Grafitti as art?

Visit any major city or metropolis and you'll see it.

Suburban neighborhoods are not exempt.

I love well placed, thought out graphic messages.
*personal property* has always been a no spray zone as far as i'm concerned..

Oh, and I'm not a tagger


But....

When you see it,what's your first reaction?

If you specialize in graffti,let us see it.



I used to dabble.

I like grafitti , I have nothing against it. At my local Boys & Girls Club , the youths used grafitti as a way to express themselves in a more postive light. They used to be taggers before they joined and once they realized that they can used their drawings as something meaningful , their self confidence was lifted.

tony23k said:

Visit any major city or metropolis and you'll see it.

Suburban neighborhoods are not exempt.

I love well placed, thought out graphic messages.
*personal property* has always been a no spray zone as far as i'm concerned..

Oh, and I'm not a tagger


But....

When you see it,what's your first reaction?

If you specialize in graffti,let us see it.



I used to dabble.

EccentricLady said:

I like grafitti , I have nothing against it. At my local Boys & Girls Club , the youths used grafitti as a way to express themselves in a more postive light. They used to be taggers before they joined and once they realized that they can used their drawings as something meaningful , their self confidence was lifted.

EccentricLady said:

tony23k said:

Visit any major city or metropolis and you'll see it.

Suburban neighborhoods are not exempt.

I love well placed, thought out graphic messages.
*personal property* has always been a no spray zone as far as i'm concerned..

Oh, and I'm not a tagger


But....

When you see it,what's your first reaction?

If you specialize in graffti,let us see it.



I used to dabble.

Why don't you show everybody here your grafitti art.

There must be only one tagger in my area.

He specializes in penises. There must be at least 20 giant penises on my way from home to work. They come in all colors too

I nominate MikeMatronik for Best Org Plumber 2008.
He finds ALL the leaks

PANDURITO said:

There must be only one tagger in my area.

He specializes in penises. There must be at least 20 giant penises on my way from home to work. They come in all colors too

So you didn't look like this when you went out Tony?

obsessed said:

So you didn't look like this when you went out Tony?

used as the bones for this,

EccentricLady said:

I like grafitti , I have nothing against it. At my local Boys & Girls Club , the youths used grafitti as a way to express themselves in a more postive light. They used to be taggers before they joined and once they realized that they can used their drawings as something meaningful , their self confidence was lifted.

I think people who dont like grafitti are just mad because they cant do it, or it started off where people plastered it on walls illegally and it gave it a bad name to begin with.

A lot of it just looks like messy scribbling and it does seem to be an eyesore. However, when it's done well, it's pretty amazing. There's a long wall in San Francisco that is reserved for graffiti. You can see it from the highway and the artwork is remarkable! Definitely makes life more interesting rather than seeing a blank wall.

Like any art form, I suppose, there's good and there's bad.

tony23k said:

used as the bones for this,

ART!!!

paisleypark4 said:

heartbeatocean said:

heartbeatocean said:

tony23k said:

used as the bones for this,

the pencil drawing looks more interesting than the paint, which smothers the detail

Slave2daGroove said:

I love this....
It's simple, but it says so much.


Minneapolis....

obsessed said:

I love this....
It's simple, but it says so much.


Minneapolis....

obsessed said:

I love this....
It's simple, but it says so much.


Minneapolis....

paisleypark4 said:

obsessed said:

I love this....
It's simple, but it says so much.


Minneapolis....

Where in mpls this at!!!?? I wanna check it out.

TOny your grafitti is hot. Although I agreed with heart, the second one didnt compliment the original at all papi. But I like the San Diego one, thats crucial.

tony23k said:

paisleypark4 said:

heartbeatocean said:

tony23k said:

Very nice!

tony23k said:

Visit any major city or metropolis and you'll see it.

Suburban neighborhoods are not exempt.

I love well placed, thought out graphic messages.
*personal property* has always been a no spray zone as far as i'm concerned..

Oh, and I'm not a tagger


But....

When you see it,what's your first reaction?

If you specialize in graffti,let us see it.



I used to dabble.

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Grafitti is art, my brother did graffiti when he was younger, its shame about tagging though cos it has masked the art of grafitti and often they tag over the art which is a crime iMO.

Theres been some grafitti artists commissioned in london this year, i think its in the tunnel near paddington station or somewhere, theyve been given the whole tunnel with some famous poeple making art in there.

I love seeing trains with graffiti and i hate seeing whitewashed art, it seems sad to see a creation obliterated like that, i always wonder what was under it.