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DZA wrote:

that pictures looks so raw!

a bit too saturated though imo, doesn't look really natural anymore

I'm guessing people will hate on that because it's legal?

That's how it works right?

oiii mad c got maaaad skills

wubstep wrote:I'm guessing people will hate on that because it's legal?

That's how it works right?

only if people try and say its the same as illegal graff

otherwise, its absolute bang bang fiyahh fiyaaah fiyaaah bun dem fantan mojah hail de king business

What about all the proper pieces I see down my high-street, on shop fronts and boarded up tings?

Surely they aren't legal but they aren't throw-ups either.



Check my nearest 'massage club'

http://bristolgraffiti.files.wordpress. ... -croft.jpg
Too big to post.

2manynoobs wrote:

DZA wrote:

that pictures looks so raw!

a bit too saturated though imo, doesn't look really natural anymore

yeahhhh looksl ike a horror videogame or something

HDR - High Dynamic Range.

It's essentially 3+ exposures combined into one shot to allow you to get mad shit like that.


It doesn't take a whole gang of skill really, often looked down upon. But it can produce nice surreal images if used correctly.

When done poorly though;

lol i know exaclty what it is mate i used to do it its pretty simple. but yeah good info for the others

think the HDR posted by DZA looks pretty good to be honest. If its not going to look different than a standard photo then whats the point. nice.

wubstep wrote:What about all the proper pieces I see down my high-street, on shop fronts and boarded up tings?

Surely they aren't legal but they aren't throw-ups either.



Check my nearest 'massage club'

http://bristolgraffiti.files.wordpress. ... -croft.jpg
Too big to post.

every bit of graff has an appreciative purpose to me

you get pieces on tracksides that are illegal that are DEEP full colour things that take hours to do, same with pieces on trains, thats skill and balls.

the only point about legal graff is that its legal, thats it, it removes a serious hindrance out of what you're doing, namely the fear and danger of getting caught

so illegal graff for a writer will always have more respect, especially when its illegal piecing. the unwritten law is a tag is bottom rung, then a throwup covers a tag, then a dub covers a throw up, then a piece covers a dub... if you're writing illegally thats what you go by. Legal walls to me are fair game, you paint, take your picture and fuck off and forget about it

some old timer tried involving me in some beef recently about a piece on a legal wall, beefing about legal walls jus shows you aint got anything better to do really.

that ziml piece is nice, dont really like the style tbh but its nice still, proper skillful - and its blatantly a commission, if not then you got some very lax police round that area!! lucky boy!

Yeah that all makes sense I guess.

I think this particular area of the city is basically 'tolerated', as long as it has some sort of artistic merit that non-heads would appreciated. I've seen a few people doing pieces, but only late at night and looking pretty shifty so I don't think it's exactly legal.

Some more shit from my surrounding streets.


These two are right outside my gaff, yeah it says 'Graffiti' but it's nicer than looking at breeze-blocks.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/12743 ... 2e0b_o.jpg
My local trainstation, was originally commissioned but none of that can be seen anymore to my knowledge.

Another Stokes Croft peice, another 'massage parlor'.

Up the road.

noam wrote:http://journalismworksproject.org/graffiti.html

sick article mainly following JA

That was a good read.

See it in a different light now

yeah man. when some people say its a way of life, they really mean it!

That was what surprised me.

When you see basic tags or throw ups its easy to assume its just mindless "amateurs" not doing it for artistic reasons. But the whole thing of doing it by numbers as a fuck you to the system or just cos of the pure addiction to it makes more respectable. And the lifestyle that goes with it sounds like it'd be pretty hard to give up or get out of.

Random Eyez wrote:

noam wrote:http://journalismworksproject.org/graffiti.html

sick article mainly following JA

That was a good read.

See it in a different light now

yeah i read that, sick read.

loved the bit about when they hook up their dude for crack n pcp n called it "bionics" ha, tickled me. although last time i went out on K i got nicked. although i did the craziest spots ive ever done on coke so. ha yeah, drugs do help i guess hahaha

Well drugs do make you invincible so prob best to get wired to go places you normally wouldn't.

Its a dangerous game, got respect for it in that sense

fuck paintin on K i'd actually kill myself... sniff and booze although too much of either makes for shit, shit graffiti!

bombin drunk is my favourite, if im just high im so prang but whatever gets you feelin orrrn it you tend to move swifter and have more confidence

SMBizzzzle.