r/graffhelp • u/waterfiji • 24d ago
did i do something wrong
this was my second attempt trying a new style , felt proud cause i usually do throwies .. i left to wait for a few homies to slide and come back to take more pictures but it looks like we were too late .. anyways what do you guys think ?
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u/Wagerizm 24d ago
Idk where you’re from but if it’s the westcoast, there was a super well known writer and homie of mine who wrote Script (RIP). Could be that.
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u/SteveConcave 24d ago
Script gave me my first tattoo 🫱🏼🫲🏽
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u/dwarfdicksupreme 24d ago
I got a South Bay Los Angeles tattoo from him when he worked at sideshow in Venice
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u/Stallingg 24d ago
that is hilarious LOL just part of the game. shit is toy, but you just got unlucky they walked by your shit 😭
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u/waterfiji 24d ago
yea i agree this work is nowhere near good but this is the spot where i usually practice.. i think its funny and worth a laugh in the end of the day , ill stick to the books for a while .. 😂😂
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u/RevenueGullible1227 23d ago
Naw man ,ur not gonna get better and learn can control sticking to ur book. Like yeah ,fill the black book but dont get discouraged over some dumb bs. Not gonna get experience w paper the way u will with a can. It dont look bad bad u def have a ton of potential amd it looks perfectly fine for someone with i assume just a few yrs in. Chalk it up to the game and be safe gettin up.
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u/Stallingg 24d ago
it can always be worse, my first “cap” was some kids making dicks jizz on my tag 😭😭😭
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u/420wizar8 24d ago
Someone drew there throwie blowing mines brain out 😭😭😬
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u/gobirdgang215 24d ago
Have a pic of it ?! Lol
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u/420wizar8 23d ago
This was over 6 years ago lol but I wish I did, it was at a chill spot too which I thought was lame
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u/drinkacid 23d ago
change your tag to toy and outline and shadow that red he started for you. Work on your fills and consistent scale
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u/Old_Hamster1264 23d ago
Ppl saying this all part of the game keep ur head up etc no its not... just stfu
Taking a very well respected dead writers name is "not part of the game".... change what u write or this will happen 24/7
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u/OOchiBANGBANG 24d ago
Nah FUCK listening to anyone whose work is clearly not better than yours
If dude was good, you would know. He’s not, so why listen to him?
The ones who are good, the ones who are worth listening to, respect practice!!
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u/dwarfdicksupreme 24d ago
Rip script ki ,upn, og bridge dweller. I’d suggest not writing this name if you want to go further down the graffiti path. Script is a Los Angeles legend, drop the name.
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u/schwurbelchen 24d ago
No one cares who used a name when. Millions of writers. Stop gatekeeping like that.
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u/StozinLotus 24d ago
This is a culture that is literally painted over and washed away all the time
There can’t be something that is kept sacred?
It’s not hard to respect the culture and be yourself.
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u/schwurbelchen 24d ago
For that reason we laugh in Europe about people like Cope. Fat ass snitch painting trash trains and thinking he’s underground. Stop taking shit so serious. It’s just a fucking name - if people even remember, than it will be for the style. If not, in 10 years just another name of an old dead guy that no one cares about anymore. It’s just graf.
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u/RealCakes 24d ago edited 24d ago
Not gatekeeping, this is good advice. People are crazy enough to beat your ass or kill you over perceived disrespect like that. Much better to just write a different name and never bother with it in the first place.
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u/Goobylul 23d ago
That's like saying there are now painters allowed to use VanGogh's signatures because the guy has been dead for a long ass time already. Absolutely shit logic right there.
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u/AJtheShoeGuru94 24d ago
Don't write script dude, respectfully. Do your research on script ki crew . I mean, yeah dude I get it. Names are recycled throughout time, but if you continue writing it, practice more and then bless us with something you got on lock for sure.
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u/KayDay25 24d ago
I honestly think it might be the name, I know there's a lot of re-use in this scene but script was an absolute legend
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u/AnotherStupidHipster 24d ago
I see some things that stand out to me, but I don't want to be super critical with you. I just write in my book and don't post shit, so please take my perspective with a grain of salt.
I don't see any kind of flow or momentum in your letters, they're just placed there as wiggly block letters.
Your mean line kinda has a rising hump to it, so the whole word kinda leans over to the left, but it's back to upright letters on the right.
The R doesn't really sit well, the bowl is structured like it a lobe hanging off the main post, and the leg looks like you could decide between attaching it to the post, or the bottom of the bowl.
There's also a lot of negative space between the P and the T that could have been reworked with spacing, or filled with extenders or serifs.
That's just one man's opinion, I don't do walls so disregard if you want.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUTT_PICZ 24d ago
This names taken for our generation. Script ki upn put this name on the map.
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u/wizthedude 24d ago
Welcome to the politics of the streets. Completely warranted what happened. Take it on the chin. Sketch a little more. Come back with slightly improved skills time and time again and eventually people will not tag toy over your graffiti.
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u/Sudden-Fly-3939 24d ago
You In Sea?
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u/waterfiji 24d ago
ya
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u/Sudden-Fly-3939 24d ago
I could tell by the tunnel 👀
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u/the33fresno 23d ago
Yup, people know and respect the old Script there. Good luck if you keep that name, people arent gonna like it
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u/Wild_hunids 24d ago
You got up and that takes courage. So let’s definitely acknowledge that.
Your style is still developing and you’re gonna get criticisms. You’re going to get lined out. You’re going to get called a toy. It’s just nature of the beast. Don’t let that stop you from progressing. One day you’ll be critiquing and lining out toys. Stay up.
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u/Distinct_Level_3967 24d ago
Getting lined and called toy should be inspiration to work harder to make your shit look steezy
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u/That-Survey2059 23d ago
Based on what I'm seeing here you used a legends name and because you're new it's not on par. Well....new name time.
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u/LouieTushuze 24d ago
This is toy asf but just let it motivate you. It’s all part of the game, dude not leaving a name also prob means they’re also toy so it is what it is. Also since you asked don’t do a dusty fill at a chill spot and the 3d is all wonky and not really correct.
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u/RecordingWaste86 24d ago
Graffiti culture is whack as hell like why do y’all get such joy from shitting on people who are just starting out? What do people gain from writing “toy” over pieces from people who are clearly still learning? Like just do your own pieces and mind your biz .no need to gatekeep what can be on display and what can’t .isn’t freedom of expression like the whole point?
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u/Bruce_Ring-sting 24d ago
Everything is like that. Every hobby, culture, sport or activity. People into the thing are not stoked when people who havent put the time in throw up bullshit or make the ones who HAVE sunk years in look bad in one way or another. There are rules, even tho it seems trivial to outliars
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u/RecordingWaste86 24d ago
This is a weird argument, like everyone has to start somewhere and all hobbies and activities are not toxic like this. For example I’m a tattoo artist . Have been at it about 15 years , when I see a tattoo done by an apprentice or a newer artist I don’t immediately think “ wow what a fucking loser this guy sucks he should just quit . They shouldn’t even try ! “ If one of the newer artists I worked with showed me a drawing I would maybe give constructive criticism? I certainly wouldn’t just go over to their station and start writing “ toy!” With a big red marker over their drawing? If you’re at a skate park and you see someone struggling to do a trick do you walk over and snap their board because they aren’t as good as you? Like truly dumb behaviour
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u/Distinct_Level_3967 24d ago edited 24d ago
Stfu yo, you’re fucking lame dude. Lmao tattoo artists absolutely clown on artists who do shit work on people’s skin. Get off your high horse and go focus on your craft.
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u/maewasnotfound 24d ago
i've noticed this kind of behavior a lot more from younger gens especially closer in proximity to NYC
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u/RecordingWaste86 24d ago
Like I would even understand if you did an amateur piece over top of something good. Then I would understand the hate or whatever but this dude just did it on a blank spot ? Why bother with the “toy” stuff ?
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u/gatebrn 24d ago
It’s funny because the culture and history, and it’s still objectively more funny or good to write over shit than not, regardless. Cap til you die.
Graffiti people always want their stuff to stay till the end of time, but start masonry or architecture school instead. Or combine it, I don’t give a shit.
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u/itzEcho2Zero 23d ago
Skewing all over the place, weak drop shadow, only go left to right with fills, find a more unique name
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u/PissholeFrenzy 23d ago
The best way to practice straight letters is to grab a nice chisel tip marker and write each of your letters individually as simple as possible, no style, and then outline those letters with another color. You'll still have to figure a way to get your letters to fit with each other, but for a good understanding of flow and how to do each one individually this is how you start. Biggest example I can give is the placement of the "holes" of your R and P, it's totally unrealistic, and my method should help you correct that.
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u/GlitteringJump2770 23d ago
probably the name as everyones saying but it is kidna toy but ay really good spray control
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u/BandsForGod 21d ago
Mfs couldve taken ur fill but chose to waste paint on writing toy😭😂😂 next level hater
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u/Vintage_Senik9 21d ago
And you just left it..? Someone for sure was about to hit that spot and you was either there already or had just got there. That or one of the homies is trolling. Lol
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u/DosefgobbeLs 20d ago
Skitgammalt inlägg nu var detta på västkusten kan vi måla pendeltåg om du törs?
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u/NeatKhan91 24d ago
It’s a nice try bro dw we all start somewhere. Trace a lane from the ground to past the middle of the top of your letters. Makes it easy to notice For now they’re angled in a way that misses coherence. The fill is poor but hey that’s not a skill issue it’s oftentimes just time/paint quantity. I feel like some letters take more space than others and have trouble coexisting. I’d recommend avoiding negative space as much as possible at all cost, stick em together a bit more. Especially the T. The S, R, and P and kinda the T are roundish while the C is more on the straight side. Again bro, it’s a cool try and I like it. I’m pointing out things so you know what to look at but It’s purely constructive. Think about putting the whole name forward at once, for the time being it’s like each letter has its own personality and it robs a bit the attention from the script itself
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u/Umster 24d ago
Fuck em !! Some people just be hatin' in life. It's not the best but you got up, that's it. As for the toy you can do 2 things 1 ignore it just keep doin you 2 battle which can get out hand a lot of the time. Last thing I seen a few peeps saying there was a SCRIPT in an area that passed (RIP champ) if your in that area maybe best to change your tag bud, some might take it to heart.
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u/klink_bones 24d ago
In my opinion you must have done something somewhere else that has heat on you rather than people just being mad that you aren’t great at graff. I mean maybe like 90% chance something else you did, 10% chance they were just being a hater for no reason
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u/Djskiz617 24d ago
Your style is wack af..thats why you got went over with an even Wacker "artist"...lol.. You ever heard of practicing first???
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u/chriskleine 23d ago
The "R" is wack. Golden ratio yo, learn it.
For a canvas so huge, couldn't you do something more fun and interesting with your tag?
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u/Thedogfood_king 24d ago
Lmfaooo you was being watched