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How to Draw Graffiti Names

Graffiti art has, over time, become a form of artistic drawing. In another article, I've captured the main characteristics of artistic art in more detail but let's do a quick review here.We know that graffiti art is often loud (meaning brightly colored), has a 3D look and feel to it, and looks mostly stylish. One might even classify graffiti art as contemporary art. Everything about graffiti is an expression of the culture of some group or country.Although graffiti art is most widely known as art drawn by vandals on public walls with spray cans, the same term can be extended to represent art with similar characteristics as mentioned above.You may be drawn to drawing graffiti names because graffiti art looks stylish with its bright attractive colors, and that applies to graffiti texts as well.To start drawing graffiti names, you need to prepare the following drawing tools. You need a light pencil, preferrably HB, and a set of permanent magic markers with a variety of colors.Next, you need to decide on the style of the texts. There are literally thousands of styles to choose from. Just take a look at the thousands of font types available freely on the Internet for download. You may want to visit one of these websites and choose a font design that you really like. You'll be using this as your reference. Some websites even allow you to create a preview image with the selected font type. Simply save the image to your computer for reference.Start drawing with your pencil on the surface. Draw lightly at first so that you can erase any mistakes you make. Sometimes, your texts may be too big or small, and you can easily rectify this by using a dust free eraser.Once you're satisfied with how the graffiti name looks, trace the outline with a fine magic marker. The shapes will start to emerge now. Then start filling in the different letters with colors. Be bold and creative here. After all, it's graffiti texts, so you want it to come out attractive, bold and stylish.Use a different color to create some shades just inside the outlines. This will create the illusion that the texts are 3D. If you're familiar to using Photoshop or any image editing software, this is similar to creating the emboss effect.Drawing the drop shadow is optional but if you want your graffiti name to look more alive and realistic, by all means give your graffiti name a light shadow below.

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Graffiti Writing: Learn to Draw Graffiti Letters

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Graffiti as an art form has existed since ancient days in the Greek and Roman empire. This style of street art refers to forms of lettering usually scrawled on the surfaces that is particularly considered as public property. Although graffiti lettering is considered to be an act that is thought to be disgraceful by many, the various styles that have emerged over the years has turned it into an art form. Graffiti letters are used to decorate cars, bikes, walls of homes or even as a part of interior decoration. Graffiti is an important part of youth culture and also signifies an act of rebellion. The hip hop culture is also closely associated with graffiti. This is so evident with the kind of music videos that always had hip hop artists rapping or break dancing against a backdrop of beautiful lettering styles. Thus emerged a style of graffiti writing which many tried to emulate. The bright, flashy colors combined with an elaborate, illustrative style is something that requires pure talent! Let's check out and learn to draw graffiti letters with the compilation of these basic instructions. Graffiti Writing: Learn to Draw Graffiti Letters Begin by observing and studying this art form meticulously. Every artist can develop his/her own style eventually, but to begin with the basics, you need to develop your own powers of observation. Take a look around the town. Study some music videos. (The video, 'Nothin' my Love Can't Fix' by Joey Lawrence is interspersed with images of beautiful graffiti on the walls.) You can even browse online to take a look at the various forms of graffiti lettering styles. Before you begin practicing graffiti styles, you also need to gather the right materials for this art. Make sure you equip yourself with colored pencils, round and flat brushes, pencils, poster colors, spray gun, paper, eraser etc. Practice drawing names on paper. You can opt for various styles from large to bulky forms. Draw pencil sketches initially. Try various compositions. Once you try various layouts, you can select the one that you like best. Paint with colors of your choice and experiment with different color combinations. Apart from 2-dimensional designs, you can even try a 3-dimensional look. This will make the lettering stand out. Practice these steps till you learn the knack of drawing graffiti letters. Keep altering the pressure applied on the pencil. This will help you to achieve different lines of thickness giving a certain depth to the lettering. Make the line thicker in some areas. This style provides a sense of perspective to the entire design. Add shadows and work on the shading. This can display some surprising effects. Once you get the basics right, you can add other elements in the design. Bubble lettering is one of the most commonly used ideas in graffiti writing styles. Lettering styles can also be exaggerated to form new shapes and designs. Drawing elements inside an alphabet is another style of detailing that can give an artistic look to the graffiti lettering. The style of graffiti lettering varies according to every person. However, while discovering your creativity, ensure that you do not destroy public property. With practice, you can develop an original style. There would be no stopping you then!
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Drawing Graffiti Letters

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While many people associate graffiti with tasteless vandalism, it is also an art that has been appreciated since antiquity. Art has always been, and will always be, a form of self- expression. Through it, one can convey one's thoughts and feelings to other people. It is one form of self- expression in which a person does not have to be called an artist in order to make use of it.
Graffiti follows along the same line of self-expression, in that the creativity and expression of art is personally evolving and color, design and complexity developing. The Italian word from which the word graffiti was derived, coming from Greek graphein meaning "to write," was first applied to writing on walls in Roman times. Modern graffiti artists have applied their own self-expression on a lot of walls and buildings, following the ancient Romans, as witnessed by many today. It can however, be done in a way that does not vandalize or violate the law.
Over the years, distinctive styles have evolved that can be instantly recognized as graffiti, even when the writing is on a piece of paper. As with any art, there is no right way to draw graffiti, and you need to develop your own style. There are beginning points and ways to develop learning how to draw graffiti letters.
The subject of Graffiti is limitless; it has taken on many forms and styles. Each of these forms and styles is different from the other and appeals to many different individuals. The creativity of individuals leads to different tastes, likes and dislikes, it is not surprising to find so many different people drawn to a certain art form with limitless boundaries.
Of all the art forms created, none has met with such considerable resistance from a lot of individuals as graffiti. Graffiti is heavily criticized as vandalism and as a contributor to visual pollution. So great is the resistance for this art form that governments in certain countries around the world created laws or policies in the hopes of controlling, if not eradicating it. Certain laws were made and passed that stipulates the capture and imprisonment of the individual in the process of doing the art form. These are just examples of what critiques of this art form did, and of how much length they would go just to drive it into extinction.
Most serious graffiti artists start by developing a unique signature. They start by choosing a style for their name, of which bubble letters are especially popular in graffiti, because it seems to be easier to draw, but there are other styles, too. Once the letters and signature have been selected you need to add color, to fill in your drawing. You can use colored pencils, marker or crayon. Again, it's a good idea to look at examples before doing this, but really you can do anything you want.
A very simple graffito (a single work of graffiti) can have only one color. You can also easily do each letter in a different color or make the added details a different color than the letters. Graffiti artists traditionally had to work secretly for fear of getting caught--many still do--and so they could carry only one or two different colors of spray paint at a time--a lot of very good graffiti is just one color.
Graffiti today has gone way beyond simple letters, transforming to various styles such as the Tag Style, Throw-up, Blockbuster, and WildStyle. There is even the use of polka dots, checkers, crosshatches and the like, to add color and depth and size to the graffiti art.
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TJ has spent most of his life studying the techniques of drawing, graffiti, custom painting, airbrush, and chalk. He's drawn in street festivals and has taught kids and adults alike.