the Bison on the moist caves of Eastern France, Graffiti and Street Art have remained a very raw form of expressive Fine Art, which have shunned all class barriers and have emerged as a separate thread of work. Graffiti is derived from the Italian root meaning, "scratched out." Technically, to narrow down its scope would be to define it as a surface art on the surfaces it is "not meant" to be displayed. For example, you would not define a ramshackle wall, or a car, or a window as a canvas to any artist worth his/her salt. For Graffiti Artists however, that would be a perfectly normal platform to present their body of work.

Graffiti & Street Art so boldly lie on the border of vandalism and art that it is difficult to eulogize them without feeling a bit like singing Paeans to LSD or Morphine. However Graffiti and Street Art, even though pursued doggedly by law and order have steadily metamorphosed into an important mouthpiece of rebel expression.

Simply put, Graffiti and Street Arts are art pieces by artists with no inclination or the wherewithal to resort to the conventional forms of display, who though are bubbling with a strong urge to express themselves.

The profiles of Graffiti and Street Art closely follow an underground, anti-law route because of the angst they carry. They are art forms, usually generated in ghettos and tough neighborhoods, where there are few rules and therefore explosive creativity. Graffiti Artists are people, seething inside to stamp their territory, on walls, buildings, bridges, and yeah toilets too.

Graffiti and Street Art took a long time to come out of the ghettos, and be recognized as art. Although they are omnipresent phenomena, Graffiti and Street Art came onto the forefront only towards the development of the Hippie Culture in 70's. This was a time when people broke out of conditioning to see Graffiti & Street Art as art. The first opening of Graffiti was at Rome by Fab5 Freddy and soon other artists flooded the New York, London, and Paris art scenes.

Graffiti Artists are most often, nameless personas who treat art as a hit and run (often from the police and anti-graffiti squads). The process of claiming a patch of property (a wall, a car, a piece of tin, rooftops, and so on) is called "tagging" and it is a cross between turf war and creativity. Often gang wars have erupted on claims to turf. This is also, where Graffiti and Street Art connect with rap as an underground culture, which is always at odds with the civilized society. However, this edginess is what has given this art form a spontaneity that "designer" arts lack. The nervous energy is almost visible in the stark graphics and bold designs that spring out from the most unlikely of spaces. It is difficult not to appreciate this "vandalism" art form despite the gore and anger it carries.

Apart from the aesthetics of art, this art form is a visual documentation of grassroots societies, especially in western and Japanese sub cultures. Since Graffiti and Street Art are more a form of youth rebel art, the message that they seek to convey is at once in your face and subtle. There are subtexts that can be read from these Graffiti and Street Arts. For example, Graffiti Arts in Roman times is an important source of the study of society at that time (there is a Graffiti Art on the crucifixation of Jesus found in ancient Roman ruins).

However, with the lateral movement of Graffiti and Street Art into living rooms and art galleries, owing to avant-garde artistes, indicates that they have been accepted at large but the doubts remain. For example, Michael Fay stays hung between being labeled a criminal and an artiste in Singapore when he defaced a car. Whatever be the motive and the background of the creators of Graffiti and Street Art, it is undoubtedly an expression of passion, which finds many patrons.

Graffiti Mural - Changing Outdoor Exhibition

The new Graffiti Mural is in process to replace the current Iraq War piece covering the walls that surround the SPARC parking lot. The new work is being produced by a group of invited graff artists who do wonderful work in any medium, but whose "can control" can be considered at the level of mastery.

As part of our changing outdoor exhibition, the new Graffiti Mural is addressing the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in our country and in the world. Look in on this uncensored, free space that will showcase the graff artists' new work.

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Graffiti Murals

With any art form, the hallmark of success is often in the preparation. This also goes for creating a graffiti mural. Here are some things you can do to ensure that your masterpiece will turn out the way you want it to.

Step1 Find a location. Because graffiti murals are often seen as vandalism, the most legitimate way to do a graffiti mural is to either have it commissioned by a business, or to paint on your own private property. If you opt to do one inside, be sure to work in a well ventilated area.

Step2 Connect with local graffiti groups in your area. Many communities have walls set aside for people to legally paint graffiti murals. It's a great way to meet people, get involved and create something beautiful.

Step3 Decide on a design or design concept. Know your design before you start. Having a detailed painting or drawing beforehand can help the novice graffiti artist avoid the pitfalls of running out of space on your work area or ending up with incorrect proportions or colors. Consider doing a practice run on a large piece of wood or fiberboard.

Step4 Determine size and limitations of workspace. If you are working on a textured surface with different depths like brick, consider how this will affect your end design. Optical illusions can be created if you are putting a 2-dimensional image over a surface of different depths. When painting over these areas, be sure to take a step back to review how it looks, so you don't end up with warped images.

Step5 Outline your design on your work surface using base colors. With murals, you want a skeleton to go back and fill in later so you can have a better idea of what the finished product will look like when it's done.

Step6 Add color and depth. Layer color over your initial working outline. This will give body to your design. Once you have done this, go back and add darker shadows and highlights to give your image depth.

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Step1 Choose your difficulty level and find a table to join. The "Apples and Orange" rooms in the social level are usually the most occupied and are a good place to start for a beginner. Click on the "join" button of any table to be inserted directly into the game, whether it's in progress or yet to begin.

Step2 Watch as people draw pictures in the large window in the middle of the screen. Guess words by typing them into the text box and hitting enter. You can see what other people are guessing by looking at the list of words to the left of the drawing window.

Step3 Get ready to draw when it's your turn. When you see your first word, select a color and begin drawing by holding your mouse button down and moving it the direction you want to draw in the drawing window. You can erase your canvas by clicking the eraser button or skip a word by clicking on the "skip word" button. When a person guesses your word, the canvas will clear and the next word will appear. Keep drawing until your time runs out.

Step4 Win the game by compiling the most points at the end of eight rounds. You can score 50 points for every word that you guess and 50 points for every one of your words that another person guesses.

Create a Stencil Graffiti

A computer can be used to help make detailed designs, designs with downloaded fonts, or designs from photos. If you wish to simply draw a graphic by hand, that works too. Also, photoshop shapes are a stencil waiting to happen.

In order to make a design from a photo, you will need a photo editor that allows you to adjust the threshold, and brightness and contrast of the photo. Basically, you want to get rid of the unneeded background of the photo, giving you just the subject you desire. Then adjust the contrast and brightness, or adjust the threshold, of the picture to the point of having a picture that is two colors - black and white - and still recognizable. Make any needed touch-ups, or adjustments to keep there from being areas inside of holes (that would fall out of the stencil). You could also preform this step while cutting, but it may be more difficult.

Add a border around the picture and print. Once printed, just put your stencil over the item you wish to use as the stencil...cardboard, paper, thin plastic, contact paper, whatever. Next you must cut out the design. An x-acto knife is best as it makes a clean cut and is easy to work with.

To use the stencil, hold or tape to the surface, and spray or roll paint over it. Remove the stencil (by lifting off, not sliding). If it needs any touchups, use your finger or a brush.

Stencil Graffiti - makes use of a paper

Stencil Graffiti makes use of a paper, cardboard, or other media to create an image or text that is easily reproduceable. The desired design is cut out of the selected medium and then the image is transferred to a surface through the use of spray paint or roll-on paint.

The process of stencilling involves applying paint across a stencil to form an image on a surface below. Sometimes multiple layers of stencils are used on the same image to add colours or create the illusion of depth.

Those who make and apply stencils have many motivations. For some, it is an easy method to produce a political message. Many artists appreciate the publicity that their artwork can receive. And some just want their work to be seen. Since the stencil stays uniform throughout its use, it is easier for an artist to quickly replicate what could be a complicated piece at a very quick rate, when compared to other conventional tagging methods.

One of the foremost graffiti artists who uses stencils extensively is Banksy.

Stencil on bikeway in Seville (Spain).Stencil graffiti subculture has been around for the last twenty-five years, starting with Blek le Rat in Paris. Blek le Rat is considered the godfather of stencil art. His first stencil was spray painted in 1981 and has continued to the present. Le Rat was influenced by the graffiti artists of New York City but wanted to create something of his own. Over the years this form of graffiti has become a worldwide subculture. The members are linked through the Internet and the images spray-painted on the urban canvas they place throughout the world.

Many of its members connect through blogs and websites that are specifically built to display works, get feedback on posted works, and receive news of what is going on in the world of stencil graffiti. Stencil graffiti is illegal and many of the members of this subculture shroud their identities in aliases. Banksy, Blek le Rat, C215, Vhils, 157, Haha, Logan Hicks and Shepard Fairey are some names that are synonymous with this subculture. As for local stencil artists, they are fairly veiled and are hard to reach.