Absolutely #1😂 learned the hard way

Yeah I started thinking I was a wizard making it super complicated but when I look back at it that was goofy ah lettering

How is it going with that?

@@healablepuppy4667 really really well. personally, it works for me

@Christopher Barrales just keep grinding. style comes eventually, but once you get the fundamentals down, it comes a whole lot easier.

That's wassup, I started the opposite & word up my shit turned out to be horrible but steadily improving since..

Same

thats spot on, legit a cardinal sin of throw ups, having that flow is super important

Dude it's so damn good i had to include it just to share that gem

Joel Fox it’s almost too good to be called a throwie

Thats true tho

lmao damn they always changing what it says hahaha

Rite start with block or bubble keep it legible starting trying to do wild style and pieces isnt the route but of course everyone wants to be a beast rite away lol

Wow had to call me out like that didn't you

Can you reply me i need help

@NUKE...!!! Come to DC, we can Paint.

Is there anyway I can get an opinion of my throwie? I’d love some feedback ✍️

Very much a shit load of practice like a year lol

Throwups are literally the only thing I can do

@@tonkslance779 what about now almost a year later?

Im really happy to have you as a part of it, i really appreciate all the support man

@@Theartistblock Thanks man, I appreciate what you do on this channel. I'll try to get in on some critiques when I finish a few more pieces. I think I pretty much have the fundamentals down, but I've just been struggling with developing my style, and how to apply fundamentals in an advanced way.

lol shit if you know them that well you probably know them better then i remember them haha. I currently dont intend to share more stories as many of the ones i have left not even my family knows and i dont think they'ed feel too nice finding out through youtube first

Just extend the existing lines in a simple way that suggests the basic letter structure

Alabama Black kid is the best

samo

Yep. He shows it in some of the vids - you can indicate all your points in a light outline color first before you start.

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goofy

Toy

Which ones?

@@snazdogdbfan251 gonze 1:56

@@MrKevin12p that must have been mortifying

@@tonkslance779 yea at the time, always room for improvement :)

The G looks like a pair of balls

Flow problems are a result of adding too much style, basic straight letters flow automatically withough you having to do anything so if you're having problems it's because you're adding too much style. In this case keep it simple and work on basic print fonts with 0 style. style will only make learning harder and make it take multiple times longer to get better at graffiti

@@Theartistblock thank you for the help I'll do my best to take what I've learned and apply it to my peices

Learn other peoples style and copy as many different letters as you can, eventually you’ll create your own, don’t be afraid to copy. A lot of artist from nyc are giving there tag be an established artist. Many are not as original as they seem. They are literally copying what another artist drew for them. A popular example would be cope2 getting his tag from cap, that is a common process. Not that all graffiti artist do this, but usually the people that were getting up, and established in the whole scene came from a lineage of writers.

had to those guys have some of my favorite throws

Big mistake lol

So if you draw the letter O the O is the positive space ( the space being occupied) and the area in the middle as well as the area outside of the O are both negative space ( the space not occupied)

The Artist Block, so everything inside the outline, which is not part of the inside of the letter, vis-a-vis - the not coloured part?

AZO DOZF this is a graffiti channel 😐

AZO DOZF yo I follow u on ig

He could do a video about if the corona virus 🦠 affects graffiti artist

@@azodozf it doesn't bro

@@azodozf u trippin

Negative space refers to any space not occupied by volume. In other words empty area. For example, if you look at a doughnut, the hole in the middle is negative space ( empty space) while the doughnut itself is positive space ( space that's occupied)

@@Theartistblock i see. Thank you

You can allways bite but dont you want to be original just sketch your own letter than you dont have a full recycled piece less likely to get bombed over

@@gregoryt.miller6852 yeah that's what I am doing(the thing with own letters) ... For real I've never bited anyone's stuff. Maybe I formulated it the wrong way. I mean you have a really simple throwie with letters like an little "a". But I saw writers who have an "a" in their name and they really look similar.. And that's the point! Sure the really basics like a line you can't bite (That's not biting) But what about throwies when is it biting??

@@brake2064 i mean at some point there is allways going to be some similar aspects its impossible not to correct? So going back to the main rule in anything just make sure your having fun doing it than thats all that matters so go kill it and have fun my friend:)

Lol did I at least get back to you?

@@Theartistblock You did - spent last night sketching using the feedback you gave me, thank you

Remember in kindergarten when you were learning to write and you used that paper with the top, middle, and bottom line? Use that same concept when doing your throw, so when you practice, make yourself a top line and bottom line for you that act as a reference for your cap height.

Stock to your baseline meantime and capheight and you'll be good

@@Theartistblock much more concise than what I said lol

@@Theartistblock ja I know I watched your videos. On paper it works fine, I Gabe the problem when I spray.

@@gusward728 thx

oh hell yes, this is a huge one

Angus gray dusty fills or hollows aren't a mistake, heaps of experienced writers do it in order to make it quicker when doing a red hot spot

@@vitaliyrostov3204 y u frontn fo

Read the comment

Thats all up to preference isnt it. Taste differs

@@skaffoe_lobby better fo environment as there is no skill on filling

art for sure has rules and you can factually make mistakes in graffiti. If you write for example Yety and you spell it VETY then you made a mistake. Letter structure is a core fundamental and with that you get negative space management and weight instantly. thats not even including the other fundamentals or elements of art. If art had no rules then everyone would be Leonardo da Vinci but that cl the case. Anyone would be able to be a tattoo artist but once again, not the case, anyone could draw comic books but once again, not the case, why? because not everyone understands the rules to art.

@@Theartistblock So youre kind of saing that for example antistyle is a mistake? And the example with "then everyone could be a tatto artist" is not very good because in case of tattoos someone wants a motive for example a snake and in graffiti nobody really says you what to do. Im still folloing these "rules of graffiti" because i just stick to the whole style thing.

​@@V0lny Anti-style is not a mistake, but an excuse 99% of the time. People that have a completely different and far out style, that still looks dope, have to know the rules of art far better than those with more mainstream style. In other words, what looks like shit is not anti-style, it's just what it looks like - shit. So you can start throwing literal crap at a wall and I guarantee you, it will look better than what most "anti-styles" wannabe stuff. Probably not what you wanted to hear, also you are right about something. Nobody will tell you what to do. But whether your stuff will get recognition, respect or even just look nice to someone, with the slightest bit of feeling, will all have to do with knowing the rules and much later, a way in which they can be broken. If you want to see a 'weird' style, search for Kans handstyle on KZfaq. The final product is completely out of the norm, but the man knows damn well what he is doing, while most people calling their 'style' anti-style do not. There is a writer in my city telling everyone he has been doing graffiti since '84 and that he is doing anti-style. I don't know him personally, but even if the '84 thing is true, he and his "crew" are STILL a bunch of toys hiding under the pretense of anti-style. Nobody is telling him what to do. The saddest part is, if his claims are true, soon 40 years will pass and no graffiti artist worth his salt respects him in any way and that fact will not change, until the day he dies or stops writing. But that is completely fine with me. The guy can't do a decent throw and demands some kind of recognition? Maybe from some noob that has been doing this for a month or 3 of his best buddies that wouldn't know the difference between The Raft of the Medusa and a turd if it hit them in the face. Enough ranting. Go watch the video, I told you about and make sure to also check the comments. Funny how "hardcore bomber" toys go crazy, when someone is better than them. To stay on-topic, I personally hate it when jackasses pull off a shitty toy throw, then make a cloud (why?) that crosses my throw/handstyle. Also,

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How is he a toy?