Just start making letters...don't connect them or make words as yet. Try to create a huge variety of alphabets, the more you have the better. Some ppl will tell you to go get premade alphabets online and copy them so you get a feel of it. Eh, i don't endorse it...but i'm not saying there's anything tremendously wrong with it either (as long as you don't rip someone's style). Then after you've gotten good at lettering...just try combining the letters, creating words and phrases. Get a feel for it, and learn how to manipulate your letters. Then work on intergrating various symbols and objects...like the tried and true arrow...lol. After a good deal of practice with cans...you should be fairly good. From here on it's just up to you practicing and getting better and better.
Remember style comes from you, don't steal someone else's style. Be unique.
And BRT...if you wanna get a real good looking style...you just gotta practice. Like i said above...style comes from you, no one can tell you how to make it.
LoL make me just wanna get up and start practicing my tags more.
Dont bite the hand that feeds u, eventually everyone helping u will get annoyed...jesus.
Beginners giving beginners tips without understanding what they are saying is probally one of the worst ways to spread KNOWLEDGE.....which is the key to anything in life.
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Seriously, Mr.Thread Starter read Anubis's posts carefully. Read it again. Go take a piss and read it one more time. You know that buzzing sound in your ears? That's the sound of getting your ass handed to you.
Okay, I tried my first bit of real blockbuster letters, just 3D letters with arrows twisting all over the place, to see what I could do. I think it looks pretty wack. Any tips? Praise? Critism? All are welcome. I attached the file.
They're alright, but there isn't enough of a flow between the letters. Your arrows...they just lead you out to no where. You definately got the basics down but work on creating more of a rhythm within your work.
Hmm flow between the letters? I don't understand that well, but I think maybe I'm adding too many arrows, sort of to hide behind the wack letters I do. Glad I got the basics though, I think most of them look kinda wack, except for the Flipside one. Also, where should the arrows lead, did I put too many of them? Are the tails of the arrows too long? lol, sorry for all the questions, but I'm getting a bit interested in this now, lol.
Try to do some roundness with your lines, so that everything isn't at an angle. Also, work on making some parts of the letter fatter than the rest, lines that vary add a lot to a piece. And lastly, don't try to connect every letter together until later, after you get the flow of things.
Basically flow...hmmm...i'm to lazy to explain what it means in more detail...i'll do it later, lol. But listen to F Stylz advice, and create contrast between the letters through using the same technique of making certain spots bigger than others. And your arrows should lead into the piece, and make the person's eyes move in towards the main focus of the work. When you get really good you can make the arrows lead both away from the picture and towards it, but it's hard as shit to do it and make it look nice. And it's up to you to decide whether or not those are too many arrows...i would say yes and no... i would say cut back a bit on them..lol, but it's up to you and the way you want it to look. The answer would depend on what the piece is going to look like.
Here's the explaination of flow i gave in another post...most of it applies here...tell me if it helps. If you need more clarification just reply, i'll be more than happy to see what i can do.
You want to make the text look like there's a "flow" to it. There should be one smooth motion across, there shouldn't be any abrupt stops. Symbols should flow into the picture and create more variety within the work. There should be a "rhythm" to speak of in the picture. Get where i'm going at? Now how to do this you ask? I really don't kno...it just takes practice. Practice over and over and over and over again, different letters, different symbols, different combinations of these. You could also try looking around and seeing how different writers do it. But DO NOT copy them in any way, it's just wrong to rip work from other writer's.
Think of your graffiti like a song for arguments sake...the beat is always constant...you want your pieces like that.
