anybody else like graffiti?

[tattooski11]

im addicted to it. i love the vibrant colors and the imagination....right on first post is toast.

[Capt. Calzone]

yes and no. Crappy chicken scratches and scribbles are just that... Crap.
The artist I would have to admire the most would be Banksy. He's an innovator who wants to send a message not just paint pretty pictures.

[tattooski11]

yeah i agree. tags and handstyles do give graffiti a bad wrap. but unfortunatly just like any artform there are those who just dont care. other than that i like banksy a lot too. very creative dude... i do appreciate where some guys are taking it... i mean to like fine art graffiti, stenciling, postering, and even sculpture. but i will always have the biggest love reserved for productions and serious experienced graffers. stencils kind of lose that originality and rawness of attacking the same alphabet that everyone knows. plus its supposed to be bad. i like that. its just art. im too old to be running from the cops but i still like to paint. mabye thats why i like tattooing... cause its kind of looked down upon in society but its getting more socially accepted. anyhoo gotta draw somethin

[Capt. Calzone]

Another awesome Graf artist Mike Giant, awesome tattooist too!

[tattooski11]

yeah man he's dope... check out grime too. hes got a site and new skool tattoo is pretty cool too. do you know of any tatoo mags that have had any graffiti specials? ive seen one. but it got so tore up at my old flophouse in phoenix and i forgot what it was.. my friend statik is starting to tattoo too. statikon.com is his site. its dope shit...borderline muralistic with a hint of african and mexican influence. but its graff all the way... happy surfing

[skullman]

Where abouts in phoenix were ya??? Me big town of Mesa

Ya I agree the real artist with the box car style and new pop got some real shiz there. But no art I haven't real seen alot of publications or even shows on.

[tattooski11]

whats up zona! man i lived at 35th ave and camelback... 602 in the house!
shit then i did a 5 year cali stint. and now im in fuckin iowa!?! wtf. oh well at least im out of the plasticland. az is cool. but the midwest...especially chicago for me, is the heart of representing style. these guys out here are so driven. mabye nice weather all the time makes you lazy or weak. shit we gotta get all geared up and shovel our fuckin cars out of snow just to go to work. and we still create and bust ass.

[ink_freak]

got to give props to seen and phase 1 for making grafiti what it is i started tagging when i was like 13 it was the way i could show my art to every body and a couple of weeks later you could do it all over again.the last piece i did was a tribute to an uncle on the side of a liquor store about 6 years ago im 28 now and lay floor covering so my legs cant get me away from the cops like they used to. but i live close to some railroad tracks now and get to enjoy the art passing through every day maybe one day ill pick up the cans again but for now it the tattoo machine

[stevieb]

yeah I love the big burners.
Dont like to see loads of tagging or tiny chromes allover everything and anything.
Went in to Germany in Feb and at the sides of the motorway everything was tagged for mile after mile through Holland was bad also.
If its big and colourful I love it.
Got any links to Graf sites ??

[tattooski11]

yeah my buddy's site from chicago.... www.statikon.com and a friends site www.thenativesoul.com. tns has music and graff but moastly chicago stuff. statik's site is just.... well you'll see. he is coming to iowa in a week and soon he will be inking. oh and of course the grandfather of all graffiti sites is www.artcrimes.com plus it has a links section a mile long. lots of graff. i mean lots.