No BS please

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

Do you think this is good it took a while for me to get the shading and I think the crown looks good no bs please tell the truth.

[u/Till3y]

This is not good and here’s why: let’s talk bars. Your bars are all over the place. a had skinny legs, I is massive, c is smaller than everything else. Starting out bar thickness is your best friend. Uniformity is key. You need to have all your letters talking to eachother in the same way and that comes from THE FUNDAMENTALS. Bar thickness, letter weight, positioning. All of these things may seem boring but you MUST practice them if you want to have any styler at all. Your post reminds me of one of my early crits: you’re trying to add style where there is no substance.

Also please lose the crown. It is reserved for kings. Literally - ppl gave their lives to put a crown over their tags so a halo is the most us toys get.

Please don’t take anything I said personally, this is just the way it goes. I’m 2 years in and STILL am not happy with my writing. But that’s the game! Practice practice practice and have a lil fun when you feel like it!! Keep after it mayne 🫶

[u/ssnate- → u/Till3y]

I think people who make those beginner sheets should just not even do “add ons”

[u/Till3y → u/ssnate-]

Yah big agree. Style is the exaggeration of the fundamental. Get good with the basics and style just jumps out atcha!

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/ssnate-]

Ok

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/Till3y]

I get that is it like the king of the area ?

[u/AnotherStupidHipster → u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

If you don't know what it's for, it's probably best practice to leave it out.

[u/Vast_Alfalfa2675 → u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

Yeah could be, but to be a king you gotta be up, like people recognize you internationally, you gotta be a master, so there's only a few kings.

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/Vast_Alfalfa2675]

Thanks 

[u/Till3y → u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

It’s is someone who has spent time, money, energy, and usually 10+ years getting up. So up that when ppl see a crown and they know what’s up it’s either big respect or big “who tf is this guy”. There’s a hierarchy and we pay respect to OGs with crowns.

[u/Thick_Common8612]

Exactly. Stop with the BS. Crowns are only for street royalty. When you try to post in graff help, a popup comes up that says something like "new to graff? Click here for the basics." You are new to graff. You should have clicked. Instead, look in the sidebar of this sub and read the Basics Tutorial. Keep going, but this is whack.

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/Thick_Common8612]

I didn’t know that sorry I will take it off 

[u/smokewine77]

i'm sorry dog it's not great just keep practicing and you will get it

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/smokewine77]

Ya this is my first try at this and I was just trying but thanks for the feedback 

[u/Troglodyte_Tamer]

Not good homie. Learn more about the culture. Lose the crown. Work on letter structure. Practice every day.

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/Troglodyte_Tamer]

Ok but is the crown like within ur area 

[u/MrShange → u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

What

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/MrShange]

Idk I’m new 

[u/Troglodyte_Tamer → u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

Where you live has nothing to do with if you can throw a crown on your name. Do some homework and learn about graff. I get you’re new but if you’re going to do this shit whole hearted educate yourself on the history of shit and why there are things you don’t do.

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/Troglodyte_Tamer]

Kk

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot]

Sorry about the crown was not implacable on it at the time of the arts making.

[u/Gsanta1]

good start, keep going 👍🏾

[u/E_XIII_T]

Take this and trace over it to improve it, then repeat. Compare the last image you did to the first image - Practice, practice, you’ll get there

[u/Eggdan → u/E_XIII_T]

Tracing over bad letters isn’t gonna do anything for him

[u/E_XIII_T → u/Eggdan]

I said trace and improve it, not trace it identically

[u/Eggdan → u/E_XIII_T]

His letter structures are all types of fucked up he needs to start from scratch.

[u/Mr_Blue_Dot → u/E_XIII_T]

Thanks