Graffiti/Street Art [lotsa pichers]

[Zhukov]

Growing up first in the jungle, and then in the bush, I never really got the taste of an urban environment until high school. Even then it was more of a suburban one than something full of tall buildings, cluttered pavements, dirt, grime and honking horns. Hobart itself is only classified as a city because it would be embarrassing for the state to have a Capital Town rather than a Capital City. So when hip-hop culture finally hit me, I was hit pretty hard. I think it was Ill-Communication that did it.

Hardly anyone in school was into hip-hop, apart from me and a few Filipino guys, but we made do. Being a DJ was too expensive, being a MC was too popular, and break dancing was too hard, so I chose graffiti. Cans of paint were cheap, and tagging was easy. Sure I didn't have any sort of artistic skill, but neither did anyone else my age so it didn't matter. I'm glad that nothing remains of my 'work' though.

Stencils seemed like the perfect avenue for me, since I had nobody to teach me real graffiti writing, so I spent a lot of time doing those. To be honest I thought they were pretty good, at the time. I had a silhouette of 5 WWII soldiers fighting that I used to put everywhere, and my girlfriend helped me make a multi-layered one of the Beastie Boys that looked really good, but nothing remains of those now. Getting Hello Nasty around 2001 and hearing Mixmaster Mike turned me into the wannabe DJ that I could never convince my parents to let me be, so I gave up stencils. Seeing some works by Banksy on a trip to Bristol revived it for little while though. Seeing 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' has given me a familiar feeling in my stomach that I used to get before leaving the house at night to go and deface public/private property.

So anyway, I've always loved street art in all it's forms. I spent some time as a 'toy' watching other guys spray their pieces for a while, and I'm always very impressed with what my small city-esque town can achieve as far as talent is concerned.

I'd like people to post in this thread photos of street art in their area. If I wanted to see the best stuff from NYC/Paris trains I could Google it, so local graffiti is more interesting. I'm sure there are a lot of better stuff out there in Europe and the US than what Hobart is capable of, and I'd like to see it.

I've got loads of pictures and I'll post them all if people are interested. NOTE: NOT BY ME.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0013.jpg
Above speech bubble says: "What a waste of time and resources"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0016.jpg

[Zhukov]

MY PHOTOS, NOT MY ART

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0026.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0032.jpg

[The Leader]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2524716033_97c12c7239.jpg
University of Michigan students aren't very creative. :<

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3603886053_9192124a3b.jpg
New Yorkers are better.

[Zhukov]

Actually I think it's the other way around. The b/w-portrait-wit-colour style is pretty popular.

I like the mega man. I takes time to make a multi-layered stencil like that. :>

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF1599.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0028.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0038.jpg
I nearly dropped my camera and broke my feet getting this one.

[The Leader]

Did it strike you dumb with its lustful gaze?

[Zhukov]

Nah, it gazed into my heart and saw that I was pure, so it cast me assunder :(

Also when walking backwards I tripped down some stairs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0058.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0046.jpg

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0066.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0068.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0069.jpg

[Tadao]

A new piece just showed up on my streets, I'll have to take a picture of it.

[The Leader]

Nah, it gazed into my heart and saw that I was pure, so it cast me assunder :(

Also when walking backwards I tripped down some stairs.
:lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0066.jpg

D:

[Zhukov]

A new piece just showed up on my streets, I'll have to take a picture of it.
Cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0067.jpg

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0068.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0069.jpg

[captain516]

I saw a lot of graffiti in Buenos Aries and Rio. will contribute
Update: Okay, as promised, here:
This first one is on the wall of a church, right across from the hotel I stayed at in BA.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4788754959_7a0dc33450.jpg

I don't remember where these next ones are from
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4789384822_61810bce50.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4788754765_d108167755.jpg

Don't let their smile fool you..they're up to something.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4788754661_897c638ec4.jpg


They're a lot more artistic in Brazil.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4788754323_d8b5ef5c4b_b.jpg
That's all for now, but I'll post more later if you guys are interested.

[Zhukov]

Yeah, I'm interested, it's all good. Brazil graf is awesome, by the way. They have a very unique style there called pichacao, which means something in Portugese I would assume.


Points for recognition!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF3108.jpg

[The Leader]

Oh you.

[Zhukov]

It's crooked and the edges aren't cut out right and it's generally shit... but I got the same old rush of being a vandal once again, so I'm going to do more.



I'm going to make one the size of a house and post it on the side of a skyscraper. Mark my words.

[Zhukov]

Hmm, I just noticed that I posted some pictures twice. Oh well. Here are some other examples of wheatpasting. Not mine.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0060.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0061.jpg
The 'weld' is a rainforest in Tasmania that's being logged, fyi.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF3112.jpg
Same one by me, I've got another image lined up to take to the printers though, and I'll make it much bigger since this one is so small (A3 seems bigger when you look at the blank paper...). A car drove past when I did this and in that brief second I suddenly imagined myself running from and being caught by the police, and then spending the rest of my life in gaol. Because I'm a rebel. No, I am.

[The Leader]

That is tiny. :(

[Zhukov]

Fuck off I'm trying >:

[The Leader]

ALL I MEANT WAS THAT YOU SHOULD TRY HARDER

[Zhukov]

Oh, I see. Sorry.

[Fathom Zero]

CUZ YOU SUCK

[Shyandquietguy]

The first set of pictures are friggin' awesome. Batman, the "D:" guys and mustache mural are my favorites. I'd actually try to take this up but I'd end up losing too much of a stencil just by being outside to make the effort worth it. I also shit a massive brick being any where near society. I'm assuming taggers adopt from the local foster home and roam the wilds until they get a dingo to give chase, there's no way those stencils could be whole by the time you've climbed over a fence. Man, street people be crazy skilled. Especially down unda'.

Is there a way to polish or glaze over wheat paste? My virginity just called I'm really in the mood for embracing it. Porno mache fleshlights and didlydo's ya'll.

PS WE ALL MUST BEGIN SOMEWHERE ZHUKOV!! SOMEWHERE!

Edit: Sorry for the ignorance (ha ha yeah right) but who is that dapper man you glued on the door?

[Zhukov]

Hmmm, not entirely sure what you just said. "Being near society" isn't a problem; you do it when nobody is looking, and hopefully nobody is anywhere near you either.

Also, you keep your stencils folded up and in a folder, seperated by wax paper to keep the paint sticking. Depending on what you use a stencil wont last very long though; printer paper for instance only lasts a few sprays before it's not worth keeping. Cereal box cardboard is good, but you can't have too much detail. I used the recycled paper bags from a local record store - they were thick, the perfect size, and I had lots of them.

Spray a clear gloss spray over the poster if you want it shiny. You can get that from art stores. If you want it thick and hard then just add more paste.

I wouldn't call yourself ignorant for not knowing who is in my poster, either.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0072.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0075.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0078.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0079.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0081.jpg

[Zhukov]

Well, turns out printing a picture out in A2 size costs a god damn fortune, so I decided to get some marker pens (don't know what you call them in the US... fat tipped pens filled with paint?) and make something from scratch. By scratch I mean copying something else.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF3115.jpg

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0094.jpg

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0132.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0120.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0052.jpg
I like this last one because it's a typical conversation one would hear in many an establishemnt:

"Well, fuck you cunt."
"Yeah, mate, well fuck you too cunt"
"Nah mate, fuck you cunt, I'll fucking kill you cunt"
"Yeah, nah you're a cunt mate. Fuck you."
"Yeah, nah I'm just messing with you mate."
"Fuck you mate."

So it seems Hobart has the best Graff scene in the world :/ Some of you mungs are from NY for chrissake.

[captain516]

Is that the Pringles guy at the bottom of the second one?

[Zhukov]

Maybe it is mean tot be, but I think it might be Ray Martin.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0115.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0144.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0155.jpg

[Tadao]

I went to take pics but the art was scrubbed off the wall. :(

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF3130.jpg

My first throw-up :(

Actually rather embarrassing.

[Sacks]

If it was cleaner it would pop.

[Zhukov]

Yeah, you can see I fucked up and went over it again, for starters. I went too quickly and the distance my hand was from the wall fluctuated as a result. Among other things...

Thankfully I've seen worse.

[executioneer]

i'm reporting this thread for crime

[Sacks]

I'm reporting you for being A BIG SQUARE!

[MLE]

I'm reporting Zhuk for not coloring within the lines.

[Zhukov]

I lined inside the colouring, rather than coloured outside the lines. Jesus.

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF3179.jpg

Second looks more simple and slightly better. Friday night is bad for this sort of thing because people are still awake at 1 am, cars feel the need to honk at you as they drive past, and then kids ask you for sex on the way home.

Was going for more letters but ran out of orange :(



Also, here is one I did when I was about 16, and it's still up:

Side A
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0349.jpg

Side B
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0350.jpg

[executioneer]

hahaha ok that i approve of

[Blasted Child]

I want to try Yoga Flame

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0646.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0736.jpg

Found those in a sewer.

[MLE]

I like!

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0761.jpg

Those are some collectors edition paint cans that I've picked up over the years. They're not worth anything drastic, but they look cool. Front and Back. Represent.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0762.jpg

[Galactica G]

I HEART this thread. loads of stunning stuff.
Have you seen 'Exit through the gift shop'?, its the Banksy film about street art as seen by Guetta. It features Shepard Fairey (Obey) and Space Invader and many more. Truly inspirational. Especially when they set up some 'art' in Disneyland that stops the runaway train ride.
I will try and post some of the awesome stuff that appears around Brighton, some of the most sublime stuff goes up here.

[Zhukov]

Yeah, I really liked Exit Through the Gift Shop. I saw Banksy stuff when I visited Bristol and I've liked him ever since. Show me Brighton!

[Zhukov]

So I did some more, surprisingly better stuff on a skate park near where I live a few nights ago. Last night it was done over by this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5004.jpg

which is vastly superior and a real kick in the teeth :(

But still cool.



Here's another new one from the slums of Hobart Town:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSC_0011-1.jpg

[Tadao]

There is a guy in my area who is obsessed with chickens and ninjas. Heres is pictures of his chickens. http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenticket/251239629/in/photostream/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/251239629_4ae1003a68_z.jpg

bejZr3kXH2I
5INZr_i9YIU

[Zhukov]

Wow, that's a cool style, I like that. Respect to him.

[Zhukov]

Trying harder.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5063.jpg
Happy with most of it except the k and the dot of the i.

[MLE]

is your tag pronounced twink?

[Zhukov]

Nah that's a Z. Zink.

[The Leader]

You fink.

[Zhukov]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5160.jpg

That was a saga getting that up I tell you what. Attacked by a spider AND ants, questioned by police, walked 10km, almost wet my pants... and much, much more. Worth it? Not really, it's crap.

[Fathom Zero]

Did you put up that spider warning, or was it someone else and you didn't listen? :lol

[Zhukov]

I decided to do the right thing and warn any other would be vandals. I was going over the cracks with the dark red, and then it must have gotten sprayed by accident so it rushed out and ran down the wall and onto the ground. I ran away and it chased me a little while, then went back to it's hole. I didn't feel like finishing off the green outline in case it came after me again.

[Zhukov]

Not mine:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5182.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5181.jpg

[Zhukov]

Mine (it looks OK from a distance, I swear!):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5336.jpg

NOT MINE:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5189.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Vincered/DSCF5190.jpg

[Babs]

I've got a couple of old photos I have from when I used to do some stuff. I have to scan them and upload them. Ohio has some alright street art around the dayton, columbus campus, and cleveland areas. I know I have a whole folder somewhere burned on a disc thatI'll have to upload later.

edit: here's a quick sketch I have that never really had a chance to be on a wall

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/LifeInMono/ciro.jpg

Here's another sketch that I did get to put up and came out amazing but the place I put it up at eventually got demolished (Columbus Coated Fabrics).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/LifeInMono/ciro2.jpg

[Zhukov]

Wow, well you've obviously got some talent with the pen, that would look awesome if you put it on a wall, the second one in particular.

[Babs]

Thanks, I did manage to do the second one and I might have a picture of it.