I’ve never cared much for the graffiti culture. But I just watched this and started to understand why so many people consider it art. There’s ALOT of thought and process that goes into this. I’m changing my mindset about the dedication it takes to actually be good at this. It’s not just splashing spray paint on a wall.
Certainly not wrong, lots of stuff that goes out there can be quick and just to get your name out. But there is also tons that goes much deeper and that's my favorite by far
it's the lowest culture of 'art'. There's a reason it's a crime to destroy other people's property you don't own. Maybe you would love your house to be 'bombed'.
My best advice would be for anyone who feels like they can’t wrap their head around it, look up the people who do it completely legit at least quick. There’s channels that record themselves doing it illegally (I think art is still good but people obviously will disagree between right and wrong) but the channels/artists that respect others are the easiest to digest and appreciate the art form in my opinion, unless you don’t judge people for maybe breaking the law if the ends justify the means. Some beautiful things have been done without permission, sucks to see it covered sometimes
I write “BEOR” currently. I used to write “DAOS” but got arrested on that name and didn’t like how blocky the letters were. After I got arrested I was thinking about how I could continue graffiti or I could not continue. To BE OR not to be, that is the question. I felt like that could be applied to basically anything, not just to graffiti. So I started writing “BEOR” cause that meant something cool to me. Every once in a while, I add “NOT” so it reads “BEOR NOT” and sometimes I just say fuck it and put up a “WHERE” throw up cause I like that it isn’t connected to BEOR so it’s not obvious it is me and people who see it later on don’t know where it came from. I like that when I do graffiti, even if the viewer doesn’t know it, I’m asking a question and hopefully making them think. I know the letter combos aren’t the craziest in the world, but I like it. Edit: spelling errors
@auxin903 tbh it wasn't that bad. They didn't get violent or anything. There was nothing I could really do, because they drove past me as I was tagging and flashed their lights. I was mad because they took all my streakers and mops (I had 3 brand new streakers and 2 brand new mops I just bought that day) After they took my shit and everything, I got my scans and mug shot at the local police station then they took me to the county prison after cause they don't hold overnight in the police station. I was there for 18 hours, in a cell with a bunch of people with DUIs. It was honestly pretty lit cause they were all drunk and vibing with each other. Also, preface, I had just gotten "arrested" a week before for the same thing, but I got a ticket the first time. In all, the interaction with the cops wasn't that bad, they just thought I was an idiot. What I will say, is in the event you do get a ticket/arrested, GET A PUBLIC DEFENDER for your court date. It's free and court appointed, but tbh it actually helps your case. My first court date I opted out of a PD and they hit me with a license suspension, informal probation, a restraining order on the spot I was tagging, fines, community service. Basically a bunch of shit. When I went for the second court date, I got a PD and she was telling me all I really should've gotten was the fines and MAAAAAAYBE community service. Basically because I opted out, I got fucked over. All in all it was a good learning experience and the community service has actually been one of the most pivotal experiences in my life. Met some really cool people and learned a lot about myself simply through maintaining a cemetery for 10 days. Would I go back and change anything?? Hell no!!! I mean I guess aside from what I'm painting 😂😂
@@definitelynotdavid Damn man I'm sorry to hear that but BEOR is a great ass name. My initials are NK but that would be too obvious should I use something likr ENKAY, NKAY or something?
@@abdulnasirbushra6049 I don't think it's too obvious to use your initials or incorporate them into your tag. I think a lot of the name falls on flow, so maybe try playing around with both names and see how you like the letters together. I'm personally more of a 4-letter guy myself, so if it were me I'd probably be more partial to NKAY, and I think you could do some cool stuff with that letter combo. Just get loose, and have fun with it!! I'm constantly sketching my pieces and making little shifts to the style each time, and I find it's a lot easier to map it out on a wall when I do finally go out to paint. Hope this was helpful :)
My brother had the nickname “Antsy” based on the book “the schwa was here,” and since he’s passed, I felt it was a good tribute to him. A way to leave his mark all over
I ran with ADIT(always deep in thought) for the longest time then went with IMAGE but hated the G. I did like having 5 letters and the A is a great letter for the middle that’s bold and symmetrical. But hated that G so much that I’m back ADIT. You’re absolutely right on letter flow, letter compatibility and negative spaces.
my close friend vinnie had the tag SIVER he always wrote it in green to be unique he was one of the best graff artists in my city, sadly he past but i still see his throw ups everywhere and memorials from our old crew to honour his talent. The use of his tag in this vid brought back alot of good memories n has motivated me to keep practicing my tags so i can put my own memory peice up for him
Never had a real interest in this stuff but always been amazed at some of the graffiti I see on trains and such. Its impressive how something so seemingly simple actually has a lot of creativity and thought put into it. Theres a whole stretch of wall in a nearby city that is a public mural and would love to add something to it. Kind of tempted to go with Haze as a tag if I ever did, its my nickname (and fits perfectly given that people either see me when I'm high or dissociated mostly) but its too similar to my name so anonymity might fly out of the window.
I had three different names. Nenek, Enek, Janst. I feel it's simple to move letters and not overlap them. Just have to be creative with the positioning of lines. They all don't have to be capitalized. I love how creative yours are.
my tag is "Mike" but not because it's my name. I'm a Finn Wolfhard lookalike and when stranger things blew up, many people at school started calling me Mike so when I started tagging I chose Mike. + I also found a vintage workwear jacket with a Mike name tag so I use that jacket for tagging.
Really dived into handstyles this last month and I think I've made significant progress. Picked a new name even, just because I've been using the same one for years, Ash. Still choosing between Sesh and Admin. I love the way the first one writes out. I just hate doing A's.
Amazing video dude. I love the simplicity with the single giant white paper. You really killed it!!! You should def make more of these simple type tutorials!! I wanna see you do a video on how to wild style or maybe how to incorporate characters into burners
I've wrote different names at different times , lee , flux, loco. Loco is the most recent but ive done shiva and buddha a few times too. I think its good to play arround with different styles and names until find one that really resonates. I think it makes one more creative and a better writer. Much love ❤️
I was quite into it as a teen back in the 90' . I ended up quitting cause with all the love and effort i put into it, I often ended with a result that felt off aesthetically. There also was no internet and many other interesting sources you have nowadays to find some kind of explanation as to why i encountered those problems. As i mostly drew for myself just on paper i wasn't really focused on making a personal grafitti name, but just chose words or slogans i found interesting and tried to put them togheter and make it work. It somehow often ended up of me being either stuck or frustrated. I do remember that there were letters like the R or K that i absolutely loved drawing and playing with cause the possibilities seemed endless and letters i totally despised. As i'm willing to give it another go after 20 years, your video gave me some new inspiration and i now understand that the letters i despised in the past were the non square ones and the empty spaces around them the cause of it not bing aesthetically pleasing. Thanks for that!
I use to tag “Warning” but now I tag “Wesler” also you inspire me to get up an get out my art supplies and just make art, idk man.. something about ur videos just makes me happy and I wanted to thank you for that lol
I’m just starting out and holy, this was a great video. The explanation of the box letters and ones with empty space, that really helps. Appreciate it!
Been using the name Aether for years. Thought it was pretty different and liked the meaning. The TH combo in the middle was hard for me at first but I stuck it out and got better with those letters.
This is super helpful! I’m only a beginner cos I lost interest and life etc got in the way. Recently got back into it, scribbling alphabets is boring but the fun is figuring out a name. I’ve got 4 ideas so far. It’s narrowing it down.
this video was excellent. i'm a newbie to the graffiti world and shopping around for different styles i like and trying to forge my own, and i've naturally already been messing around with how letters work together, so i'm glad to know i'm on the right track! my current tag is "SAZ STAR" and its just something i sat around and thought up ngl, but it fits me and i like it. i first started kinda making it with the way the ST works, messing around with those two letters, and also A. still needs work tho which is why i'm here. i loved the section on dead space and space, totally changed the way i think about lettering n fonts i'm developing more and more of a love for this stuff. i started developing interest as i expanded upon my initials when i signed my artworks (JS)
honestly DISK just as it is is good but with a mix of this and my current style it looks okay, and if you are wondering why i chose it cause it is simple but when something good is done i can hold a lot of space
I started with "Goji" and used it for a while, and this was before I learned the main antagonist of Jet Set Radio, a graffiti game, was also called Goji, that, and the fact Goji is hard to pieces for, I changed it.
I'm super new to graffiti, and ive loved this art form for a very long time now. ive hashed out a word that i like and ive got it shortened and long... however i only seem to like doing it in a bubble style font. my word is baesik or baes in short.
Sometimes it does take longer to find the style of the name in other ways but at the same time there are lots of artists that are just recognized for one style
My 10yr grandsons has changed his tag a few times he stated at the age of 7yr I went out the first time he went graffiti he was frightened went back out with him a few days ago he so confident now he as good as most adults
Yarn bombing has always been my street art of choice, but I stopped this video in the middle to play around with letters because it's just so interesting. I'm moving soon and I'll probably use some of this information to make a new yarn bombing name.
I’ve gone with ‘Crow’ mostly because when I was a kid, my childhood home had a crow family living in the tree in the garden, and I got really close to them and once or twice they’d bring coins and cool little trinkets (which I’ve all kept btw) and also because you can do some pretty cool things w the ‘o’ lol
I’ve done pyro, syno, diko, synth, s36, but I’m now on w73. I like the roll of w and 7. Just the way that after you finish up with the w and drag the marker upward it’s naturally ready to come back down with the 7
You add the line on the beginning down and add a slash in the bottom point?? Like a crocked n and a t...? If u get what I mean. I don't remember who showed me maybe my dad or my mom but they must've learned it from their parents.
mine is makz, i first started of writing sage but after awhile i felt it was too common so i started writing makz, i came up with it cuz of my last name. havent really thought of changing it, sometimes i dont write the z and ive slowly been getting better and more consistant.
Hey nice video, im painting 'Akra!' wich is a french carribbean snack (look for acra de morue). I love the K R combo, but the fact that Akra begin and end with the same letter make the name really hard to master. Picking a name with two time the same letter might not be a good idea when you begin. Also i have a question, in France it is very common to add letter and substitute other, for exemple "Akra" can be "Acra", "Aqra", "Ackra" or even "Hackra" its a thing i love cause it can totally change the way you write of course but also the meaning of the name "Hackra" can be translate to "Will hack". Do you guys practice this too ?
Love the story haha I’ll have to check out the snack. Maybe a bit less common for the alternate spellings but I’ve definitely seen it done haha always catches me off guard
Awesome vid! Definitely giving me ideas on how to evolve my style. Started out as "Mess Hard" going off my job. I'm a bike messenger. We in the culture call it mess life. And i do that shit hard hence the name. My good homie actually evolved it for me when he called me "messy" one day cause my shit was sloppy and bad. Lol I found a font I liked and just started practicing and coming up. I think it's time to get a marker and pad and see what my next iteration is. 🤙✌️
this is really cool, and I'm learning more and more about the art of graffiti! I even started playing around with how different words look while watching and came up with one I really like. great stuff!
i'm thinking about getting into the scene but i'm having trouble thinking of a good name, this video helped me see why some names work better than others
I've been using "Spoon" as mine for a while, but I still haven't found a way of writing the two "O"s together. I really enjoyed the part on negative space. Makes me want to get back to the drawing board.
all i've been trying to do for the past week is make a few graffiti graphics to put on the walls of my COD map, and now i'm obsessed with graffiti typefaces.
I chose Otis B. Onions, a mouthful I know so I just throw up OBO. I know nobody will ever know what it stands for, most people will probably assume I play the oboe or something. I combined Otis B. Driftwood, from House of 1,000 Corpses, and Onions, from the Buckethead song ONIONS UNLEASHED, both of which are played by the legend Bill Moseley. It reminds me of watching Rob Zombie movies and playing GH2 with my big sister, I'd just play Jordan by Buckethead over and over and then she'd play Heart Shaped Box over and over while Devil's Rejects played on the DVD player.
Mines Zinx but i'm struggling with putting the z and the i together my tag, and also trying to get the shape right. I got this because I just liked the letters. I know it probably wont be this forever considering i'm still on paper. I have actually seen how it is in spanish and I like it, so I might even right that as my tag too. Love this, I have actually learnt more about graffiti from watching your videos, so thank you!
Nice, definitely has some tricky negative space in the mix. I could see an uppercase I helping with the fitting well with the z. An nx combo is no joke either!
This is what i was looking for, understanding letters for can pick the best flowy combo, this must be the best video on how to pick a tag name! Good Job bruh! Love it, you really helped me out and a bunch of upcoming graffiti artist coming up
I'm rolling with PULS right now and I was wondering why I liked doing it so much and now thanks to your vid I now know it's because of the utilisation of negative letters.
I usually alternate between 3 names SopPop, Warfl, and YerToast. All my names are based off of foods and pop is the sound a soda can makes when you open it. SopPop got annoying to write because of the double P so I usually write Sopop or just write Sop. Pop came from the word Soda Pop but Sop is a modification of a nickname my uncle calls me
I'm a few months into writing and have a few names I've been messing with, BOLD and VIKING which was abandoned for looking too toy for me. But the ones I mess with most are DRiP (which I feel has to be taken but it's fun) and different ways of doing "&THEN?" more or less punctuation, changing ampersand style or spelling it ANDEN, NDN. I'm also trying other words and practicing alphabets in case something else comes to mind
I recently sprayed over "Anal Knight", so i guess that's something? I don't actually have a name, I would usually draw a piece instead of writing it so i just put a cat to symbolise it's me
I’ve always just used my initials, and an X, but I know that I’ll probably get busted for that pretty easily, so I wanna find a cooler one., this was great!
Ive been doing tagging and graffiti for a while and at the start i just went straight into it. Now i learned the Alphabet technique and i understand it alot more my name which i chose is Silo even tho the L has some space i changed the style of O and now its beautiful.
I tried looking for a graffiti and thought that a different language would be interesting. The Cyrillic alphabet is pretty interesting to me and I’m trying to see if I can work with that
I've been into graffiti for 10 years but still haven't landed on a name. Never felt comfortable with it. As if somebody was to call me out for having a pointless or cheesy name
Don’t feel too much pressure, there are a million writers and you don’t have to impress any of them. It’s for you, so as long as you rock it there isnt any reason it shouldn’t be respected
Lesgo banger vid, i picked in2ition or in2it for short, just thought it sounded pretty cool and fit me pretty well, but the letters are pretty hard to work with
i have a five letter one. my tag is CASHK. its my nickname and it was hard to make it look good but now its very cool! i love the videos,keep up the good work!❤️
I picked the name SPAZZ because my favourite band is named like that 🤣 Not original but I grew up with them and they basically helped me through shit over the years so they deserve that spot
My graffiti name is SOCK and in short "SOC" what i normally go by and ive been using this name for about a year or two and ever since i started i watched "Graffiti Bloq" and you "SIVE" for information on graffiti letters in general.
I started with (and still use) MISTERY, sometimes written a little different (I.e, a 1 instead of I, an O on the end, and a couple other ways). It means absolutely nothing, I just though it sounded cool :P
Current name is no one. Very easy to make swoopy. I used to write panda a long time ago. I'm thinking of changing to something with an r or k at the end.
Nice video. 👍 The story to my name EATNO is: First of I just wrote EAT, but like you sad, it could be readen as a crews name So I put "911" behind, cause I thought it would be cool, just like "Hey,this dude eats cops" or so. 😂 After a while, and cause I was tired of the numbers, it changed to EATNO. Writing it since 2008, made a longer pause but am doing in stickers and such for all the time since.
My graffiti name ''ACME'' comes from the most obvious.. the Looney toons, ACME anvil. Acme Corp. all the way from the 90s i used it. the worse thing happens, when you visit a different city. and see ........... your name tossed up, Lol. wether or not someone stole it, its such a bad feeling. after all these years i stayed true to it, my 1st tag was ''Nope'' and believe it or not i changed it because of i saw it in another city when visiting family. an hour away. but yeah keep doing what your doing man, much love!! PS: Don't be afraid of trying new names, even though i love mine, i still wish sometimes i tried different ones. Lol STAY TRUE
i got 3 names that Im kinda switching between: Scar32, R5 and DEVIXLER Scar32 I got from a graffiti tag generator I made that puts together random words and somtimes numbers R5 i found out that the R and 5 can be stuck together in a cool way plus 5 and R is my favourite letter/number DEVIXLER I got from throwing together some letters to make an ominous looking word and I quite like it
You also missed how E and S are three level letters they have a high middle and low line so they balance the front and back. Also D and S both blow out and bow forward and I and D both have a vertical with two horizontal lines. I really care about the poetry of shapes and how things swing together. I write ELBOW E and W are basically the same just turned, E B open and closed even though I usually do lower case b so that it works with O so I usually shrink O to the size of the sphere in lower b L is usually the underlying line in the wool piece and W usually slightly downturns to match my slightly upturned E and it sort of over lines the underline and pushes the top wide on the back just as the back leaning E widens the front. Biggest point for me that I obsess over is front and back have to reflect symmetrically. It’s not at all necessary for everyone but for me it’s something I will try to do no matter what I write even if I have use a random shape or character or a qwip or arrow. I need that perfect fit on both sides.
my first and still main name has been DOSE/DOSER/DOSEONE but when I'm in NY (I'm from PA) I Write as LURK or LURKER to show respect to the NYC DOSE, I had no idea he existed, I've only seen a couple Ups in Brooklyn, but he was next to some OGs and I never wanna be accused of biting or disrespect, so considering I was out of town on a lurk, LURK it was. and when I'm outta town, LURK it still is. When I get Up to a WEK level spree, I Write AMOK in oneline handstyle sometimes, and I've Written as Hoot, but that's my Family Name. That's where DOSER came from, idk why the other guys Write it but I guarantee I have the hands down best claim to that name. STILL, I show the respect where and when it's due. I'm nobody 😜🤜🏻🤛🏻⚡💨 I've also Written YOINK, now that I think about it that was one of my first Tags period, and I did it because I saw "DOINK" Tagged on a wall in a season 2 episode of Simpsons when Bart is in the shady side of town, you see it for like 2 frames, but it birthed YOINK because it's a word people say a lot around here, it's the action of snatching something aka catching a Tag, and after maybe a month of using it a Brother pointed out how it could be a reference to Steal Your Face Right Off Your Head aka SYF or the Stealie. If you know, you know. DOSER 😁
I’ve never cared much for the graffiti culture. But I just watched this and started to understand why so many people consider it art. There’s ALOT of thought and process that goes into this. I’m changing my mindset about the dedication it takes to actually be good at this. It’s not just splashing spray paint on a wall.
Certainly not wrong, lots of stuff that goes out there can be quick and just to get your name out. But there is also tons that goes much deeper and that's my favorite by far
Graffiti is the best art.. a painting in a frame is like a bird in a cage
@@smackindabox that was an absolutely beautiful way of phrasing it!!!
it's the lowest culture of 'art'. There's a reason it's a crime to destroy other people's property you don't own. Maybe you would love your house to be 'bombed'.
My best advice would be for anyone who feels like they can’t wrap their head around it, look up the people who do it completely legit at least quick. There’s channels that record themselves doing it illegally (I think art is still good but people obviously will disagree between right and wrong) but the channels/artists that respect others are the easiest to digest and appreciate the art form in my opinion, unless you don’t judge people for maybe breaking the law if the ends justify the means. Some beautiful things have been done without permission, sucks to see it covered sometimes
WOW. I clicked on this thinking it was gonna tell me to be creative about picking a name but he got so technical and this was very in depth.
Haha I hate when people say just find a better name, that’s why I wanted to break down my process a bit
How about AmoSus? Or MONGSU😅😮❤😢🎉🎉😊😊😅
bro you've got this down to a science, i studied design for a few years and you use alot of terms close to some branding lectures
Graffiti *is* branding - Throwies get your name up, Logos get your brand up. Same difference.
I write “BEOR” currently. I used to write “DAOS” but got arrested on that name and didn’t like how blocky the letters were. After I got arrested I was thinking about how I could continue graffiti or I could not continue. To BE OR not to be, that is the question. I felt like that could be applied to basically anything, not just to graffiti. So I started writing “BEOR” cause that meant something cool to me. Every once in a while, I add “NOT” so it reads “BEOR NOT” and sometimes I just say fuck it and put up a “WHERE” throw up cause I like that it isn’t connected to BEOR so it’s not obvious it is me and people who see it later on don’t know where it came from. I like that when I do graffiti, even if the viewer doesn’t know it, I’m asking a question and hopefully making them think. I know the letter combos aren’t the craziest in the world, but I like it.
Edit: spelling errors
if its not too personal, may I ask what getting caught was like? I am always worried about conflicts with c*ps easily getting violent
@auxin903 tbh it wasn't that bad. They didn't get violent or anything. There was nothing I could really do, because they drove past me as I was tagging and flashed their lights. I was mad because they took all my streakers and mops (I had 3 brand new streakers and 2 brand new mops I just bought that day) After they took my shit and everything, I got my scans and mug shot at the local police station then they took me to the county prison after cause they don't hold overnight in the police station. I was there for 18 hours, in a cell with a bunch of people with DUIs. It was honestly pretty lit cause they were all drunk and vibing with each other. Also, preface, I had just gotten "arrested" a week before for the same thing, but I got a ticket the first time. In all, the interaction with the cops wasn't that bad, they just thought I was an idiot. What I will say, is in the event you do get a ticket/arrested, GET A PUBLIC DEFENDER for your court date. It's free and court appointed, but tbh it actually helps your case. My first court date I opted out of a PD and they hit me with a license suspension, informal probation, a restraining order on the spot I was tagging, fines, community service. Basically a bunch of shit. When I went for the second court date, I got a PD and she was telling me all I really should've gotten was the fines and MAAAAAAYBE community service. Basically because I opted out, I got fucked over. All in all it was a good learning experience and the community service has actually been one of the most pivotal experiences in my life. Met some really cool people and learned a lot about myself simply through maintaining a cemetery for 10 days. Would I go back and change anything?? Hell no!!! I mean I guess aside from what I'm painting 😂😂
@@definitelynotdavid Damn man I'm sorry to hear that but BEOR is a great ass name. My initials are NK but that would be too obvious should I use something likr ENKAY, NKAY or something?
@@abdulnasirbushra6049 I don't think it's too obvious to use your initials or incorporate them into your tag. I think a lot of the name falls on flow, so maybe try playing around with both names and see how you like the letters together. I'm personally more of a 4-letter guy myself, so if it were me I'd probably be more partial to NKAY, and I think you could do some cool stuff with that letter combo. Just get loose, and have fun with it!! I'm constantly sketching my pieces and making little shifts to the style each time, and I find it's a lot easier to map it out on a wall when I do finally go out to paint. Hope this was helpful :)
@@definitelynotdavid Thank you for the answer bro
My brother had the nickname “Antsy” based on the book “the schwa was here,” and since he’s passed, I felt it was a good tribute to him. A way to leave his mark all over
Sorry to hear about your loss, I know you will carry the name well!
I LOVE THAT FREAKING BOOK BRO
sorry to hear about your loss, i know your brother will be so happy!
I just came up with JESTER, it’s got some meaning with my middle name being Jett and actually works better than I thought. Thanks heaps bro🙏
I ran with ADIT(always deep in thought) for the longest time then went with IMAGE but hated the G. I did like having 5 letters and the A is a great letter for the middle that’s bold and symmetrical. But hated that G so much that I’m back ADIT. You’re absolutely right on letter flow, letter compatibility and negative spaces.
I use ADIT to I am actually launching a brand with that name
did u draw ur pfp
@@Onewheel_Mikey yeah
my close friend vinnie had the tag SIVER he always wrote it in green to be unique he was one of the best graff artists in my city, sadly he past but i still see his throw ups everywhere and memorials from our old crew to honour his talent. The use of his tag in this vid brought back alot of good memories n has motivated me to keep practicing my tags so i can put my own memory peice up for him
Never had a real interest in this stuff but always been amazed at some of the graffiti I see on trains and such. Its impressive how something so seemingly simple actually has a lot of creativity and thought put into it. Theres a whole stretch of wall in a nearby city that is a public mural and would love to add something to it.
Kind of tempted to go with Haze as a tag if I ever did, its my nickname (and fits perfectly given that people either see me when I'm high or dissociated mostly) but its too similar to my name so anonymity might fly out of the window.
I had three different names. Nenek, Enek, Janst. I feel it's simple to move letters and not overlap them. Just have to be creative with the positioning of lines. They all don't have to be capitalized. I love how creative yours are.
Couldn’t agree more! It’s all about warping the structure for maximum style
Janst is a dope name imo
my tag is "Mike" but not because it's my name. I'm a Finn Wolfhard lookalike and when stranger things blew up, many people at school started calling me Mike so when I started tagging I chose Mike. + I also found a vintage workwear jacket with a Mike name tag so I use that jacket for tagging.
Haha super fun story to it all!
I'm new to the whole graffiti art world, and this was a dope video. Appreciate the realness and you've inspired me to start scribblin'!
My pleasure, hope it kicks out some creativity
Really dived into handstyles this last month and I think I've made significant progress. Picked a new name even, just because I've been using the same one for years, Ash. Still choosing between Sesh and Admin. I love the way the first one writes out. I just hate doing A's.
Amazing video dude. I love the simplicity with the single giant white paper. You really killed it!!! You should def make more of these simple type tutorials!! I wanna see you do a video on how to wild style or maybe how to incorporate characters into burners
Thanks for the feedback!
I've wrote different names at different times , lee , flux, loco. Loco is the most recent but ive done shiva and buddha a few times too. I think its good to play arround with different styles and names until find one that really resonates. I think it makes one more creative and a better writer. Much love ❤️
You did Lee? Have a day off.
Already have a tag for stickers
Word! I was spank me, alien, disco, and El Sucio!
Loco is such a gd name
@@Lemmedoabackflip thank you 😊 much love ❤️
I was quite into it as a teen back in the 90' . I ended up quitting cause with all the love and effort i put into it, I often ended with a result that felt off aesthetically. There also was no internet and many other interesting sources you have nowadays to find some kind of explanation as to why i encountered those problems.
As i mostly drew for myself just on paper i wasn't really focused on making a personal grafitti name, but just chose words or slogans i found interesting and tried to put them togheter and make it work. It somehow often ended up of me being either stuck or frustrated.
I do remember that there were letters like the R or K that i absolutely loved drawing and playing with cause the possibilities seemed endless and letters i totally despised. As i'm willing to give it another go after 20 years, your video gave me some new inspiration and i now understand that the letters i despised in the past were the non square ones and the empty spaces around them the cause of it not bing aesthetically pleasing. Thanks for that!
So fun to hear the creativity has circled back around! Best of luck on the new ventures I’m sure there is plenty more fun to be had
@@S1VE Thx dude i certainly will o-O
I picked the name rawe cause I just liked the letters
Nice. That is different, I always like seeing the different names and tags people come up with much ❤️
Same with me, ACKo2 is just nice shapes and sounds punchy
I like that name a lot
fun fact
if you put rawe ceek is actually race week with the sylabes scrambled, which sounds funny af
I think I'm gonna go with rawe too
I use to tag “Warning” but now I tag “Wesler” also you inspire me to get up an get out my art supplies and just make art, idk man.. something about ur videos just makes me happy and I wanted to thank you for that lol
Too kind my man! Always hype to hear the creativity is alive and well, stay up 🤘🏼
@@S1VE you too my man
I’m just starting out and holy, this was a great video. The explanation of the box letters and ones with empty space, that really helps. Appreciate it!
Been using the name Aether for years. Thought it was pretty different and liked the meaning. The TH combo in the middle was hard for me at first but I stuck it out and got better with those letters.
Th is definitely no joke, awesome to hear it’s working in your favor now haha
You know Ether?
ahahaha so toy, you know utah ether right?
@@dajeromaporcodeddio Nope. Never heard of em.
@@TheAetherOne theyre pretty big writers who bomb all across the world. Mainly know for their metro pieces
This is super helpful! I’m only a beginner cos I lost interest and life etc got in the way. Recently got back into it, scribbling alphabets is boring but the fun is figuring out a name. I’ve got 4 ideas so far. It’s narrowing it down.
Best of luck with it boss!
this video was excellent. i'm a newbie to the graffiti world and shopping around for different styles i like and trying to forge my own, and i've naturally already been messing around with how letters work together, so i'm glad to know i'm on the right track!
my current tag is "SAZ STAR" and its just something i sat around and thought up ngl, but it fits me and i like it. i first started kinda making it with the way the ST works, messing around with those two letters, and also A. still needs work tho which is why i'm here. i loved the section on dead space and space, totally changed the way i think about lettering n fonts
i'm developing more and more of a love for this stuff. i started developing interest as i expanded upon my initials when i signed my artworks (JS)
Awesome to hear the dedication, keep at it boss 🤘🏼
honestly DISK just as it is is good but with a mix of this and my current style it looks okay, and if you are wondering why i chose it cause it is simple but when something good is done i can hold a lot of space
I remember how huge it was in the 70s and 80s especially in Yonkers, NY and NYC.
I started with "Goji" and used it for a while, and this was before I learned the main antagonist of Jet Set Radio, a graffiti game, was also called Goji, that, and the fact Goji is hard to pieces for, I changed it.
I never thought about negative space. Love the bottom of your "I" in jirk. Super sweet!
I'm super new to graffiti, and ive loved this art form for a very long time now. ive hashed out a word that i like and ive got it shortened and long... however i only seem to like doing it in a bubble style font. my word is baesik or baes in short.
Sometimes it does take longer to find the style of the name in other ways but at the same time there are lots of artists that are just recognized for one style
I’ve been using my tag ‘Zyrk’ for years and I love messing around with those letters :)
I always love seeing people that write normal first names.
My 10yr grandsons has changed his tag a few times he stated at the age of 7yr I went out the first time he went graffiti he was frightened went back out with him a few days ago he so confident now he as good as most adults
Yarn bombing has always been my street art of choice, but I stopped this video in the middle to play around with letters because it's just so interesting. I'm moving soon and I'll probably use some of this information to make a new yarn bombing name.
I’ve gone with ‘Crow’ mostly because when I was a kid, my childhood home had a crow family living in the tree in the garden, and I got really close to them and once or twice they’d bring coins and cool little trinkets (which I’ve all kept btw) and also because you can do some pretty cool things w the ‘o’ lol
I’ve done pyro, syno, diko, synth, s36, but I’m now on w73. I like the roll of w and 7. Just the way that after you finish up with the w and drag the marker upward it’s naturally ready to come back down with the 7
Gotta love when the letters flow nicely into the next
You add the line on the beginning down and add a slash in the bottom point?? Like a crocked n and a t...? If u get what I mean. I don't remember who showed me maybe my dad or my mom but they must've learned it from their parents.
mine is makz, i first started of writing sage but after awhile i felt it was too common so i started writing makz, i came up with it cuz of my last name. havent really thought of changing it, sometimes i dont write the z and ive slowly been getting better and more consistant.
great breakdown for the negative space, i always had trouble with the L to the A transition, I always learn somethin from ur vids bro...one
Great video. I've been trying to get some letters to work that don't naturally for a while and this helps a ton. So much insight here. Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Best of luck
I picked the name DEETS from being a city detailer, always putting my personal touch into the city around me.
haha this is too good!
i've been wanting a video like this for so long, thank you!!!!!
Hey nice video, im painting 'Akra!' wich is a french carribbean snack (look for acra de morue). I love the K R combo, but the fact that Akra begin and end with the same letter make the name really hard to master. Picking a name with two time the same letter might not be a good idea when you begin.
Also i have a question, in France it is very common to add letter and substitute other, for exemple "Akra" can be "Acra", "Aqra", "Ackra" or even "Hackra" its a thing i love cause it can totally change the way you write of course but also the meaning of the name "Hackra" can be translate to "Will hack". Do you guys practice this too ?
Love the story haha I’ll have to check out the snack. Maybe a bit less common for the alternate spellings but I’ve definitely seen it done haha always catches me off guard
I'm loving the Graffiti though i! The styles colors and culture, each artist has a unique style . The more colorful the better in my opinion.
Awesome vid! Definitely giving me ideas on how to evolve my style. Started out as "Mess Hard" going off my job. I'm a bike messenger. We in the culture call it mess life. And i do that shit hard hence the name. My good homie actually evolved it for me when he called me "messy" one day cause my shit was sloppy and bad. Lol I found a font I liked and just started practicing and coming up. I think it's time to get a marker and pad and see what my next iteration is. 🤙✌️
Love the story and can definitely recommend taking it to the page to see what flourishes
this is really cool, and I'm learning more and more about the art of graffiti! I even started playing around with how different words look while watching and came up with one I really like. great stuff!
Awesome to hear the creative endeavors are alive and well
i'm thinking about getting into the scene but i'm having trouble thinking of a good name, this video helped me see why some names work better than others
something that i do with my O's is i make them more of a diamond shape to take up that space in the middle, just a lil something to think about
Ive recently been getting into graffiti. This video has been a massive help! Still trying to find my tag name but I'll get there!
“H-O-W 4 VERY POWERFUL LETTERS “ (me wondering if i missed a step in counting my whole life )
me, in accelerated math: h-0-w its CLEARLY 6 letters divided by 3 times 2 divided by 2 times 3 times 2 smh /j
Started of with nicknames, now I write my own initials with is MCAP Nice letters that combine good.
Nice! The negative space at the top of the c is always a challenge for me. Good luck with it
I've been using "Spoon" as mine for a while, but I still haven't found a way of writing the two "O"s together. I really enjoyed the part on negative space. Makes me want to get back to the drawing board.
Double letters can definitely be tricky, can’t say I have found a perfect solution for most
Sp∞n
what abut using them as eyes?
@@vortex3012 on some pieces, I have done that. I'm talking more about tags, tho.
u can bind them together like in olympic logo.
I am just getting into graffiti, but I think it’s really cool and it’s really fun to do it on the back of math tests :)
I love ur stuff sive your videos always inspire me to push my graffiti further keep it up ❤
Ive been rocking the name Exogul. I was awake at 3 am and bunched random letters together. It looks really cool!
Sounds intense! Love it!
My tag is CHILI. Long story short its a nickname that stuck over many years so i kinda rolled with it
all i've been trying to do for the past week is make a few graffiti graphics to put on the walls of my COD map, and now i'm obsessed with graffiti typefaces.
Thx you’ve taught me a lot in my graffiti journey if I ever be a big graffiti artist you’ll be my start and help!
I chose Otis B. Onions, a mouthful I know so I just throw up OBO. I know nobody will ever know what it stands for, most people will probably assume I play the oboe or something. I combined Otis B. Driftwood, from House of 1,000 Corpses, and Onions, from the Buckethead song ONIONS UNLEASHED, both of which are played by the legend Bill Moseley. It reminds me of watching Rob Zombie movies and playing GH2 with my big sister, I'd just play Jordan by Buckethead over and over and then she'd play Heart Shaped Box over and over while Devil's Rejects played on the DVD player.
i picked out pesk i really fw the letter combo then i remebered resk 12 and i was like bruh it is almost identical but ima keep it for now
Mines Zinx but i'm struggling with putting the z and the i together my tag, and also trying to get the shape right. I got this because I just liked the letters. I know it probably wont be this forever considering i'm still on paper. I have actually seen how it is in spanish and I like it, so I might even right that as my tag too. Love this, I have actually learnt more about graffiti from watching your videos, so thank you!
Nice, definitely has some tricky negative space in the mix. I could see an uppercase I helping with the fitting well with the z. An nx combo is no joke either!
I really don't like the letter X. Zinx sounds like some Xbox gamer tag to me but if you like it then go ahead,not gonna judge
Blast the size of the Z and everything else should fallow like a money train.
@@mario-stumbleguys4458 you just did
@@Rrpelz77888 nah for me personally i wouldnt like that as my name
This is what i was looking for, understanding letters for can pick the best flowy combo, this must be the best video on how to pick a tag name! Good Job bruh!
Love it, you really helped me out and a bunch of upcoming graffiti artist coming up
My pleasure!
I'm rolling with PULS right now and I was wondering why I liked doing it so much and now thanks to your vid I now know it's because of the utilisation of negative letters.
Hell yeah I can totally see how you could tuck the u under the p and lean the s over the l a bit! Nice pick
you doing great sive, go on!
THAT FAST IS SO GOOOOD
I usually alternate between 3 names SopPop, Warfl, and YerToast. All my names are based off of foods and pop is the sound a soda can makes when you open it. SopPop got annoying to write because of the double P so I usually write Sopop or just write Sop. Pop came from the word Soda Pop but Sop is a modification of a nickname my uncle calls me
Nice! Love the story to it
I'm a few months into writing and have a few names I've been messing with, BOLD and VIKING which was abandoned for looking too toy for me. But the ones I mess with most are DRiP (which I feel has to be taken but it's fun) and different ways of doing "&THEN?" more or less punctuation, changing ampersand style or spelling it ANDEN, NDN. I'm also trying other words and practicing alphabets in case something else comes to mind
Love the heavy experimentation
Your writing is amazing, love it ❤
After all this, I've come out with Nessie. I use Ness as an online name, plus that badass monster :3
I just wanna say all y’all have really cool names!! Like damn seriously
no way my first tag name was fast too! now watching this video for new inspiration because i really want to get into graffiti art
Haha that’s too funny! Best of luck on the creative endeavors
Such a great video for beginners it took me years to care about this stuff. Great to make people aware.
Been writing XASER recently the x is challenging but that's what I like about it and no one writes it I feel like it has a nice ring to it
Couldn’t have explained it better thank you so much
My pleasure! Happy creating 🤘🏼
I just stick to NJ because I’m too lazy to write Ninji. It’s a part of my identity.
Banger video you just saved my tags from changing thanks bro sm!!!❤❤❤
My pleasure! Best of luck on the creative endeavors
I can't be the only one confused about the arrows in the before and after in the thumbnail at first.
I recently sprayed over "Anal Knight", so i guess that's something? I don't actually have a name, I would usually draw a piece instead of writing it so i just put a cat to symbolise it's me
I’ve always just used my initials, and an X, but I know that I’ll probably get busted for that pretty easily, so I wanna find a cooler one., this was great!
Ive been doing tagging and graffiti for a while and at the start i just went straight into it. Now i learned the Alphabet technique and i understand it alot more my name which i chose is Silo even tho the L has some space i changed the style of O and now its beautiful.
Gotta love morphing letters to work with one another
I picked chol cuz my art style Is good with those letters
I’ve been using ZEIK for years now. I try to emphasize the Z and K and keep it small for E and I in the middle so it looks kind of centered
I used that name like 10 years ago when i was a kid it was fun i saw one of my tags yesterdas it was so horrible🤣🤣🤣
I tried looking for a graffiti and thought that a different language would be interesting. The Cyrillic alphabet is pretty interesting to me and I’m trying to see if I can work with that
I've been into graffiti for 10 years but still haven't landed on a name. Never felt comfortable with it. As if somebody was to call me out for having a pointless or cheesy name
Don’t feel too much pressure, there are a million writers and you don’t have to impress any of them. It’s for you, so as long as you rock it there isnt any reason it shouldn’t be respected
Lesgo banger vid, i picked in2ition or in2it for short, just thought it sounded pretty cool and fit me pretty well, but the letters are pretty hard to work with
I like the concept for sure, and I’m sure a challenge to mix a number in
well that's a weird ass name
@@mario-stumbleguys4458 call it weird but i call it mine haha diss if u want
@@DChen123-b5l I like it, i think it’s unique, i dont think it’s weird, it adds a nice touch and personality
i have a five letter one.
my tag is CASHK.
its my nickname and it was hard to make it look good but now its very cool!
i love the videos,keep up the good work!❤️
I picked the name SPAZZ because my favourite band is named like that 🤣 Not original but I grew up with them and they basically helped me through shit over the years so they deserve that spot
excellent rational, run it!
quality taste that
fire band
My graffiti name is SOCK and in short "SOC" what i normally go by and ive been using this name for about a year or two and ever since i started i watched "Graffiti Bloq" and you "SIVE" for information on graffiti letters in general.
Right on! Stay up boss
Please make a TikTok a lot of people need to see this especially people on TikTok
Yo Sive love the videos thanks for uploading A little more' hands down the best 'UA-camr'.
Haha gotta nice little stride going, thanks for the support g
My Mark is Pro, which means Professionell
I started with (and still use) MISTERY, sometimes written a little different (I.e, a 1 instead of I, an O on the end, and a couple other ways). It means absolutely nothing, I just though it sounded cool :P
Current name is no one. Very easy to make swoopy. I used to write panda a long time ago. I'm thinking of changing to something with an r or k at the end.
awesome, i used to throw up ''Know' One'' back in the days : )
My graffiti name is Pyro, I chose it because my other hobby is pyrotechnics. And I like this word so much
i really love that name, i use it sometimes but i have a hard time sticking to one name lol. I love it because of the game TF2. ❤️🔥
IIC3Y is my tag. I use the 3 and I to fill necatove space of the C
Nice video. 👍
The story to my name EATNO is: First of I just wrote EAT, but like you sad, it could be readen as a crews name So I put "911" behind, cause I thought it would be cool, just like "Hey,this dude eats cops" or so. 😂
After a while, and cause I was tired of the numbers, it changed to EATNO. Writing it since 2008, made a longer pause but am doing in stickers and such for all the time since.
I'm so excited to try
First thought: silly
With the i,first l, and y cursive
I TRIED WRITING SALT & PEPPER ONE TIME AND I HATED IT
My graffiti name ''ACME'' comes from the most obvious.. the Looney toons, ACME anvil. Acme Corp. all the way from the 90s i used it. the worse thing happens, when you visit a different city. and see ........... your name tossed up, Lol. wether or not someone stole it, its such a bad feeling. after all these years i stayed true to it, my 1st tag was ''Nope'' and believe it or not i changed it because of i saw it in another city when visiting family. an hour away. but yeah keep doing what your doing man, much love!!
PS: Don't be afraid of trying new names, even though i love mine, i still wish sometimes i tried different ones. Lol STAY TRUE
Great advice!!
i got 3 names that Im kinda switching between: Scar32, R5 and DEVIXLER
Scar32 I got from a graffiti tag generator I made that puts together random words and somtimes numbers
R5 i found out that the R and 5 can be stuck together in a cool way plus 5 and R is my favourite letter/number
DEVIXLER I got from throwing together some letters to make an ominous looking word and I quite like it
Haha you’re dead on with the ominous sound. A bit long but that’s a challenge to take!
Good stuff, man. Thanks for doing this.
You also missed how E and S are three level letters they have a high middle and low line so they balance the front and back. Also D and S both blow out and bow forward and I and D both have a vertical with two horizontal lines. I really care about the poetry of shapes and how things swing together.
I write ELBOW E and W are basically the same just turned, E B open and closed even though I usually do lower case b so that it works with O so I usually shrink O to the size of the sphere in lower b L is usually the underlying line in the wool piece and W usually slightly downturns to match my slightly upturned E and it sort of over lines the underline and pushes the top wide on the back just as the back leaning E widens the front.
Biggest point for me that I obsess over is front and back have to reflect symmetrically. It’s not at all necessary for everyone but for me it’s something I will try to do no matter what I write even if I have use a random shape or character or a qwip or arrow. I need that perfect fit on both sides.
I've been using Mints but I'm not sure if i should stick with it or change it.
my first and still main name has been DOSE/DOSER/DOSEONE but when I'm in NY (I'm from PA) I Write as LURK or LURKER to show respect to the NYC DOSE, I had no idea he existed, I've only seen a couple Ups in Brooklyn, but he was next to some OGs and I never wanna be accused of biting or disrespect, so considering I was out of town on a lurk, LURK it was. and when I'm outta town, LURK it still is. When I get Up to a WEK level spree, I Write AMOK in oneline handstyle sometimes, and I've Written as Hoot, but that's my Family Name. That's where DOSER came from, idk why the other guys Write it but I guarantee I have the hands down best claim to that name. STILL, I show the respect where and when it's due. I'm nobody 😜🤜🏻🤛🏻⚡💨
I've also Written YOINK, now that I think about it that was one of my first Tags period, and I did it because I saw "DOINK" Tagged on a wall in a season 2 episode of Simpsons when Bart is in the shady side of town, you see it for like 2 frames, but it birthed YOINK because it's a word people say a lot around here, it's the action of snatching something aka catching a Tag, and after maybe a month of using it a Brother pointed out how it could be a reference to Steal Your Face Right Off Your Head aka SYF or the Stealie. If you know, you know. DOSER 😁