Graffiti art to boost your inspiration

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Graffiti art to boost your inspiration

Graffiti (or spray paint) often regarded by others as unsightly damage or unwanted vandalism. But some times, the boring wall is supplied with a true piece of graffiti art, making it a joy for the eyes. A new game from Atari, Getting Up, is based on tagging.

I made a collection of pictures showing these fine spray paint creations. By looking at them and studying the details, you could boost your (Photoshop) design inspiration. If you're not in to design, just sit back and enjoy this amazing form of art.

Graffiti Spray Paint

Please take note that I'm not showing any graffiti tags or space spray paint in this article. Those can be pretty inspiring too.

Beautiful graffiti art

Click on the images to enlarge.

Sources

01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25

Actually, the last one indeed is a tag. I just had to post it here, the flames and colors are absolutely beautiful.

I still can't believe some of them are actually graffiti. Huge respect for those artists who create it. Now start designing!

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Comments

stunned guy - wow

2008-03-12 23:00:53

Amazing

:huh:

:woohoo:

Anonymous

2009-10-08 18:35:40

Bro, i can hekkka get down.
Way better than that.

master tag p

2010-09-22 17:07:52

:woohoo:

i dought it!

Anonymous

2010-09-29 00:49:34

Really? Then post your stuff!

Robbie Veldwijk - cool

2008-03-13 09:21:08

Pretty cool to see things like that.. I really can't draw, let alone to create something like that...

Ehhhhh..... - Meh

2008-03-13 09:53:26

Geeky-ish

2008-03-13 18:10:24

jessy james - you're an idiot

2008-03-21 17:35:20

twist was featured at the MOMA in 2000. THE MOMA. get your facts straight before you make ingorant comments.

Rawr - :/

2008-04-12 18:45:15

Tate Gallery reputable enough? http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/news/graffiti-to-cover-tate-modern-18534114.html inform yourself you ignoramus.

Brian

2008-06-01 19:40:51

How can you say something like that?! Art is art, hands down, art is an expression of feeling and a display of ability, it takes TRUE creativity to use city streets as a canvas.

Anyone can go out and buy paints and canvas... But it takes true devotion, creativity, and poise to use a brick wall!

To say it's "ghetto" or "weak" is simply a way to make yourself feel better, because you know you can't do it!

Art is from your heart, no "reputable" museum can decide that or not, and until you understand that, you will never be a true artist.

lollz - right on man

2009-12-09 02:29:11

dude your are sooo right :lol:

:lol:

keep it on

Pyzen - Pyzen

2009-12-30 23:20:37

Tears are fallin' down my face when i see such comments. Graffiti is the art that is special, the art of secrets. That�s why people can�t understnd it. You explained that perfect Brian.

rocketrefund

2008-09-22 06:56:19

Since people have already shown that you are incorrect in fair and decent ways, Let me just say this.

Your Mom is ghetto in general. You won't see reputable art museums ever showing her.

Random

2008-12-06 15:28:36

rofl

Shogun - Bullshit

2009-04-01 09:13:52

whats with Benski's?? you Idiots thats Graffity too
he doesnt giva a shit where he does it and the people appreciate it!

inpired - u r a jerk to start wit

2009-10-08 08:54:22

basically u dnt knw wt art s, if u cn restrict it in a bounary, its jus form of expression, 2 b abl 2 thnk diffrntly wether u lik it o nt........ n bdw dese r grt pieces.. ucn stl hv ur head dwn in ur ass, n nt c d facts my frns gv u hr

Anonymous

2009-10-14 02:46:01

are you retarded?? its not "ghetto" its an expression plus who the hell do you think you are judgeing weather or not its reputable enough....its all in the way the artist's view is portrayed and how the viewer sees it....if u see anything less then amazing in these pictures...then you should practice safe sex and go f**k yourself

chy - graffiti king

2010-01-31 06:31:08

for 1 you dont know shit about graffiti, some of the best artist in the world have there graffit pieces in some of the best museums in the world graffiti is probably the bigest booming art right now. marc ecko is a graffiti artist and i know for a fact has one of the biggest cloths line right now......if you go into pacsun or journeys, or champs sports, or macys, jcpennys, the mall, or even go to my shop i airbrush for a living theres graffiti every where man you dont know how big the medea graffiti art is ive airbrushed about 10 vehicles with graffiti style art on it its everywhere dont forget that and get your stuff right.!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

2010-03-26 08:31:49

ur trippin.... graffiti isnt ghetto at all... and inspiration and expression of ones feelins and emotions on life in general...

lol - you're not even a geek...

2010-07-07 20:35:05

and neither of can put down art because i doubt either of you can make it - art is art even if you think it's "ghetto" whatever the fuck that means.

Anonymous

2011-08-23 17:20:09

excuse me but i have been to numerous graffiti art exhibits in established museums through out eastern Europe and just because the scene originated in the back streets does not mean that it is a "secondary form of art" people pour their souls into something they could get arrested for at any time, hours and hundreds of dollars go towards graffiti every other day to the devoted individual and still they expect nothing in return. don't turn a blind eye to the thousands of practicing artists today

ignorance

2011-09-25 20:32:57

Haha wow...of course most people wont know art. Art is a label in its self. any ignorant person can call something ghetto but only the best can see the good in something. Graffiti is evolving and will engulf you two quickly leaving you behind

Anonymous

2012-02-03 16:13:42

we dont wanna be in museums bitch

Chelsea

2008-04-11 02:35:34

As an art student I can really appreciate the personality and effort put into these amazing pieces. Judging someone else's expressions as "second hand" is pompous. What is wrong with being ghetto? Art is the freedom of expression. Don't squelch someone else's Freedom.

Congratulation to the Artists

Peace

A Person - Tsak

2008-05-23 10:40:17

Please man...graffiti artists probably have a more creative mind than you! Can you even read any of the art up there or even pieces on the street?

chy	2010-01-31 06:34:27

your a second hand joke

chy - re: re: Meh

2010-01-31 06:36:38

cc wrote:

Ehhhhh..... wrote:

It's alright... Graffiti is still second hand art. I like some of the "non-ghetto" stuff, but most graffiti is just a pat on the back for creating fairly weak designs with spray paint. The only ones I'm even fairly impressed with are #2 and #3, but they're still ghetto.

you sir are an IDIOT and most likely an idiot that doesn't have the talent to do something as amazing as the works represented here. I guess its easy to criticize behind a computer screen.

you dont know the first thing about what your talking about man your probably some country boy thats why your talking so much shit your lucky you werent here on the streets with us or youd get swallowed up by us.....................

Z - Art

2011-06-24 17:36:55

:angry:

2nd hand? so you must be the best artist in the world or just a critic who has never been able to make it so therefor you spend your time hating everyone that is accomplishing there goal in life. "Everybody needs a HATER" that's why we keep creating....

cc - re: Meh

2008-03-13 15:20:44

Ehhhhh..... wrote:

It's alright... Graffiti is still second hand art. I like some of the "non-ghetto" stuff, but most graffiti is just a pat on the back for creating fairly weak designs with spray paint. The only ones I'm even fairly impressed with are #2 and #3, but they're still ghetto.

you sir are an IDIOT and most likely an idiot that doesn't have the talent to do something as amazing as the works represented here. I guess its easy to criticize behind a computer screen.

NotEasyatall

2008-03-21 20:42:35

Chelsea

2008-04-11 02:41:56

Vandalism is the work of a closed mind.
Call it what you will, But this is art.
Real Artists don't conform to the confines of a canvas. This is out of the box. The world could use more people like these artists, and less condescending squares.

Peace

God - Who is an artist ?

2008-06-06 00:57:36

Art is respectful and I agree with some of the comments...what is art to you may be trash to others...find a respectful medium and display it in a place where it may be viewed at will (gallery) or the so called artist is only imposing itself on others whether they want it or not.....what would you call that....defecation? Only someone can call the artist an artist cause without anyone seeing it as art it is simply ....something!

rocketrefund

2008-09-22 07:30:30

art does not have to be respectful.
Street art is good precisely because it is not in a gallery somewhere. I don't have to pay some museum in order to see someone's art. Maybe all artists don't care if they get paid, or public recognition.

Everyone imposes themselves on everyone else. Not only street artists. Right now you are trying to impose you idea that imposing ideas is shit. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
What about television ads? I don't really want to see half of the crappy ads people pay to put on television. I choose to watch the TV. (sometimes) But you choose to walk down the street. At least my art isn't inside your living room.

I mean, you do make a point, but why should we be expected to apply it only to art?

guest2009 - Hmmm....

2009-06-11 16:57:40

My question to all of you who support graffitti art on the streets.........

would you want someone to spray paint the side of your home? would you want your kids to view some of the stuff that is painted on the walls? not everyone can "choose" what streets they walk down or what they see on those streets....so why is it okay for others to defame private property and subject others to their "art" when it may be offensive to others?

I'm just wondering if anyone has thought of these questions when they are making statements in support of or against graffitti art on city streets.

sweet brah

2009-09-25 04:33:45

i would love to have any of those on my home...

and most of those posted, if not all are legal walls

me - really fool?!

2009-12-09 18:12:28

I don't like graffiti tags and people tagging walls and what not for the sole sake of tagging them, but these are not normal graffiti. The only thing that makes them considered graffiti is the fact that they used spray paint to make them.

They're all murals, and the artist most likely obtained permission before doing them. If these same pieces of art were done with traditional brush paints would you be so opposed?

Some of these probably took days to paint, so I'm pretty sure if they didn't have permission the cops or someone would have been all over them. The average graffiti and tags I would consider obtrusive and annoying, but these are true works of art.

dusk90

2010-07-30 02:57:31

Very few, if any, graffiti writers will paint somebody's home. Those who do are generally inexperienced, ignorant of the culture and will either give up or be caught before long too.
They are also often the same people with a complete lack of respect for anything who will mug you, break into your house or violently vandalise (without paint, more like with heavy, blunt objects that can be swung) private property just for a laugh.
They aren't people who paint the sort of pieces you see examples of above.

mschelley

2010-10-04 02:53:10

Actually, I would love to be able to get one of these artists to come and beautify my fence, my garage, hell, even my kitchen. The 3d and 10th images are ridiculously gorgeous (my sister's boss owns a piece by this artist and I loooove it).

Art is art - whether on a wall or canvas. And there is a difference between graffiti artists and those who just tag to be offensive or destructive.

dusk90

2010-07-30 02:50:08

Plain gray/white walls are imposed on all of us continuously. Urban areas look so clinical now that the world outside could just as well be one big mental institution, everybody's wandering around encouraged to concentrate on their own neuroses rather than any real thought, not to engage with anybody or anything on more than the most superficial of levels.

Surely a bit of colour, or a scribble or anything else that stands out from the monotony to catch your eye and provoke some sort of thought - whether that be "hey that looks kinda cool" or "shit that's ugly" - is more positive than just 'blank'. Engage with the environment around you.

Real graffiti isn't necessarily art; it's a protest against being dictated where and when it's acceptable to express oneself. It's the primal scream that exists deep down in every person that we're told we should suppress since we're too intelligent to do things just because we feel like it, even though as much as we try to fight it we'll always have inexplicable impulses. It's doing what you feel like, where and when you feel like it because life now is overcomplicated and truly expressing yourself is a much better feeling than fighting your nature out of fear of what others will think of you.

Painting legal walls and doing gallery exhibitions is a much tamer beast entirely, like an animal oblivious of its soul's existence. That's art, and maybe it's not graffiti anymore.

katsomething

2011-08-26 16:03:38

ok, maybe the walls/whatever surface is free, but the spray paint isn't.

I have my MFA and nowhere in my classical/nonclassical training have I ever heard that Graffiti art isn't real art. Many a reputable Museum has displayed such works. Do you have a narrow mind? Then art will be limited to you...an open mind makes art limitless!

Ray	2008-05-07 23:34:50

I think most people reading this will agree with me here when I say that its people like you [Noteasyatall] who ruin art these days as you seem to think that art can only be 'art' if somebody wants to buy it.

Art is a form of expression just like writing or singing, if someone wants to buy it thats great but if not then it doesn't make it any less of a piece of art. Just because everybody might not like, or want to listen to your favourite song doesn't mean it isn't a song does it?

It really fustrates me when people slate graffiti especially they say its 'vandalism' just because its on a wall not a canvas. Obviously these people have no imagination, creativity or any idea how difficult the art is or even how skilled these artists have to be. I have alot of respect for any artist whether the work is to my taste or not, but people like ''noteasyatall'' should really let go once in a while and stop getting on their high horse just because they think that they know better. Try opening your mind to a few new things because theirs some really great stuff out there

.

Personally, I think these are great especially the 3rd and 10th ones. Does anyone know the artist of these? They look like they're from the same anyway.

Aethel Wulf - To Ray

2008-08-06 12:57:51

Yes, graffiti is absolutely an art. It does take an unmatchable skill to pull these off. But the bottom line still stands. In a sense, someone is paying for their art. It is costing land and business owners hundreds of dollars to repaint their walls. Now unless this art is licit, it is equal to drawing on a sleeping person without permission. The only difference is a contract painter cost money. Nothing excuses the damage to someone's property. I want to know if any of the illegitimate "taggers" paint on their mother's house or their best bud's house.

Everything can be perverted, and portrayed disrespectfully...Even art.

rocketrefund

2008-09-22 07:25:00

They probably would. Their best buds probably help them, Their mothers are probably proud of their talent.
The only problem with this for illegal "taggers" is that this is very close to home to say "Hey, I live here, I'm the one painting all over town!"

But only one of these was a "tag" and it was probably legal.

oshit tfn

2009-10-29 00:45:14

that is actually 2 artists from l.a. the female character is by "the mac" and the designs around it are by the same guy who did the warm-color-scale birds (#17 down), known as "reyes". look them up online, they're done doing illegal work and so they make money doing murals and clothing.

Canned Goods

2010-02-16 18:18:37

pieces 3 and 10 are done by Mac.
http://mac-arte.blogspot.com/

mschelley

2010-10-04 02:54:16

the 3d and 10th pieces are by an artist named RETNA

Ray	2008-05-07 23:38:09

..your mind once in a while because theres some really great stuff out there

Personally I think these are great, especially the 3rd and 10th. Does anyone know the artist of these?

Heidi

2008-05-16 15:16:57

If you noticed most of these are huge pieces. They probably got the OK to do them.. seeing as it would have taken a long time. and the police would have caught on after noticing it....?

I personally think all of hem are amazing!

Anonymous

2008-05-17 12:25:55

It may be pretty even if it's illegal.

Discuss all you want wether it's 'Art', but I like it.

Brian

2008-06-01 19:44:31

Most people that lease these buildings contract people to do this, i highly doubt any of these are illegal. If they are, well done not getting cought!

rocketrefund

2008-09-22 07:21:35

You have your head up your ass. Vandalism can still be art.
Creating a hole in a beautiful stained glass window is still creating something; albeit, a hole. Try arguing with words that you know the definition to.

And, retard, a paid artist does not buy his own canvas. The buyer buys the canvas and the paint, and the time, and the design.

And what the hell does "pays his dues" mean? Like dues in the awana's club? the rotary boy of the month club? Some stupid frat where you can drink your fucking mind away, surround yourself with people who believe the same as you so you don't have to change or be pressured to think, beat up, shun, haze, persecute anyone who thinks differently than you...? Your head is up your ass still.

by the way:
A lot of street artists that you see on sites like this one actually do have something to say.
For many of them, this is their job, that they get paid a shitload of money! A lot more for something that is more meaningful than anything you will probably ever do. This is their future, and I must say, a brighter future than yours seems to be. And I want their art there. It's better than some falling down wall with stucco and paint pealing off of it. It's better than some vast white or grey nothingness. It's better than a lot of things that I don't want there that is legal.

So maybe it is ghetto; Though, I don't see any of this as being very ghetto. These people have more skill than most people I ever meet.
And maybe you are an elitist dick who has to go make his mark on some web forum where you aren't wanted with lousy grammar and horrible creativity!

Random

2008-12-06 15:32:12

I'd rather see art then another ad. seriously companies are allowed to put there shit up everywhere. were forced to see it everyday so whats wrong with a little art?

G-Cue

2009-06-10 22:36:47

Ignore this post ^^^ he can't even use the proper 'their' in his sentences...

EEEDIOT!

These pieces are bomb BTW

G

Terry OC - :) Sir

2009-09-29 20:50:25

Mr/Mrs NotEasyatall,

you're entitled to your opinion, which by your own standards, is not worth a damn.
Which I think is an insult to the damn that I give.

Fight the grey. Painting colours through the rain. More. This is expression, far from vandalism it seems to me that this is creative.

"Real art" The minute you hear someone spouting that spiel it's time to just . . . ."yeah anything you say bub"

Oh, and what about Banksy?

oh yeah01 - cc-re:meh

2008-03-13 16:32:20

oh yeah01

2008-03-13 16:34:34

:evil:

bone id the woid im missin, as in "bonehead"

oh yeah01 - graffiti

2008-03-13 16:38:10

as for the artwork, it is preemo #1
some of the best graffiti iv cum across in a lng while!!! <img src=

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:cheer:

keep it up
C YA BI
j.r.

Norman - Nice stuff

2008-03-13 16:55:33

Some nice stuff there,really. Most inspiring is probably the stuff from Daim. He has such an unique style. I used to be a writer too and never lost the feeling for graffiti at all. I still have my old blackbook with sketches and images from the early 90`s. I uploaded a hand full to http://flickr.com/photos/razer2176/sets/72157604071079886/ . If you care for some nice sketches you could check on my blog, since I am going to release some sketches and images on a regular basis.
Nice work again, cheers for this.

emil	2008-03-13 17:02:04

the second picture is amazing, seem almost unreal

Nix - The first serbian musicians ar

2008-03-13 22:23:12

Great collection, mate

Well done!

Jason Lee - The first one its in Lisbon, P

2008-03-14 01:28:49

The first one its in Lisbon, Portugal. From Ram Vhils and Mar. Near Bairro Alto

rm - Graf is art

2008-03-14 01:43:57

Quote:

You won't see reputable art museums ever showing them. Maybe some wanna-be museums...but never the real deal...

Reputable museums often feature artists who've pioneered or mastered a technique in a certain medium. Painting, as in paint applied by a brush on a surface, is thousands of years old. Graffiti by it's modern definition (markers/spray paint on a surface) is only in its thirties. Give it time, and one day you'll see a big chunk of wall in the Smithsonian.

Horus - graffiti artist/illustrator

2008-03-14 02:47:30

As a graffiti writer I have to say you've captured a pretty sick collection there man...I live in the shadow of many of these dudes, but share the same love for the art...u can peep my stuff on mynwebsite if ur interested.

Anonymous

2008-03-15 07:14:53

Who defines art is who expresses. Think not of what it's worth but the will of it's work. -S.Casale

vanessa

2009-05-14 07:41:58

exactly. it is what it it embodies in the end that matters.

setto

2008-03-17 19:13:58

most of that is not graffiti. it's artwork with spray paint. graffiti is a culture that unless you are a part of, i doubt you understand. graffiti is not mindless scribbles, despite whatever uneducated outsiders may think.
learn a it about it before criticizing it maybe?

Fabio - Wow!

2008-03-18 08:43:06

Wow!

I like it :!:

:!:

Brazilian Art
Os G�meos (The Twins)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabioraphael/1625339309/

Voodstoc - Sweet

2008-03-19 21:56:24

Definitely art. I love the dimensional stuff, especially. And when you see a correctly proportioned face that large, that says the artist draws a great deal. Artists will express themselves with anything, period. Paint on a building goes back to ceilings in chapels, so why would this be weak? We may see alot of graffiti and think it is all similar, which is fine. Commenting and blatantly pointing out the fact that you don't get it is alot easier than making something completely original.
~J

Free Stuff - Thenks a lot

2008-03-20 13:00:07

wow its great

baddict - re: Meh

2008-03-25 16:55:10

Ehhhhh..... wrote:

It's alright... Graffiti is still second hand art. I like some of the "non-ghetto" stuff, but most graffiti is just a pat on the back for creating fairly weak designs with spray paint. The only ones I'm even fairly impressed with are #2 and #3, but they're still ghetto.

this ain't art? <img src=

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It's just an alternetive form off art that's all and you ever been in the modern tate in London?If you can find it in the modern tate you can call it art

Anonymous

2009-10-14 02:40:43

its street art who the hell are you to judge weather something is art or not

Webber - cool graffiti

2008-03-26 13:55:46

Im not too sure but i think some of these pictures are from parts of Rome in italy!

webtutes - webtutes

2008-03-27 18:47:47

Just brilliant! This is the real design talent !

MdMnKy

2008-03-28 09:33:07

Powerful stuff...!

Makenzie Poburan - Help

2008-04-10 06:03:19

Hello i was wondering if i could please get contact information for this graffiti artist (or any graffiti artist) Its for a grade 6 PYP exibition
ASAP
thank you very very much
My contact info:
boarderbabeADL@hotmail.com

Melik

2008-04-11 20:50:15

This is beautiful art and all those so called "experts" in earlier posts are non-appreciative. Get a life, guys!

Great post. Number 2 and 13 are awesome, like Emil said, they're almost unreal.

OtS	2008-04-21 20:11:15

see the art of the portuguese graffiter "CAOS" he is great.

Anonymous

2008-04-26 16:36:17

truly beautiful artwork. Artwork can be expressed anywhere. if people enjoy looking at these artworks, and like them, then it's not vandalism, it's these people that make out cities colorful. <img src=

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Josh - re:

2008-05-04 03:52:06

NotEasyatall wrote:

Listen little boy- what he said was true.
REAL artists PAY their dues, PAY for their own canvas, and make they're art where its WANTED.

Anything else is pointless, stupid vandalism.

Losers with nothing real to say, no jobs, no future, so they go 'make a mark' on someone elses property.

Unless someone gave you permission to put it there, its not ART. Its vandalism.

REAL artists express themselves in ways that aren't always bound to the conventions of societal norms. REAL artists CREATE. REAL artists express whether their creations are wanted or not. None of it is pointless if it is real to the one who made it and has meaning for them. A lot of graffiti artists are very bright people who DO have something to say. You shouldn't look at graffiti and just call it graffiti, you should look at it and admire it. Sure some people just do tags, but others create impressive murals that portray a message. As far as "them" being jobless bums with no futures, maybe they're jobless but they have futures. Everyone does. What's yours?

bilim haberleri - thank you very very much

2008-05-08 16:29:32

Great collection. :cheer:

:cheer:

thank you very very much

Jacko - insane

2008-05-14 12:44:48

i think some of these pieces are unreal. for someone to look at these and not be able to appreciate the beauty is simply ridiculous. i think society needs to let go of its ancient ideals and accept graffiti as a mainstream art.. i just wish there was more like this in my city.

cheers

Kolin @ Murder Death Inks - Nice

2008-05-15 04:26:59

Really nice collection. Takes a while to collect good graffiti flicks so I appreciate the effort and taste!
Peacce

Desi	2008-05-15 04:32:40

I think it's beautiful~

fowler

2008-05-17 06:12:29

the funny thing is, most of the artists that did these (7th Letter Crew and MSK) are making hundreds of thousands of dollars selling their talents to big name companies. just because their work isn't hanging in a gallery somewhere (actually it is), doesn't mean they're not artists. also, a lot of the stuff in this post was invited..

exiledsurfer - More from RAM (picture #1)

2008-05-17 12:24:03

#1 is from RAM (Random Aeresol Movement), an amazing portugese artist i had the chance to meet by chance lin 2006 in lisbon while he was organizing a graffiti exhibition in an old printhouse he squatted. He is one of the moving forces in graffiti in europe, and is simply an amazing artist and all around good dude. While he primarily works in lisbon, he grew up in Sintra, about an hour outside of lisbon, and across the street from the house he grew up in is what is known locally as RAM's Wall of Fame, a block wall surrounding a factory, the owner of which recognized RAM's talent, and allowed him to completely conver with his work over a period of years. The wall features his collaborations with the who's who of portugese artists, and is a living museum to their art. I posted pictures of my favorite pieces to flickr last year, and you can see them here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artificialeyestv/sets/72157594280475187/

photos from the printhouse exhibition, called VSP, which was covered in work over the course of a year leading up to the final closing exhibition, where i had the chance to do a live video performance while the final work was being created live can be seen in these two photo sets at flickr:

(closing day)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artificialeyestv/sets/72157594279507475/

(our live video performance) http://www.flickr.com/photos/artificialeyestv/sets/72157594280266824/

I would like to point out that i (a non grafitti artist) personally BOUGHT 3 pieces from the artists exhibiting in this exhibition because i was blown away by their work, much of which could be exhibited in any gallery or museum of reputation anywhere in the world, and often IS. Graffittti has long been recognized as a reputable arform, both critically as well as in terms of being sold to collectors, at leastsince the mid-70's. EASTPAK, the backpack manufacturer is an ongoing sponsor of the portugese scene, and has also commissioned the artists to do custom pieces on commission. Born in the ghetto, graffitti has long been coopted by corporations and the media, and spread all oer the world as an artform, lifestyle, and culture.

I will also take the time to point interested people towards the other video work that my partner synesthete and i did while in lisbon, the Video Grafitti project, there is a photoset here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artificialeyestv/sets/72157594280493809/

and a video on youtube here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7obD7PcZWBI

"Together with local VJ collective, videomorphose.com, artificialeyestv bombed the city with guerilla video graffiti, a form of urban street art new to lisboa. Armed with a full magazine of subversive content in their laptops and a high-performance videobeamer firing twenty five frames per second mounted inside a civilian SUV, the crew of four assaulted the streets late at night with their temporary visual ammunition. Video graffiti covered walls, automobiles, and monuments temporarlily, leaving behind no damage or trace of their presence."

Bengt77 - LE:EN

2008-05-17 12:56:42

Some Guy - Man....

2008-05-17 18:58:29

If only these were available in t-shirts :lol:

:lol:

Chiners - Now, now

2008-05-17 19:49:05

I think these do look amazing (and I just hate how these guys/gals manage to create depth on a flat wall like that), as an "artist" these are candy for the eyes.

However, I really don't agree with the downvoting and scapegoating "NotEasyAtAll" because he doesn't consider grafitti art.

These elaborate pieces are obviously commissioned, or simply allowed, but to call someone "closeminded" for stating the obvious fact that unwanted grafitti is vandalization of property.. Yeah, you're candidates for the "should not be allowed to breed"-pool.

mert	2008-05-22 09:29:25

unbeliveble

Anonymous

2008-05-23 14:56:43

lovin this !!!

Anonymous

2008-05-26 12:56:31

I love graffiti! As seen above it is amazing works of art totally vivid and bursting with life, emotion and imagination.

Please don't confuse graffiti with tagging.. tagging is ugly and unnecessary and gives good graffiti a bad wrap..

Anonymous

2008-05-28 02:13:47

thats some nice stuff , im a graffiti artist as well , im not nearly as good as these ppl but im still good. in my opinion art is not a crim , it is a form of artistic nature and thats what graffiti is , i like them , keep it upp

babie

2008-05-30 00:03:22

:woohoo:

tha was fukkennnnnnn sssshhhiiiittt i wish i can do that i was spending 3 houres trying to do grafitti and it was shhit man i candent do it

giigles

2008-05-30 00:05:12

man u r funny any way it was fuken good doodeeee

Anonymous

2008-05-31 05:42:56

I did one of those, and I was given permission to.

Anonymous

2008-06-04 14:13:09

jus recently got into graffiti art n the stuff on ere is truly amazingg!!!!!! it really given me sum inspiration!!..laving et!.. :woohoo:

:woohoo:

mohaltron - cooool

2008-06-16 14:07:00

coooooooooooooooollll
:woohoo:

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

Bgalmar - Sr. Designer

2008-06-19 16:44:33

These are great. Nice to see what other artists are up to. Here is a link to some great graffiti art in Charleston, SC.
http://www.ehousestudio.com/blog/2008/03/04/charleston-sc-graffiti-art/

Anonymous

2008-07-08 20:32:22

:woohoo:

very kool

Zac	2008-07-13 07:41:33

This shit sucks, graffiti is about throw ups, not pieces. Commissioned walls are whack!

rocketrefund - five cent refunds

2008-10-06 03:18:26

You make all the rules.

Shelbie

2009-07-11 14:25:52

that's kinda whack how you can say these suck.

Anonymous

2008-07-19 09:06:21

all i can say is that graffiti is probably the most beautiful way of art IMO. Those graffiti artist are so friggin talented!!! i wish i had their hands

seak1 - museum

2008-07-23 17:54:01

graff is not in a museum for other reasons then for not being art. study some history before saying stuff you don't know anything about.

van gogh wasn't in a museum, is that not art?

Affordable Web Design - Awesome

2008-08-08 04:41:26

Awesome stuff! I love it.

Mark Abucayon - This is awesome

2008-08-12 07:21:28

Guys u know what you are awesome, how do you do this all? First I saw this I am really2x amaze with the design.. very creative, my heads are down and Two thumbs up.

lambda

2008-08-19 09:25:09

wow!

<img src=

hock:' /> it's realy cool! :woohoo:

:woohoo:

Seppo - HELP !!!

2008-08-19 21:43:06

Hi, does anyone know, where the 2nd or who has panted it?

jas	2008-08-30 18:29:51

:evil:

:woohoo:

i live near that grafitti of that dragon

(#22)

Marco - Dutch?

2008-08-31 03:06:32

Then you live in the Netherlands (just like me!), probably in Utrecht

!

RisQ	2008-09-16 19:17:15

Thats some real UP stuff here...

mark vincent robles

2008-10-10 04:43:17

damn cool

Chris - WOW

2008-10-13 17:50:02

i wish some of the sprayers could spray my walls of my room! :cheer:

:cheer:

the one - the master

2008-10-25 04:45:17

to the angry readers:
graffiti is how i started my graphic design career. i was arrested 2 times, and was never charged. to tell you the truth, all of the friends i used to write graff with in high school (and later) have good jobs or gigs now. most are entrepreneurs... a lot of friends that were into more traditional forms of art/music when we were younger have joe jobs with no creativity involved... i guess they got burnt out on creativity through conformity. i would like to understand how someone can think that any of these examples are ugly, or even more so, how the building or wall under any form of vandalism is in any way more beautiful than the earth that was once there. we've all vandalized the earth in one way or another just by contributing to our society... smell your shit, it probably smells worse than you think.

rocketrefund - Five cent refunds

2008-11-02 22:56:40

Very good point about vandalizing the earth.

Let's hope we don't go the way of artistic conformity.

Shelbie

2009-07-11 14:29:09

hit it on the nose

beautifully said.

the one - the master

2008-10-25 04:49:16

DAIM from germany - amazing art
more @ http://www.daimgallery.com/

also check loomit, misk, seek, berlin and others... 3d graff is next level for sure.

the one - re: HELP !!!

2008-10-25 04:51:09

Seppo wrote:

Hi, does anyone know, where the 2nd or who has panted it?

oops, DAIM from germany.

http://www.daimgallery.com/

forgot to quote you

Paul Baines - Nice but I prefer...

2008-11-17 18:25:04

Good stuff here and there but I prefer Faile and D-Face...

Xavier - KEWL

2008-11-25 06:23:48

I will never mind if someday I wake up and see all my house with this kind of graffiti. But I�ve seen really bad designs, and even more, just letters of stupid guys...

Great job dudes.

movel

2008-11-28 12:17:47

excellent set for making clear that graff could be more than pure vandalism.. nice..
http://www.streetfiles.org

jooboohighkungfooey

2009-01-08 23:19:23

AMAZING
everyone who thinks this is not art
fell down to many stairs when they were a kid or got there head punched in to many times

No Mersi 1 - Mr. MuthaFuck!

2009-02-27 01:28:32

If you think graffiti is all bout throw-ups and bombs than you need to learn how to do better or don't say shit. I have no respect for faggots who think this is vandelism. Pixel is a legal artist and gets paid to have people admire his work. whether you paint on canvas or brick i cake it. Don't be negative...

J0kEr.Mazatlan.Mexico - graffiti

2009-03-07 00:33:06

do you really thing that graffiti artist care about your apinion??
you are rally rong they just put their fellings in a wall, with or with out permision and they are not loocking for aceptation of anyone

scorpion - !!!

2009-03-08 22:12:34

... very good...! I... I ... :!:

:!:

Anonymous - keep graff alive

2009-03-24 00:49:35

ight not all graff is ghetto just cause its on a wall and not on papper lik prob half da ppl doin all this could make a mural on papper 2 and sell it but they wanna go bigger and its all expression and there own view of things and expressing points of wat they wana say

Anonymous

2009-03-24 19:31:57

How can some graffiti artist make something so fucking beuteful im not bad fucking bad but that is just amazing

:lol:

(I do it legal) Im so

Anonymous

2009-05-17 19:03:32

that is soo cool some of those pics i have on my ipod

raj	2009-06-07 14:54:58

nice graffiti don't where taken from all graffiti . can you tell me

JDL - JDL

2009-06-10 16:50:12

Man anyone who wants to hate on graffiti can shut there mouth just because the public does not see as art in the hood graffiti is like The Mona Lisa so all i have to say is FUK HATA'Z and GRAFFITI LIVEZ ON BAYBAY! holla at cha boy!...one

irtiza104 - Life as i know it

2009-06-28 13:54:34

WOW! the artists are so talented. they even created 3d effect. simply mind blowing.

jim w

2009-07-12 02:35:45

this is an awesome set of art, wicked variety of styles.

WG	2009-07-12 02:36:25

YEEEAAAAH! Sick!

BERK...ABK

2009-07-13 16:12:44

geeky-ish is an aidiot babsy(an amazing graffiti artist) had his own exhibit in the london art museum... im pretty sure they are credible. graffiti is true art when its not throwning up a gang. its not ghetto. only an ignorant person would see it as "ghetto". if you consider pictures of naked people and drip paints art but look at graffiti and say its nothing but a bunch of words, you have no taste. in anything. give up. kill yourself.

Adam - Crazy people

2009-07-17 18:19:11

Man whoever says this is not art cuz its graffiti is a fool. True maybe tagging public places is not the best tactic, but you can't deny awesomeness based on that aspect alone.

Adam - Cool pics

2009-07-17 19:17:54

Really, I mean, that's some of the best graffiti art I have ever seen. It's hard to believe that all the work was done with spray paint. Even though it is cone with spray paint the art is extravagant.

Vampire Daze - Art

2009-07-18 10:05:37

Agreed, this is art. Some of it extraordinarily done BUT if it is done on property without permission it IS vandalism. Most of the murals done in my city have been painted on ugly walls and permission was granted. I mean, who wouldn't prefer to see such a colourful array rather than cracking grey cement. I would be furious if someone decided to make the side wall of my house a canvas - after all it is my property and I paid for it. There are many places that would love an artist to jazz up their dreary walls. Just ask first. Tagging, on the other hand, is not art it's pure stupid minded vandalism.

TeeEYEemm

2009-07-21 09:53:24

Anyone who says that this is not art, is not an artist, they are simply completely inept observers. This is art bred from an entire culture. Daim, ,Loomit, And Banksy are only a few who have been owning Europe. Check out Retna (shown) and people like Sam Flores, Saber, Revok, Twist, (I could go on forever) and say that that's not art. That would be like saying you don't breathe air. Art is someone using inspiration to create something that inspires others. This inspires many.

beck - dsc

2009-07-31 16:23:45

ai mano de bou a essas grafffiti

prhey404 - They do their own shows geniuses

2009-08-21 15:35:23

It seems many of you don't know, especially the guy who started all of this... Many of these graffiti "vandals" have their own gallery shows and know what a canvas and oil paint is. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Anonymous

2009-09-10 01:50:04

good on ya keep up the good work

AA - Wow!

2009-09-13 05:37:17

I thought graffiti was vandalism! Now i want to do it! its so cool :!:

:!:

:woohoo:

bryan h. - scum#7

2009-09-13 22:42:04

all awesome peaces. thanks 2 who ever puts this site together.just getting into graffitti and im inspired by it all thnx!!!!!

Mishelle - Hey you guys, check this show out.

2009-09-22 00:01:52

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT:
Robert Berman Gallery

Mac, Retna, "Gracias a la Vida", 2009,
Spray Paint, Acrylic on Canvas, 11 x 11 feet.

Robert Berman Gallery Presents
The First Collaborative Exhibit of Mac and Retna
Vagos y Reinas
September 26 - October 17, 2009
Reception: Saturday, September 26, 4-6pm

Robert Berman Gallery [Gallery C2 + D5]
Bergamot Station Art Center
2525 Michigan Avenue, C-2 and D-5, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Robert Berman
Phone: (310) 315-1937, Fax: (310) 315-9508
E-mail: berman@artnet.net
Web site: http://www.robertbermangallery.com
Gallery hours, Tuesday - Saturday, 11am until 6pm

Santa Monica, CA, August 18, 2009 - Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to present Vagos y Reinas, an exhibition of selected works by artists and muralists Mac and Retna. Vagos y Reinas marks the first time these longtime collaborators have exhibited in a gallery together.

Mac and Retna are unlikely partners. Mac is a photorealist: His work in spray paint makes the medium dissolve into a sea of classical touches. Retna is all brush: He is known for his abstract embellishments and calligraphic font. Collaboration is a constant in graffiti, but from the first time that Mac and Retna worked together on a mural it was clear that each painter brought out the best in the other; that the precision of one balanced the looseness of the other. In the five years since, Mac and Retna have collaborated on more than 20 murals around the globe, producing some of the most memorable, monumental work in recent memory. Vagos y Reinas is their widely anticipated first collaborative gallery show.

Mac and Retna's murals are points of neighborhood pride, and it has made them local heroes. They often get involved in the communities they paint in, speaking in schools or mentoring young artists. Their murals have also become local landmarks-so much so that their piece on La Brea and 3rd was included in a recent Los Angeles Times ad campaign featuring iconic people and places that represent the city.

Vagos y Reinas brings their outdoor work inside. The title of the show, which translates to "vagrants and queens," references Mac and Retna's street-infused styles and celestial depictions of women. On exhibit are large-scale pieces that represent some of their best work together. For example, with "Gracias a la Vida," an 11-by-11-foot canvas, Mac and Retna exalt a photo of a beautiful woman into a divine being. It is a perfect example of their use of graffiti and fine art, combining spray paint with Alphonse Mucha's whiplash curves, motifs pulled from Byzantine art, and a powerful image that recalls Gustav Klimt.

The exhibit also serves as a retrospective, showcasing individual work from each artist before and after they met, as well as brand new pieces that demonstrate their maturation. "I think that our development as individual artists has made our collaborative work that much stronger and more unique," Mac explains. Mac will show his extremely technical photorealistic canvases, while Retna plans to create a floor-to-ceiling installation of his calligraphic font.

The exhibition coincides with the release of Alianza (Upper Playground/Gingko Press), a 96-page hardcover book that documents their partnership over the years. Vagos y Reinas is open to the public from September 26 to October 17, 2009, during normal gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 6 p.m.

Anonymous

2009-09-25 21:41:30

You know what? Graffiti is seriously an art form, its our way of expressing ourseves in a way that not only goes against the norm, which defines it as art, but also a way for us to stay clean and keep from doing other stuff, despite common belief not all graffiti atists are pot heads and uneducated people. We live for graffiti and its a way for us to escape reality and do something that we're truly good at. Im not saying that not all graffiti is art because its definatly not, there are some people that do it just because they think its cool to destroy peoples property and the people who do that upset me. I am someone who is big on tagging because not only does it help me stay clean, but it also makes me feel very proud of myself. The feeling that you get when you plane and draw a "peice", and then go and pull it off is nearly impossible to explain. We do this for many reasons but without graffiti we wouldn't be the people we are, it defines us and makes us uniqe, it helps us to survive in this urban reality. Its about doing something that people thoght was impossible, it about exploring new places and reaching new hights, its a way for us to define our thoughts in a way people can enjoy. The artists that practice this art have to dedicate their lives to it, its not like they just one day decided to pick up a can of spray paint and make an amazing work of art, no, they had and still have to practice continually because it takes a set of skills that have to be well honed in order to do it. All you people out there that think this is pure vandalism must seriously have something wrong with yourselves becaus whats the difference between graffiti and a mural? It makes a wall more interesting and it is something that can make your day different. Graffiti is a lifestyle and its impossible to explain to an outsider. What is art but an expression of the artist? True art is done regardless of what people think and i have to think that this is art because the people that do it continue doing it regardless of recognition, they dont get paid like all the other artists out there, they are not featured in art magazines or in museums, and they continue taking the risk whenever they do this.

Anonymous

2009-09-27 06:10:12

Some of these comments are idiotic. "Real" painters don't steal their canvas; if they did, they would go to jail. Logically, people who walk around tagging things that don't belong to them should go to jail.

That being said, I would have no problem commissioning a graffiti artist to do something this incredible on the side of my house, because it is my house, and it is my decision.

The intent is what makes it art. If the intent is just to deface something to make a point, then you're not an artist, you're a douche.

Laura

2011-08-24 10:14:08

Sorry guy but intent is not what makes art. Art is meant to invoke emotion and judging by the fact that you are "emotional" about this "defacement" I suppose it is, in fact, by definition art.

Also, it is beautiful. I think the world should be filled with art like this rather than bland brick walls.

Crystal Walker - Beautiful!

2009-09-28 04:41:47

I've always loved graffiti art. When done right it makes urban areas so much more vibrant!

Anonymous

2009-09-30 21:46:06

hella sick graffiti major props to the artist

Hannah

2009-10-01 23:55:11

Someone should really think about making on all about music.

zone fak

2009-10-06 14:53:01

Graffiti will never die because these walls don't lie!

Johnny - Still mostly vandelism

2009-10-07 00:13:45

I wouldn't hesitate for a second to paint over any of this if it were on one of my buildings. Get it? MY buildings. I'm paying for them. What gives punks the idea that they have a "right" to deface my property? Now, put them in art gallery? Sure. I see that there's a place for this type of artwork, and some of these examples are among the finest I've seen. But not the sides of my buildings - O.K.?

anything you say - MR.

2009-10-07 00:51:05

Sure thing Johnny. Where are your buildings exactly? So we know which ones to avoid.

-RuCuS SGC- - to all who say graffiti is nonsense

2009-10-14 02:32:46

Im a graffiti artist , not a "tagger" which is what i do but i do not being called, i live in the bay area in california and think all of u who think this is not art are extremely ignorant graffiti is a way to express feelings and emotions and is a urban art it brightens up streets and walls and most of the time takes teenagers on a pathway away from drugs and violence because its a substitute for hiding there emotions. :arrow:

the best peaces that i have done were when i was depressed or angry it the mind & emotion to hand & touch :angry:

:angry:

:dry:

syntec

2009-11-13 16:02:11

So I am just curious, all of you who are saying that Graffiti is not art because it is on a wall... What's up with the Sistine Chapel? And all of you who make distinctions between taggers and this. They are all taggers. The one that is distinguished as a "tag" 2, 4-6, 8, 10, and all of the characters evolved from people who were "tagging" the subways adding to their pieces. There is no difference. Good art evokes emotion, if they make you mad, is that not an emotion? Is it any different than a canvas? You are just mad because you feel you cannot control it. They just made you feel helpless and angry... Take it for what its worth.

Quote:

would you want someone to spray paint the side of your home?

Just curious when the last time you saw any true graffiti artists "tag" a home. Yeah they write their name on walls, but it's generally understood that that is unacceptable.
You paint a half ass painting not easy at all, and you can write words, but "taggers" are giving emotion, action, and emphasis to letters. It's like one word poems mixed with visual art. A good deal of Graphic designers are graffiti artists. To address a few of your concerns. Can't stop, won't stop.

Amy	2009-11-22 00:59:25

These are amzing! :cheer:

:cheer:

Graffiti is my inpiration for my Textiles Major Work

jared thompson

2009-11-23 19:26:14

some simply brilliant works here, great collection.

me - .....

2009-11-30 18:02:06

this shit is funny as hell...do you people read what you write ...PRICELESS

JayyBee - Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.

2009-11-30 23:26:19

What a lot of people fail to understand, is that a lot of "graffiti" walls are COMMISSION. Small business owners will give artists access to their walls, in exchange for the attention it brings.

Not all graffiti is illegal.
Not all art is legal.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The person who created this site thinks that the graffiti they found is beautiful, that's an opinion.

Mine happens to agree.

To create an image on such a large scale is impressive in my eyes.

designfollow - great

2009-12-02 20:20:26

great list.

thank you for the post

i love Graffiti

Eric Xiang - Pretty Cool

2009-12-10 06:10:21

This graffiti art is cool, but only cool when this is done on designated walls, not everywhere, otherwise, people will loathe it if any inconvenience caused upon them, what do you think?

nicholas sandy - fools who display ignorance

2009-12-21 05:35:56

Graffiti is probably one of the most underrated art forms around today. Always maligned by fools who usually make crap comments like "its illegal", " it is un-sightly" or the classic "its just so ghetto". While some validity may apply to some of these comments, it is the breaking the law aspect of it, the upsetting of old square people and the fact, like most good things comes from the poor side of town.
The poor side of town is usually where you can find the best skaters, best bmxers, best hookers in high heels, the most character filled dive bars, be involved in questionable drug deals, learn valuable life saving skills, see the occasional knife fight, have a great night out in the sleaziest strip club, weird little clubs and just funny and sometimes scary stuff. The language of the street if you want some pretentious angle on it.
If some ponce who piles bike wheels on floor and says "it signifies the struggle to survive in the modern urban world" floats your boat, well how come some kid who sprays some beautiful pic on an otherwise dirty brick wall can't call himself an artist, just like a skater who practices ten hours a day to perfect a heel flip should be called a talented athlete? No

Mohita

2009-12-24 11:42:03

simply awesome

sepehr - -

2009-12-28 22:30:31

tanks for your realy best pic
its nice

Peter Smith - Art Fan

2009-12-29 03:20:26

Great collection of photos here! I love it.

I love other sites such as http://www.artcrimes.com and http://www.anomie1.com they both can give one who is interested a place to get constant graffiti updates.

Barry Woodhall - PhotoShopThis

2009-12-30 19:10:18

Some really ace graffiti there, really inspirational aswell!

al	2010-01-01 00:24:19

dude this is the most sick stuff i have ever seen i personal love this kinda stuff and this is just showing some of the things u can do with paint and a wall but this stuff is still sick

Anonymous

2010-01-20 20:56:26

Because the cop portrayed as the "pig" is so original and creative that its phenomenal and deserves to be displayed on the streets.

This is ghetto. It is art, but it's ghetto art. Nuff said.

Canned Goods

2010-02-16 18:23:01

For those of you who are a little interested in how some graffiti artists get started, what their inspiration and motives are among other things I have been interviewing artists for around 2 years now and you can read the outcome of these interviews here:

http://www.canned-goods.co.uk/graffiti-interviews/

Anonymous

2010-02-26 21:59:32

aigh first of all why even judge, everyone is unique in there own ways, so leave the people alone, i don't do this shit but i was reading you'lls shit. stop niggus f**k. and you'lls artist out there tear it up believe in your self you can do it... Sky's the limit.

Rust	2010-03-01 18:48:05

silly toys just don't understand.

AlreadyYourObsession

Lilli - Somethin

2010-03-03 11:31:21

ok peoples... graffiti is an art form, and these pictures are awesome!! if dome random wants to paint some random crap on a wall, let 'em coz it doesn't matter, its art! get over yourselves people. what would you say if err... Leonardo Da Vinci painted on your wall, it would be art, sort of like, lemme think... GRAFFITI!!! geeezz

^^,

Anonymous

2010-03-12 14:34:44

Sensational!

philth

2010-03-24 03:57:57

graffiti artists dont tag peoples houses dickheads do.
this is art.

Anonymous

2010-04-05 17:13:05

this is just amazing!!
xx

miniradlader

2010-04-13 16:00:22

Much amazing........

im 10 and impressed - im 10 and impressed

2010-04-22 09:40:35

im ten and wen i grow up i wanna be a LEGAL graffiti artist. this art is really amazing so whoever did it GOOD JOB!

Will	2010-05-25 03:00:52

you guys are all getting hyped up over pointless things. Yes some graffiti work is illegal but not all. Some times a local artist cant find some one to piece up thier property so they may be inclined to illegally create thier work. I am a traditional artist and i appreciate graffiti art. I think its a great way to be creative. All i can say though is if you cant find a place where some one wants your work, go out and buy a huge 48 x 48 canvas until you can. Graffiti is an art, you should only want to place it were people will appreciate it though. either way, you dont want to put it somewhere where people will first think its vandilism and art second. put it were people will thik its art first and vandilism second ya know. every one else take it easy and if you dont have something nice to say dont say it at all. good work on all of these showed. madd props dudes and dudets

Amina

2010-05-27 07:03:21

This is truly amazing!

Irina

2010-06-22 06:55:55

Thanks for posting those graffiti artworks. They actually inspired me for my logo design. Especially the one which looks 3D, almost like a sculpture. A lot of them are really beautiful to look at. These are truly masterpieces. I got my designer from logodesignplanet.com to create a logo design using some of the graffiti artworks I liked as references as I did provide this link to her. It turned out better than expected and it was affordable too - minus the time and hassle. Haha. Thanks for posting this by the way. Love your site.

Anonymous

2010-07-14 13:38:26

i love graffiti !

vanessa

2010-07-14 13:39:37

i wanna paint all walls!!!!! :cheer:

:cheer:

Saudi Jobs - Saudi Jobs

2010-08-16 17:49:19

I love all the images. Thanks for sharing

Sketchz

2010-08-19 19:59:34

Wow all this art is truly amazing, every single one tells a different story and inspires me, i hope to one day be able to display my graffiti as art!

Chris Mc - cool

2010-09-07 00:54:01

This type of stuff just blows my mind. all i can say is uterly AMAZING

xianghai - cool

2010-12-02 01:08:40

A most timely and informative article. Tips i will definitely implement.

Anonymous

2011-01-08 20:35:03

Ewok

uncut - uncut

2011-01-11 18:58:03

[code][/code]for those who dont like to apreceate go ahead and be like that . I,m just going to reconstitute what my fellow artists have said. Art is not somthing that should be tamed. You shuold be able to express yourself , bottom line. Let me tell you somthing , I have been around people who expressed art in many different ways wether it be tatoos,graffity people who like to design bikes or cars and many other avanues .I personaly am in the trades write now. Im a carpenter just trying to get by. I am also an artist and dont't doubt my self for a second. So for all those people who think they walk down the steet and see defication when they see this art maybe you shuold find your way to a nother block because we dont want your apinion anyway

Liz	2011-01-20 03:58:50

I agree art shouldn't b tamed it should just show u. Besides if someones got somethin 2say it better not b hateful because graffiti is just art man an it expresses how u r er feel .. Iguess ....

Anonymous

2011-01-20 03:41:14

:woohoo:

THIS STUFF IS CRAZY COOL AND PRETTY WICKED MAN WHERE DO YOU FIND IT.I ONLY SEE IT ON BOXCARS IN WA.

Liz	2011-01-20 03:52:20

Hey I just posted the comment above in caps on accident but yeah ur stuff is pretty cool and I can draw and always wanted to try graffiti but i don't know where to start :unsure:

:unsure:

. Anyway I think tagging is more what I do,at least that's wut i've bn told.

uncut - uncut

2011-01-27 03:48:34

we have a reason to do this it's called love for real art. Anyone who loves this and shows it should be given a standing ovation and thats what i stand by. Going to a dark room and shit like that is one thing , have a lot of friends who are photographers but I like to draw and tag ,they respect just as well as I respect them for what they do ,nothing but respect were all artists and thats all we can be just as the lakes and the rivers will meet up with the sea and thanks to all you who hook it up with support .

uncut - uncut

2011-01-27 03:58:30

yo Liz you got it just do it .Love your take sister

John Casado - Mr.

2011-02-19 01:24:48

I would like to have my garage painted. Or tagged by one of your artists, hopefully from the CBS crew?? Can you contact me at my e-mail address above.
Thank you John Casado

RobbyDesigns - Thanks.

2011-02-19 22:43:46

Thanks for this great post, I'm making a graffiti art website template and there's some good inspiration here, thanks.

Anonymous - la creme de la creme

2011-02-24 21:29:49

Nice collection you've got here, some of the best graffiti artists and writers in the world, thanks for sharing.
Marc

rosa rosado

2011-03-10 18:26:37

:evil:

:evil:

yo ya need to keep ya heads up n do what ya have to do kuz ya talent kan take yuh far if yuh let it

rosa rosado

2011-03-10 18:29:17

:evil:

:evil:

yo ya need to keep ya heads up n keep up the hard work kuz ya have alot talenzz word it will take ya far if yuh let it n never stop workin hard

Becky WG. - The Legendary Graffiti Artist Comments:

2011-03-11 04:47:29

Hey guys I wanted to complements with you guys a comment from some legendary real graffiti artist still on hand informing for those who is doing good works and also expression graffiti the way it supposed to be the art an artist express the more unite and clean the better it is some if you have some good advise for others emitter graffiti artist or murals artists is clear this is a matters of expressing yourself in arts it true there are others who is wick minded they thinks of pride but not expressing them self as an artist who thinks professional then being part of something corrupt in theres life like being pot head or drunker or crack head thinking is the way to express them self I know I done it all but it only slow me down in my arts performance but the legendary still live, Live and well now and now I can think and use my imagination clearly better then before another things now I Oxygen in my brain before I had smokes it was foggy the fog fed my ideas including alcohols it flooded my brain next day I sock with headache mans needles was bouncing me all over meaning that I loosed my mind and know where the hell I was almost in precinct many times I got lucky many times some believers who was christen kept me away from caps I Saw many of my innocent friend they were kills either by caps or other gang members from other crews there were members who had prides showing off they were hard heads peoples never learn they learn the hard ways and Me learn to play smarter then doomer now still standing since 1970 from the small group where it started it all still now, Remember You guys can do it better and smarter don't let anythings pollute your brain kept clear and from those who tries to hart you guys message from: TRUPER THE ORIGINAL KEEP IT UP THE GOOD WORK PEACE.

KASP'er

2011-03-27 12:34:13

1st of all you speak like u know what art is but u dnt u should go work for the government and die ...
art is how you see it individualy and express yourself individualy we dont need "art museums" these walls we paint are our musuems and your busy looking at them now so why waste your time commmenting? you are in the wrong place you pig...

KASP'er

2011-03-27 12:40:09

all of you who enjoy the art of graffiti check out this site ... Guaranteed to blow your mind away ... chek out members and brows around... my favourits are cantwo , kent, madc and all the others!
i respect graffit and paint cape towns walls

KASP'er

2011-03-27 12:40:43

http://www.stick-up-kids.de/

Anonymous

2011-05-09 06:16:14

"hekka get down" dont think so dude.

Anonymous

2011-05-10 14:31:34

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aluminum profile - aluminum profile

2011-05-12 01:14:44

we have a reason to do this it's called love for real art. Anyone who loves this and shows it should be given a standing ovation and thats what i stand by.

abbie

2011-06-10 06:18:14

:angry:

i'm jealous.. wih i can do just as good like you...

Anonymous

2011-06-10 19:44:56

It is ART and it takes so much talent to do what you have done here. Graffiti will have it's own museum one day!

gio H

2011-07-08 19:47:20

bro this is some real art i give you pros for it i was hopping to get better but as i see this. man its gonna be a mission

Shquid - street ART

2011-08-30 13:49:25

[size=medium]well to all you haters of street art, all the inspiration, time and effort worked into these magnificent pieces take one hell of a lot of skill, creativity, flair and the love and dedication to work pieces of art like these. all your posh pointy asses canvases, these street ARTISTS spend hundreds of dollars towards the making of their art, incorporating the element of risk tied to their creations. Its $8 per can for premium spray paint locally here in Australia, and i bet soo many artist bust nearly all their hard earnt cash toward their monumentally beautiful art structures called 'Graffiti' so be it, but is that what you would really call it? It would come to no surprise to conclude this to be the most risky form of art, with the biggest no no consequences, once you take into consideration of all this, street ART is one costly dedication. The artist do this, to show the rest of the world and you fancy pants cocks that true talent IS everywhere, not just down your little narrow lane to be recognized. Street ART has been round since the 70's-80's, whenever be it, until it mixes in and settles down into mainstream culture, which im sure it will, the prominently older back standers of what is for now mainstream art, and from one aspect im sure portraits were not an instant hit so neither may street art, but its upcoming.There is becoming more of it and im sure with the younger generations growing up, street ART will become a far more respected form. All you haters and your bull shit, i respect all forms of art for art, though it is all not of my high interest, i hold hate for your lack of a broad respect to ALL other forms of art, and not until you realize this you can become a real artist, art is art, to be respected in one way or another, not to be thrown hate on. You don't just see someone and decide you do not like them and punch them in the face, which you have practically done here, i would believe to consider that rude. Show some respect, we all do for something, lets just be more open minded and until you can revolt with a decent comment, which not one of you have, or possibly can, fuck off, if you don't like it, don't look, don't comment. Im a street ARTIST, i show respect for those around me and only deface the fronts of profit hungry self corporate bastards, who force feed us their garbage and shove their political media, THEIR graffiti into our faces, forcing us their crap, wether we like it or not, we have no say, so i show them mine. Im sure they don't mind, cause we're sick of their shit we don't need to be told what to do, though i would not dare to spray the poor independent corner store, defeated against a rising supermarket chain, i would NEVER either spray the poor residential house, theirs no need for it and its not cool. Street art is no real crime, its just as society cannot see our way, though they want us to see theirs.....it's becoming more widely recognized, its art, and i sure hope it does not stop what started it.....

I hope i can make a point, im not just focused on one thing but as a whole, society is decaying with big branded media and politics telling us of right or wrong, and everyone clearly needs to see this as art...its no crime or ghetto leisure, just go help yourselves and research who Banksy is, im sure he's open minded, maybe you'll learn something....fucking HATERS

......one day may we all live in peace.[/size]

Anonymous

2011-10-29 11:46:16

love it

its realy woww i wish i could do that

hilario - hola

2011-12-23 01:02:41

eeeeaaaa men buenos trabajos e loco felicidades eres un chingon :lol:

:lol:

hilario - HOLA

2011-12-23 01:05:00

eres chingon men sabelo excelentes trabajos felicidades

Unusual Fit - tHIS IS ART

2011-12-29 20:48:12

Graffiti still takes talent to visualize and create... Looking at this does inspire me. I Love it!

Anonymous

2012-01-14 15:16:10

omg i love it i can not do that lol :woohoo:

:woohoo:

kefkin - Cool

2012-01-18 19:52:31

Wow, that's Cool, I really like to see something like that when walking.

Ziggyziggygirl - re:

2012-01-19 08:46:19

I so agree with u, art is art...and as for te person fileing their name under anonomous why dont u post ur shit...so if u thing ur so hot shit Why dont u hg ave ir own web site.

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