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How I did it: (Straight quoted from a very old post)

This was something from a while back in my life, six years now actually. I started tagging at 12 and qut when I moved back with my father at 14. It was fun, but looking back on it, I know the cost to clean it all up; the money people spent having to layer their drive ways, paint their sheds/houses again, et cetra. Don’t get me wrong, doing the art side is well worth it if you’re doing something where it doesn’t harm any one; tagging buildings and private walls is another thing. If you’re tagging for a gang, or just to upset “the man,” or for pure rebellion, then you’re off key with all this. It’s art, expression, and in a strange way, a form of meditation. But if anyone has questions, I wasn’t half bad back when I did it. I’d be willing to give pointers on the art side of this; how to make it stand out, color blending, and spray patterns. And if anyone has the intention of doing some serious art, I’ll give a couple ideas on tricks we took from an art class on how to make larger images much smoother when making the initial outline.

Resources: Muted colors - Plain and simple, as long as the colors are flat they're just easier to work with. You can polish them up with metallic flakes or sheen covers in the end.

Cardboard - Straight edges are always nice, and "walls" to block color cover-up.

Oct 25, 02:01AM PDT | 0 comments