One for the Graf/Stencil/street artists....I've been painting again #146

[johnny]

NEW POSTS START AT # 75

Well after about 17 years I've got the itch again.

I've always been a HUGE fan of the aerosols and we needed some art to hang in our new abode. So much to my girl's dissapointment, I decided to do it myself :D

As you can see I'm pretty damn rusty after almost 2 decades! Definately some can control issues, need to learn how to draw lines straight :o But I will also have you notice that there are NO DRIPS :cool: Unfortunately I bought (yes, not racked) cheap paint. The (powder) blue wouldn't mix properly at first, so when I started it looked like a nice mid blue. But after a while it turned extremely light (due to having leached all the darker pigment out earlier) and ended up being lighter than the background :mad: Also the red can had some serious nozzle issues. But all in all, I'm happy for my first attempt in almost 20 years ;)

First photo is the finished deal, where you can see the joins, there will be about a 15mm gap when hung giving it the "comic" effect. the second is my studio, the third and fourth are a couple of my mates that hang out with me whenever I'm in the back yard. Enjoy!

PS, if anyone has anymore art (paint, stencil, photo etc, feel free to post in this thread. If enough people do I'll change the title to invite all to post their stuff, like the stencil pic recently posted.

[scblack]

Clearly you've got WAY too much time on your hands! :D

But, good designs, look good enough for a professional (almost) :p

Seriously, that would look excellent in the right place.

[MikeT]

nice work, Has anyone seen the asian guy in manly corso on saturday nights doing crrraazy stuff with spray paint and allsorts. He sells them for 35 bucks and they are well worth it for the amount of effort and skill thats put into them, not to mention how good they look

[johnny]

Clearly you've got WAY too much time on your hands! :D .
Holidays finished today.....thank God!



Seriously, that would look excellent in the right place. What do you think the right place would be? I'm thinking on the side of the 8:15 Hornsby to Blacktown via Central! :p Jks..........I got in enough trouble for that as a kid :o

[Ride_Guy]

Johnny.. Johnny..

Cmon if you were that into graf, at least use decent paint, not that you didnt get a decent result anyways but still have cap choices for fills and high lights makes a huge difference, and the paint so much thicker and doesnt run.

Try these if thers a next time:

Montana(Blacks+Golds, Golds are a bit better then blacks)
Molotow Beltons
Krylon
Proline
IronLak(Aussie Brand good and heaps cheap $7 a can)

Nice result tho man, given me an idea for my bed room now :P

Rhys

[TIMOH]

Nice, especially using 5 Star :P

[nickz]

Mad Tagz Johnny. ;) I like the idea of spacing it out like you said, very pop-art-ish

[johnny]

Johnny.. Johnny..

Cmon if you were that into graf, at least use decent paint, not that you didnt get a decent result anyways but still have cap choices for fills and high lights makes a huge difference, and the paint so much thicker and doesnt run.

Try these if thers a next time:

Montana(Blacks+Golds, Golds are a bit better then blacks)
Molotow Beltons
Krylon
Proline
IronLak(Aussie Brand good and heaps cheap $7 a can)

Nice result tho man, given me an idea for my bed room now :P

Rhys

Mate, there are so many brands out these days that I've never heard of! I also dont have my old collection of caps anymore and the new techniques (they're probably old now, I stopped when I was 15 and am in my 30's now) are all new to me! And being that they've doubled in price I bought the cheapo's (I won't ever rack again and I'm embarrassed that I ever did) but will definately check out IronLak!

There will be a next time, but it will be bigger, better planned and on a wall (no, not one I'll get busted for). Can't wait to go back to uni so I can do some more designs. I still love the old skool bubbles, stars, shines and chromo look the best :cool:

.....and as NHD once said, you gotta love arrows!

[Ride_Guy]

Well at least you know the up-to-date brands now mate ;)

Rhys

PS. Arrows rock :P :P

[tombre2]

that magpie looks cool

but ur graffiti is pretty sic, wish i could do that shit, more of a photographer than artist

[nickz]

I was at an art shop yesterday and saw how cheap canvases are, so the gf and I bought a few 5 inch by 7 inch ones to paint and put up in our place. Funny you should post that.

[johnny]

Yeah, each one of those canvases were only $9 each. Think I might get some more tomorrow :)

[Ride_Guy]

Yeah, each one of those canvases were only $9 each. Think I might get some more tomorrow :)

phoar im so getting some and doin up my room :)

[jamsta]

"Beat Street" is back! I'm sure you'll remember that one Johnny? ;)

Nice work for an old guy ;) ;) [I'm with ya]

[johnny]

".....because...uh! you can't let, the street beat you!"

I'm so old yet still a kid. Love that shit!

Where's my ghetto blaster, Run-DMC tape and a piece of cardboard! :D

[naz]

you just wanted to sniff the paint fumes didnt u johnny

[parallax]

Where's my ghetto blaster, Run-DMC tape and a piece of cardboard! :D
FIGHT THE POWER!! Fight the powers that be.





/Do the right thing

[looseunit]

Cheap paint sucks, but some colour are alright and they are all still good for fill. For caps for cheap paint check out www.dahub.com.au.

Other wise Ironlak is nice, flow is a little slow and some colour are not great.

Anyone in Adelaide there is exhibition in forestone with some of the best writers in Australia I will post some photos later. Check out www.forestone.com.au

[looseunit]

"Beat Street" is back! I'm sure you'll remember that one Johnny

How could you forget Style Wars, or Wild Style!!!!!!

[Simo]

don't go past exports for good quality paint.
I don't wouch squirts for anything apart from minor highlights because they plain suck. Dulux fiddly bits are alright but steer well clear or oranges/yellows.
Go source some caps as they sell at 25-50c each and are well worth it.

Looking good tho.

[looseunit]

don't go past exports for good quality paint.
HAHAHAHA
They are shit the only colours that are any good, black, purple(fades), pink, blue. Avoid yellow, red and white as they are shit.

The only advantage of exports is you can make an adaptor cap (male to female) out of the standard cap this way you can use any decent cap ,outliners, ny caps or whatever. All you need is a punch/drill to put a hole in the top of the normal export cap and lighter to seal the original hole. Now you can use the hole in the top for any male cap.

[looseunit]

To bring this tread back, from the dead i have some photo from an exhibition in Adelaide of some of the best local and Australia writers. Photos are of works by KAB 101, Josh 2000, Ambush, Muddles, Kid 9/Madcapa, Vans, SONGAS, and seal.

[parallax]

Some of that is just beautiful. Fuck 'high class' art, aerosol is the fucking bomb!

[SideFX]

I thought I might add some of my stuff from around 1992...
Hhmmm...that's 13 years ago now...

[johnny]

To bring this tread back, from the dead i have some photo from an exhibition in Adelaide of some of the best local and Australia writers. Photos are of works by KAB 101, Josh 2000, Ambush, Muddles, Kid 9/Madcapa, Vans, SONGAS, and seal.
4 and 10 are my kind of art, fantastic stuff.

I will be in Paris in a few days and will go out for a day on the Chase hunting down the the M4D Gr4FF! and will post them up here if I can find a net cafe that will let me download pics.

[Caine]

If i only had any artistic skill what so ever :rolleyes: :P hmm i guess i'll have to practice none of that basic "taggin" shit will work here :o

[Ride_Guy]

4 and 10 are my kind of art, fantastic stuff.

I will be in Paris in a few days and will go out for a day on the Chase hunting down the the M4D Gr4FF! and will post them up here if I can find a net cafe that will let me download pics.

Johnny... Dont go past the 123Klan guys...

www.123klan.com

Your jaw will drop..

[johnny]

So far:

Parnu, Estonia:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf1.bmp
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf2.bmp
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf3.bmp
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf4.bmp
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf5.bmp
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf6.bmp
I love the simple shit like this!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/estoniagraf7.bmp I would even go so far as to say that this may have been some kind of threat to the owner of the shop that it was painted on.....so simple, yet so communacative!

Small seaside town in Latvia:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/latviangraf.bmp

[naz]

http://www.stonesthrow.com/bullyshit/

[looseunit]

http://www.stonesthrow.com/bullyshit/


That is cool music clip Naz, got to love that it pays credit to some of the graffiti pioneers like Seen, phase 2 and Taki 183.

[looseunit]

That some cool stuff johnny that is such a style to what is in Australia.

I will be in Paris in a few days and will go out for a day on the Chase hunting down the the M4D Gr4FF! and will post them up here if I can find a net cafe that will let me download pics

That would be cool as.

[johnny]

Vilnius Lithuania:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/stopthewar.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/stencil.jpg
Love this next one....
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/ingodwetrust.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture054.jpg
Frank Zapper was born in Vilnius:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture053.jpg
There was some seriously strange stuff in this country1
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture055.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture062.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture056.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture060.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture061.jpg

[johnny]

Jurmala, Latvia....love this simple stuff.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture048.jpg

Gdansk, Poland:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gdanskgraff.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/graf2.jpg

FUCK!!!!

Just realised that I'm missing heaps of my pics from poland! Wasn't anything overly amazing, still pissed though!

[Rik]

Those stencils are cool, I'm really starting to appreciate such a form of expression.

[johnny]

Unfortunately I didn't get the chance for art hunting in Paris, next time...

Here are a few from Amsterdam:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/grafa5.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/grafa4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/grafa3.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/grafa2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/grafa1.jpg

[villy]

here are some ones me and my bro found in newtown area. I think there heaps cool. My favorite one is the third one the sparkel things are heaps cool.

[roasted]

holy shit.

<3

[rooks]

i like it
keep up the good work

[rooks]

The stuff on bondi beach wall
is heaps cool

[Rik]

Stencils eh...
My group of friends organised a trip to Byron Bay for Splendour in the Grass, and the idea was put forward that we make shirts to wear as a group. Fear and loathing in Byron Bay was the theme, and since I'm the most handy and creative, I was assigned the job of going about the shirts.

So... from knowing nothing about printing, I had to do everything, and have it done in 2 weeks. A week of researching every night crammed the info in my head (stencilrevolution.com was my saviour), then I went shopping for supplies.
I then spent more than 30 hours in one week designing stencils, printing outlines, cutting them, testing, modifying etc, and it all culminated in two 4 hour sessions of printing different designs on 15 shirts. I "cheated" a bit by using iron-on transfers for the text and the photo image, but the rest are all my own work.

Every shirt had the same front print, the blue text + face print. The rear vary, 4 different designs.
Check it out below, a bit messy due to rushing, but I'm pretty impressed with the results for it was my first ever attempt at stencilling and screen printing.

To give you an idea of how I went about things, I took a screenshot from the scene I wanted to use, threw it in irfanview, edited the colour and contrast until I got close to the black+white necessary for stencilling, then I went around in mspaint smoothing it all out to the final image I wanted. This was then pumped through the "outline" tool in irfanview, printed out on to paper, glued on to my acetate (stencil material) with spray temporary adhesive, and cut with a scalpel.
I preferred using a roller and paint straight on to the shirt through the stencil, but a screen was necessary to keep some of the detail steady when painting. The stripes in the red image are a good example of the detail that needed to be held in place when rolling. Next time, I'll use a much thinner acetate, and I'll squeegee it through the screen, but because this time the acetate was very thick, things got messy with the screen and squeegee (paint bled through the stencil edges because it was loaded on so thick) so straight roller was the best solution.

Oh well, lessons learnt, I don't want to touch stencils or printing again for another few months, but once I get over the intense amount of effort exerted the past few weeks, I'm sure I'll get right in to printing my own shirts, and can't wait to use it as an outlet of creativity.

Have a look at the pics:
#1 All the shirts layed out, finally complete. These are the rear of the shirts
#2 Rear print 1, my favourite image and quote
#3 RP2, well, it's an iron on, that image was demanded by the others so I submitted, there was no way I could be bothered making a stencil of it
#4 RP3, a bit cheesy, but yet again, done by demand
#5 RP4 , quote is out of context a bit, but a cool image nonetheless
#6 Front print on all the shirts. Image looks cool (first stencil ever cut by me too), the text is a bit borked, but that was rushed. I might go back and do a bit more detail on the sunglasses and use that stencil again for other purposes.
#7 The steps to make a stencil... take the image and manipulate it until a good constrast is found, then labour with mspaint smoothing the shapes until a suitable/desireable image is created.
#8 The above image is then hit with the outline tool, to make printing quicker and cutting easier. It's glued on to the acetate, and away I cut with a scalpel.

Give me a few months for the blisters to subside (damn hard scalpel), and we'll see what else I'll come up with. This stuff sure is fun :)

[johnny]

"Buy the ticket take the ride" is my fav.

Got any spares?

[Rik]

Ahh yeh, I think I could do you one without the FALIBB text. I still have blank shirts, stencils and paints lying around.

There's some amazing artwork on stencilrevolution, it's really inspiring to see the pieces.
Here's one example (http://stencilrevolution.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9544&cat=501&page=1) that makes me say :eek:

[johnny]

Goddamn that's big!

I really enjoyed the "In god we trust" that I found in Lithuania, for obvious reasons.

There's some excellent stuff at uni that I'll grab and post up next week.

[wtr]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/gPicture048.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/ingodwetrust.jpg

Surreal, I'm speechless.

[Pete J]

Stencils eh...




Nice work Rik!
However to make the t-shirt printing a bit easier and less time consuming you should probably get a couple silk screens. I tried the stencil method before as well but found that it was messy, inaccurate (relatively speaking) and time consuming. With the print actually part of the screen the image will turn out a whole lot crisper without the bleeding that stencils can cause.
But i must say that you have done some good work there with what you had!! :) Hopefully your friends appreciate the effort that was involved (believe me, i understand!!!!) and hopefully your heat setting was sufficient.
Nothing worse than hours of work down the drain after the t's first wash. :mad:
Cheers.

[tomness]

when i was living in london there was a guy that did awesome stencilling. used to love searching out his latest work

heres his website

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/02.html#

[Timmy Bee]

i got a few pics on my computer from sydneys verry own "The Boneyard", on the northern beaches.

ive got some sick stuff from london and all around sydney but they are all photoes and arnt on the computer.

oh, and as for paint, you can NEVER go past the all mighty BELTON!

[Ride_Guy]

Banos in melbs.. for all you that know who he is.

Sofles
http://www.battle.nhd3.net/userfiles/Rhys/Sofles%20BT1%20Lightcompressed.JPG
Phibs
http://www.battle.nhd3.net/userfiles/Rhys/10037e93.jpg
Banos
http://www.battle.nhd3.net/userfiles/Rhys/banos.jpg

http://www.battle.nhd3.net/userfiles/Rhys/banosbanosbanose2e2cd.jpg
Euro styles
http://www.battle.nhd3.net/userfiles/Rhys/DSC02612_jpg.jpg
Street Elite crew, DJ Peril KId Paris and Suburban Intellect.
http://www.battle.nhd3.net/userfiles/Rhys/dsc013611xu.jpg

[Timmy Bee]

SKEW and a TCB end to end

(all sourced from 2true.org forums, not my photoes)

[Rik]

Someone mentioned Banksy before?
Check out his latest work (http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/08/wooster-exclusive-banksys-travel.html) Painted on the Palestinian side :eek:
Incredible...

[johnny]

Some Sydney street artists have finally realised that there is a legal wall/allyway at Sydney uni. There are full pieces going up every weekend. Some are a bit toy but some incorporate heaps of good stencil work. Not just as characters and stuff but as actual centre pieces of the fill ins and background. You can tell that some more time was able to be invested. Unfortunately you get postes and other paintings over the top pretty quick, so you've got to be there early monday morning to get the best shots........I don't go to uni on mondays.

Sucko 56kers! :p

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture003.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture005.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture008.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture009.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture010.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture011.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/Johnnylovegod/Picture012.jpg

[johnny]

Someone mentioned Banksy before?
Check out his latest work (http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/08/wooster-exclusive-banksys-travel.html) Painted on the Palestinian side :eek:
Incredible...

I could waste so much time on that site.

[johnny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/middle_east_picturing_israel0s_wall/html/1.stm

Some more Palestinian street work. The fourth pic is farkin wicked. Some of the best graf style I've ever seen......need emoticon for *shakes head in awe and respect*!

[lollies]

True that, how much better would they be if they had better colours and valves though.

don't go past exports for good quality paint.
I don't wouch squirts for anything apart from minor highlights because they plain suck. Dulux fiddly bits are alright but steer well clear or oranges/yellows.
Go source some caps as they sell at 25-50c each and are well worth it.

Looking good tho.

[Laserguns]

Here is my bedroom from '92. It was cool living in there. Ran out of paint before we got the poor girl's face done.
Remember this was back in the day when you couldn't buy caps for different flows. Paper under the caps all the way!

That room is still in the same condition. Dad wanted to paint over it and make it all "nice" but Mum wouldn't let him. I think she is an old-school hip hopper at heart.

Who remembers Tucsan? The smell of that paint still make me wet.

[Rik]

Posted in another thread, a shirt stencil I printed the other day:

http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/500/killdjprint.jpg

I'll do another 2-3 single colour prints that I have planned, then think about stepping up to multiple layers. The bug has bitten, so now I just have to decide if it's worth investing in a UV setup.

[shirtz]

when i was living in london there was a guy that did awesome stencilling. used to love searching out his latest work

heres his website

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/02.html#


love it! im currently in london. any directions to some of his work?

one of the best stencils i saw was in argintina. it was alf with "got cat?" written under it. gold!

[enjoi]

Me and my mates stuff.

44815


44816

[.:Easily:.]

nice magpie

and the stencils are good

better then what i could do......ever

[timmyDH]

Some really good stuff in here. Some of the stuff from overseas is amazing. This is something I did a few years ago. Not really graf but.. meh

[Rik]

2 biking stencils I did a few months ago... it's almost time to cut and print, but I'm left wondering how to make the "islands" within the wheels work. Any suggestions?
A few options I've considered: Cropping the wheels a bit, but that'd look wonky. Another is to have "slits" that divide the wheels in to quarters, or I could add a berm or other trail feature to the pic but again that'd be wonky.
Hmmm :confused:
http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/523/riderstencil2small.jpg

http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/523/riderstencil1_small.jpg

[Rik]

15 minute job to express my dislike of current affairs. To be done with red, worn on a shirt whereever and whenever I damn feel like.
Yes, there's a need to cut out the border, I'll do that with a ruler when it's printed... most likely make cuts on the end of each radius and divide the lengths in to thirds.

Meh, nothing fancy, hardly artistic really, but it'll be another shirt to add to the building collection.
http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/523/unaustralian.JPG

[Tomas]

Rik, your going to have some flimsy-assed stencils with thoes bridges for the wheels. Suggestion: make big bridges and hit them individually with the ink or can afterwards. Doesnt turn out too bad.

I think you need to do something with thoes wheels. They seem to stand out as being 'not right'. Other than that minor technicality, nice work.

[t]

I'm left wondering how to make the "islands" within the wheels work. Any suggestions?

If you glue the stensil to flyscreen you can make as many islands as you want, this also solves any problems with flimsy parts of the stensil not staying in place.

[johnny]

http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/523/unaustralian.JPG

I want one!

[jarrad7]

good works there..
is there any sites that i can go on to get print out stencils? i built a wooden jump and i think a stencil would look good on it..


thanks
jarrad7

[Rik]

Rik, your going to have some flimsy-assed stencils with thoes bridges for the wheelsUhhh yeh!, hence why I asked the question about them ;) The wheels look a bit borked 'cause they were done "freehand" in Paintbrush, but I know I can do a smooth scalpel cut with better perspective so they'll be fixed then.
I'll probably make a 2nd stencil just for the wheels (duh, so simple, should've thought of it before), any aftertouching without a stencil will make a mess of a shirt print.I want one!Reply to my PM I sent the other day and we'll work something out :cool:

[fattyandthepiemakers]

This is the GREATEST stencil of all time!

http://static.flickr.com/70/220423923_2211d27ecf.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/70/220423608_3989cb0237.jpg?v=0

[FR Drew]

I thought the one on Banksy's site of the pissed angel slumped in the archway was gold.

[NCR600]

I like bad graffiti. Too much graffiti these days is art.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image165.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image166.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image169.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image172.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image41.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image27.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image48.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/NCR600/image21.jpg

[looseunit]

Got to hand it to Banksy what a great idea.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm

Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank
Paris Hilton's album entered the UK chart at number 29 last week
Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.

Banksy has replaced Hilton's CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?

He has also changed pictures of her on the CD sleeve to show the US socialite topless and with a dog's head.

A spokeswoman for Banksy said he had doctored 500 copies of her debut album Paris in 48 record shops across the UK.

She told the BBC News website: "He switched the CDs in store, so he took the old ones out and put his version in."


It might be that there will be some people who agree with his views on the Paris Hilton album
HMV spokesman
But he left the original barcode so people could buy the CD without realising it had been interfered with.

Banksy is notorious for his secretive and subversive stunts such as sneaking doctored versions of classic paintings into major art galleries.

His spokeswoman said he had tampered with the CDs in branches of HMV and Virgin as well as independent record stores.

He visited cities including Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and London, she added.

A spokesman for HMV said the chain had recovered seven CDs from two Brighton shops but was unaware that other locations were affected.

Artistic leeway

No customers had complained or returned a doctored version, he said.

"It's not the type of behaviour you'd want to see happening very often," he said.

"I guess you can give an individual such as Banksy a little bit of leeway for his own particular brand of artistic engagement.

"Often people might have a view on something but feel they can't always express it, but it's down to the likes of Banksy to say often what people think about things.

"And it might be that there will be some people who agree with his views on the Paris Hilton album."

A spokesman for Virgin Megastores said staff were searching for affected CDs but it was proving hard to find them all.

"I have to take my hat off - it's a very good stunt," he added.

[looseunit]

More bad graffiti, pages of it on walls

http://www.picturesofwalls.com/

[projectsplat]

something else to add to the collection.

[brisneyland]

Gravedig:

Well apparently I've seen the works of Banksy in person and not even known it. I saw a link to some of his work and though one of the pictures looked familiar.

I took this photo in London, 2003, outside the Tate Modern Art Museum (fitting location):
http://forums.farkin.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=74540

[johnny]

Being that many of the pics are now missing from the old thread, I thought it time to start a new one...

Brazil:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2330.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2315.jpg


Sorry, but photobucket wont let me rotate the images for some reason.


http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2298.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2214.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2212.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2245.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2218.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2271.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2263.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1967.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1966.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1965.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1962.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1957.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1947.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1948.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1949.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1950.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1951.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1952.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1953.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1954.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2353.jpg

I have pages and pages of this stuff from Brazil, China and Sweden. Will post more as I go. If anyone can tell me how to rotate these, don't keep it a secret!

[Povi]

click on the picture>bar above picture>'rotate'>left/right/flip

;)

[xc_machine]

I think it's pretty easy to rotate in something else like paint. And maybe a resize next time?

Sweet pics though.

[johnny]

That's the thing, there is no option for it here for some reason. On my other accounts, there is the option, but not in this one.

[2fst4u]

some stuff i thought was pritty hectic on a wall near clifton hill station. sorry bout the bad quality it was off my phone. and yer ironlak=the shit, belton is good to. i get my paint from giant in north melbourn and obese records in parahn (spelling) both have good selection and descent prices.

[johnny_boy]

Here's a couple from round my area... (Brunswick, Melb)

[dailywar]

yea man your graffiti looks awesome, you should have a look at the snake run down in tassie(full of it) looks pretty awesome

[Lemontime]

In refference to Johnnys' first post, that.. Is a sweet ass magpie..

[johnny]

I think it's pretty easy to rotate in something else like paint. And maybe a resize next time?

Sweet pics though.THese are posted onto photobucket and linked here. On my computer they've been rotated but they came up on PB as original. Some of my PB accounts have the rotate option, but this one didn't for some reason.

[/\/\3qq3/\/\]

Just though I'd add this in, got me inspired.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLNZ0QuNtmg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URpGYJdwpDg&mode=user&search=

[matty_101]

Krylon


No... Krylon is american anyway, ive never seen nor heard of tins of krylon being in aus and from what i hear they suck ass so even if you could get them dont bother...

Good effort johhny...If it has been 15 years since you picked up a tin then you did well.

[johnny]

Yeah, Krylon is available on the East Coast anyway. I saw some dudes using it about a year ago.

China has some cool stuff that I'll start wacking up soon when I get through with Brazil. So I far I've posted work from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, France, Amsterdam (although, some of these have disappeard from this thread), Brazil and soon Sweden and China. All taken with my own camera.

Pretty happy with that, just quietly! :)

[JARRY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNkM3WUTAB0

[johnny]

No that, is hilarious!

[johnny]

More from Brazil, most of these are from Rio, the others were a mix of Sao Paulo and Brasilia.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3062.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3060.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3064.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3070.jpg

Brazil is known to be one of the most corrupt states in the world. You can see much of the dissatisfaction of this fact coming through in the art.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3072.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2164.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3074.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3075.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3076.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3078.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3044.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3046.jpg

This one is absolutely awesome!!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3050.jpg

Lots of fantastic tiling work in Brasil as well.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3054.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3058.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3155.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3151.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3152.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3106.jpg

[johnny]

Being that this one is pretty much the most amazing piece of aerosol art I've ever seen, I figured that it deserved a post on it's own.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3110.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3111.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3112.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3113.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3114.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3115.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3116.jpg

[floody]

Whoa, thats awesome Johnny, thankyou for that.

[Pete J]

Being that this one is pretty much the most amazing piece of aerosol art I've ever seen, I figured that it deserved a post on it's own.


Hot damn, i wish i had some acid so that i look at that set and fully appreciate it! That is sooooo good, definitely some freaky War of the Worlds shit going on there. I also love the blue Zoned piece as well.
Cheers for posting those. :cool:

[johnny]

It's actually a bird. You can see it's beak on the right hand side of the eye. As for the other stuff, yeah, War of the Worlds shit!! freaky stuff huh!

Unbelievable piece of work. So glad I found that. I was in Rio for Carnivale and just got up early one morning and went walking and came across it.

[Rik]

Whilst I really like and appreciate the artistic merit in the above works, my tastes are in the more random/retarded pieces - scrawled oneliners, dumb pictures and silly jokes.
Ala:

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Random%20shit/goofygraf.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Random%20shit/Antiterror.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/JesusShavesbus.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/JesusShavesbus2.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/jesusshavestest.jpg

:D

[johnny]

That first one is deadset awesome. I love stuff like that, like Bansky's work, like the tiled stuff I've posted, like the spray can work that isn't exactly hip hop, but is just a bizzare picture of some sort. Some that stuff earlier on in the thread that I found in Estonia, etc. is pretty much what I'm talking about. The stencils, that voodoo doll etc. Love it!

[Rik]

More dumb stuff :D

[Mr jesus]

some real graff

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o139/hursty_2007/balespriz0nq.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8222/dlemamelbqz1.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o139/hursty_2007/bleak2mjys8.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o139/hursty_2007/bailer8kkdf1.jpg

[matty_101]

some real graff

Im going to chime in and help him show you what real graff is, because abstract graffiti as you see it, is only merely street art, they are barely similar, with the exception of stencils.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/sounds2.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/saber.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/dabue7.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/revokpose.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/ryme.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/dlae.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/P4290030.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q159/matty_101_2006/watermark-2.jpg
Thats what willis is talking about.
I hate it how graff has turned into the flavour of the month for all these kids today.

[brisneyland]

http://forums.farkin.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=80164&stc=1&d=1188690688

[matty_101]

lol, mine beat yours.

[johnny]

I really like the strange, bisarre and interesting stuff.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2315.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2212.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2226.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2263.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1968.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1965.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1959.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1960.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1957.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1956.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1955.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1947.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1948.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1949.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1950.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1951.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1952.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1953.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1954.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1946.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1944.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1939.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1936.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1940.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1935.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1932.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1928.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1926.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1929.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1924.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1922.jpg

[johnny]

This picture was farkin massive!

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1917.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1904.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1891.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1889.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1888.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1874.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_1873.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2343.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2364.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2360.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2358.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2355.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2354.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2353.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2350.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2344.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2933.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2905.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2896.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2894.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3041.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3042-1.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3037.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3035.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2986.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2980.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3030.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3018.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3011.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3005.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_3003.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2995.jpg

[johnny]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2983.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2957.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2952.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2950.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2947.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t53/christopherfarnham1/Brazil%20Art/IMG_2946.jpg

[Belle]

cool^.
i was bored today so i drew a picture on something i found in my backyard.
i guess it is sort of like graffiti
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x25/bilwtp/IMGA3029.jpg

[Breaka]

hahaha belle, you have a big-bird fixation.

[hubbie]

stupid slow internet, can't see all of Bill's work. I've started making Sharpie Shirts and trying to get back into stenciling. I'll post up my Thug Life shirt i made the other day. It's Straight Ballin'!

[I_am]

i'll try post pics fo my major work later and another mates which ended up being pretty cool but on the other hand if any of you guys have heard of the artist "neckface" hes recently visited sydney by the looks of it around surry hills and certain alleys, i recomend viewing, very good stuff.

[hubbie]

One artist i'd love to see graffing pretty much anywhere is Michael Sieben. He does a ton of work for BMX company Terrible One. http://msieben.com/

[Rik]

I'm glad this thread appeared again - did some new shirts today and want to show them off :)

[Breaka]

I made some shit stenciled shirts at the end of yr10. I used an NMD stencil which came with my new board and some shit normal metalic spray paint.

I thought it was balla.

[Rik]

Had some fun yesterday doing some work for my mate drainbamage (http://myspace.com/drainbamaging)...
His dB head on everything:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/drain.jpg

And experimenting with spray on fabric dye:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/rainbowdrain.jpg

Shameless Irontwist promotion, the bbq aprons:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/itapron.jpg

I've got my election selection shirt ready to go:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/it07.jpg
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/vote1.jpg

And finally, I've succumbed to selling out... hoping this design gets some attention and allows me to offload a few for $$$. It'll be popular with the "oh ma gaaawwwddd fluoro is like so random" crowd.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Stencils/gfss.jpg

Soon to come will be a "generic metal logo" shirt amongst others :)

[leitch]

Rik, if you make a "Your boyfriend doesn't love you" (or other similar "I love my boyfriend" parody tees), I will buy one. Actually, I'll buy three.

[Breaka]

Take a look at this (http://www.cafepress.com/tvtee/1457781)...pretty pathetic.

[Rik]

I just bought some blank girly midriff tops so I could do "I <3 your boyfriend" or something nasty like that ;)
But yeah, taking the piss out of trends is fun and too easy to do, will see what comes to mind. My friend came up with one "my space is better than your space". Gah!

[johnny]

West Bank residents take brush to murals

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/west-bank-residents-take-brush-to-murals/2007/12/21/1198175342110.html

BETHLEHEM: Offended West Bank residents have painted over a satirical mural by the graffiti artist Banksy that was meant to highlight their plight.

The elusive British street artist painted six images around the town revered as the birthplace of Jesus to help drum up pre-Christmas tourism and to illustrate the hardships Palestinians face in the occupied West Bank.

But the irony behind a painting of an Israeli soldier checking a donkey's identity papers - a jab at Israel's strict security - was lost on some locals, who found it offensive and painted over it.

"We're humans here, not donkeys. This is insulting. I'm glad it was painted over," said Nasri Canavati, a restaurant owner.





FFS, do they even know that there are other religions than their own? The Middle East obviously has uneducated rednecks too.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:




(rest of the article can be found thought the link)

['Ross]

See post below...

['Ross]

Ok I realise this is a bit of a gravedig, but I didn't know where else to post this.

Some Melbournians may recall a lego crate man near fed square, as well as some in the Eastern suburbs. They were all removed so I could never get pics:( Now guess what??? There is one in Newport!!! Its on the abandoned mill, I saw it yesterday from the train, I am struggling to comprehend how someone would do this. Heres pics...

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/millfar.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/millclose.jpg

So finally I have something cool to look at from the train:) And yes I was an extreme rebel and climbed up to take a look, the closer you get to it, the more difficult it seems. You have to climb like 4 ladders to get onto the brown roof, then the big silver box thing is on another roof that I couldn't even get to! And I counted...its 20+ milkcrates! Props to whoever did this, carrying 21 milkcrates up 4 ladders then onto a slippery roof then onto some weird silver box thingo would not be easy:eek:

Post up some more stuff like this, I like it better than conventional graffiti, and I think it kinda fits under the same category?

[JaRedy]

Dumb question: are all these pictures of grafitti taken by us(farkiners)?

[lebronmtb]

im still curious whether or not they built it as one giant piece or what, it doesn't seem like it can be assembled anywhere up there

[johnny]

Dumb question: are all these pictures of grafitti taken by us(farkiners)?I've taken all the pics I've posted. I still have to finish off my Brasil series and start on my China set yet!

[Schism]

Ok I realise this is a bit of a gravedig, but I didn't know where else to post this.

Some Melbournians may recall a lego crate man near fed square, as well as some in the Eastern suburbs. They were all removed so I could never get pics:( Now guess what??? There is one in Newport!!! Its on the abandoned mill, I saw it yesterday from the train, I am struggling to comprehend how someone would do this.



I have to admit that is pretty damn cool...something standing out from the overdone tags and whatnot. I dont mind the graf but billions of little tags everywhere does look a bit shit. Love the original thinking of the milkcrate lego man. I would also like to see how the hell they got it up there!

[Richo 18]

I still have to finish off my Brasil series and start on my China set yet!

This might become the longest thread in farkin history!
But seriously, I can't wait to see some more of the pictures you're posting up Johnny.

[declan!]

some stuff i found last year:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/declan101/Kenmore27.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/declan101/Kenmore24.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/declan101/Kenmore25.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/declan101/Kenmore23.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/declan101/Kenmore22.jpg

[Ant27]

The guys that are holding the chests^^^ my mate made that stencil.

['Ross]

Went past milk crate man on the way to work, he has toppled over due to the big southerly wind today:mad: I got all excited with the prospect of seeing him everyday and hes already wrecked! Who votes I go up and risk my life to save him? Im seriously contemplating it:p

[declan!]

Went past milk crate man on the way to work, he has toppled over due to the big southerly wind today:mad: I got all excited with the prospect of seeing him everyday and hes already wrecked! Who votes I go up and risk my life to save him? Im seriously contemplating it:p

aww poor milkcrate man. I say its your job from now on to look after him

[Flying-Squirrel]

Yeah go rescue milkcrate man!

[browny_5]

i was reading a grafitti brazil book last year in art and there was some really good ones in there all diferent sorts there were two styles that i liked my favourite one was called "nunca" its of big tribal faces, And one that i cant remember the name of but its sort of like a water pattern along the ground and into sewers and out of drains and things really cool i reckon.
i would love to learn to do it but i dont think im artistic enough ive had a couple of attempts on canvas just with a brush it didnt turn out to bad.

joe

[Tripper2]

Heh, looks good Johnny =)
As already said try to get better paint. Ironlak is good and cheap.

I was into the hole Graf and Sketching for about a year-year and a half. I still stencil every now and then. Never did any Illegal though =) I figured dad would kill me if i was caught and I thought, how would I like it if someone came along and repainted my bike for me in all these nasty colours?

Anyway, yeah the pics look good, I cant tell if you were using caps etc. in those but if not you should look at them too. Theres even caps that draw stars for you =) Or you could just do it the ghetto way with a Pink Dot etc =)

[floody]

how would I like it if someone came along and repainted my bike for me in all these nasty colours?


That'd be mad!

Anyone talented want to graf my shogun frame in Tassie, haha!

[Ryan_B]

..............................

[philfbm]

Yeah this takes me back to my rebellious years, just a few sketches.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff236/philfbm/graf3.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff236/philfbm/graf2.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff236/philfbm/graf1.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff236/philfbm/graf.jpg

[Flying-Squirrel]

delete post.

[RCOH]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/artists-drown-in-drain/2008/01/21/1200764081353.html


"Inspector Eddie Bosch said the group had been drinking alcohol and spraying graffiti inside the drain last night when they heard the sound of rushing water.

"They spent about half an hour doing the artwork, not that far from the entrance," he said. "Then they've heard a noise and suddenly the water is upon them and they've washed all the way to Lurline Bay."

They smashed into steel bars at the end of the drain but the 27-year-old slipped through. "He's just got a little scratch on his hip," Inspector Bosch said."

[parallax]

^^^

Quite a tragedy. RIP.

[JaRedy]

here's some local grafity I found today...some people are so talented...
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1528.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1527.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1526.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1523.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1524.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1522.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1525.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1521.jpg
I like this one^^^
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/fat_hen/IMG_1520.jpg
and this lastone is just amaizing...I spent about 10 mins trying to figure out how he did it...turns out he used about 1,000,000 stencills:eek:...the whole thig was stencill on top of another stencil etc...

Or what bud_weiser said...that sounds more practical...

[Bud Weiser]

that aint no stencil,

thats a beautiful thing named a cutback,

bassicly you put a patch of color down and the cut back over the top with another colour till you end up with a nice shape with sharp corners.

plus this aint done with your standard paint caps there is a whole range of cpas pressures and paints that do many different things, but thats all useless with out a good eye and good control of paint.

[johnny]

Found a place where I can paint away with impunity.

Was only able to buy three cans, had no designs and the paint/caps here are absolutely WOEFUL! But I had fun and I think I'll be doing a bit more in the near future. I'm starting to move away from the traditional hip hop style and just starting to paint. I might get some paint together and do a nice big old school piece with bubbles and arrows and stuff though. First one was on a metal thingy that already had a whole pile scrawl all over it so I tried to make something out of it. Not good but not overly embarrassing either. Second one was ok, the eye came out ok but the bubbles are as toy as fark, shouldn't not have done them at all. The last one was a lark to waste paint.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0112.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0109.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0113.jpg

['Ross]

The eye is really cool Johnny, maybe try it with a bit more detail some time, has a lot of potential.

Also if you can only get cheapo cans with the female caps, just replace them with substitutes from normal household products;) You will find female caps with a nice round nozzle and circular top (way more comfy than the little square stick eg Aussie Export) on stuff like baking spray, foamy spray crap etc... They work really well. I even use em to paint my bikes if Im using Aussie Export!

[johnny]

Details with these caps and paint is pretty much impossible. But some guys here are getting some decent stuff going so I'll do some research and some practice.

Here's some other stuff that was around. It's a big old industrial area that is slowely turning into an alternative style art gallery.

Riiiiik, what about those stencils mate, time to go international....


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0089.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0091.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0106-1.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0098.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0094.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0093.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0086.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0085.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0079.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0068.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0057.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0043.jpg

[johnny]

Sat up last night all excited doing designs. Up at 8am this morning, bought exterior white (4L) and 10 cans of very average paint for about AUS$30 and went to work.

Outcome, not too bad, bit patchy but I had fun. Have got so many more to do soon!

The Chinese character in the middle means love.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0117.jpg

Made a graffiti writer out of my girlfriend too!

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0121.jpg

[Rik]

Wow, if you can get a girl like that I'm moving to China too :eek:

[hubbie]

Johnny, can I ask, what does that heart with the opening at the top, often with flames actually mean? or what is it symbolic of? I've seen it heaps in tattoo's. cheers man

[Matt H]

2nd Pic, post 148

I think it must be something to do with the big heavy, industrial looking door it's painted on, combined with the gas mask etc. but something about that gives me shivers down my spine...

[johnny]

Johnny, can I ask, what does that heart with the opening at the top, often with flames actually mean? or what is it symbolic of? I've seen it heaps in tattoo's. cheers man

Mate, it's a Catholic thing. I've always wondered too but have never really researched it. The most original looking place I've seen it is in Catholic icons where Mary is holding an infant Jesus and this flaming heart is floating on her chest.

I love the whole Mexican/Latino style tattoo art and that's really my inspiration for drawing it. I have done heaps of different types of sketches involving it; wings, chains, horns, barbed wire, etc. I love the image!

[Rik]

Sacred heart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart)

[johnny]

Access to wikipeadia is restricted here :(

['Ross]

Stewie Plays Golf. Bad Smudging.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/stewie.jpg

Tubby with some propaganda (Work in Progress) Some toy put lame lines around it before I got the pic:(

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/tubby.jpg

[johnny]

Nice work!

There's some serious poster work going on around here. I'll try and grab some pics.

[Plow King]

Access to wikipeadia is restricted here :(

The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity.

This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also by Anglo-Catholics. It also stresses the central Christian concept of loving and adoring Jesus. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Catholic nun Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus in visions. Predecessors to the modern devotion existed to some extent in the Middle Ages in various mystical sects.[1]

Devotion to the Sacred Heart may sometimes be seen in the Eastern Catholic Churches, where it remains a point of controversy and is seen as an example of liturgical latinisation.

The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, surrounded by a crown of thorns, and bleeding. Sometimes the image is over Jesus' body with his wounded hands pointing at the heart. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Jesus' death, while the fire represents the transformative power of love.

The Feast of the Sacred Heart is a holy day in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, and is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost. As Pentecost is always celebrated on Sunday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart always falls on a Friday. In 2008, it will be celebrated on May 30.

Wiki.

Well first few paragraphs anyway.

['Ross]

Nice work!

There's some serious poster work going on around here. I'll try and grab some pics.

thanks, there is plenty down here as well:) Those were just practices as Ive got some massive paper (like 1.5m tall x unlimited wide) and I was practicing the best method. Unfortunately I didnt use an oil based marker on Stewie so he smudged. I really like the tubby one I made, has some potential but I just coloured it with pencil:p I should use paint next time. At least my paste worked well.

Does anyone know a program that converts normal photos to stencils or a way to do it? I want to go for a few complex stencils, but am not sure on how to go about it.

[Air time erik]

Access to wikipeadia is restricted here :(

A little of topic, but johnny how do you find living under a communist Regiem(sp) in day to day life ect ect..?

[johnny]

A little of topic, but johnny how do you find living under a communist Regiem(sp) in day to day life ect ect..?
Barely noticeable mate, mainly because they are not communist anymore. The only legacy of a communist system is that they have a one party government with no centralised election process. They are authoritarian, in other-words, quite strong on rules and being the boss. This means stuff like Wiki, BBC and most porn is banned and a lot of different stuff isn't reported in the news paper. But if I was just a normal businessman or worker etc. I wouldn't even notice this stuff. But I'm here for politics so I do. other than that, it's a normal (developing country) place where you go out, work, party, smoke, listen to music, ride bikes etc. It's slowly becoming like any normal country.

['Ross]

Are they doing a graffiti crackdown pre olympics in China Johnny?

I remember their pathetic effort for the Commonwealth games down here, think "come to Melburn, home of street art and culture and all that crap" and then all the walls are painted grey making the city look like a bleak and dull place.

[johnny]

Illegal graffiti is extremely rare here. Most is just legals or stuff in old abandoned factories out of public view.

[flat_pedals]

Barely noticeable mate, mainly because they are not communist anymore. The only legacy of a communist system is that they have a one party government with no centralised election process. They are authoritarian, in other-words, quite strong on rules and being the boss. This means stuff like Wiki, BBC and most porn is banned and a lot of different stuff isn't reported in the news paper. But if I was just a normal businessman or worker etc. I wouldn't even notice this stuff. But I'm here for politics so I do. other than that, it's a normal (developing country) place where you go out, work, party, smoke, listen to music, ride bikes etc. It's slowly becoming like any normal country.

So what are you over there for? Leave your mark in another country? Make and ship farkin hats to aus? Or try and change how the place is run by assassinating the president?

[johnny]

A few sketches I did of late.

Unfortunately my camera is pretty shit picking up the colours and makes them look as patchy as hell. The pics are a lot more vibrant and smoother in real life.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0162-1.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0204.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0217.jpg

['Ross]

Hehe, the last one looks like the da bomb character:p If anyone knows where you can get 3m Super 77 spray in melburn Ill post up some new posters (BIG)

[johnny]

Really? It was influenced by a cartoon character over here that promotes shopping centers!

[xc_machine]

damn johnny, been staring at the middle drawing for ages. Very nice!

[Rik]

From a warehouse party on Sat night:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Channel%2080085%20party/graf1.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Channel%2080085%20party/graf2.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/Bitsmasher/Channel%2080085%20party/graf3.jpg

And then later on someone had an image of looking down a spiral staircase printed on A4 paper that pieced together as a 3m x 3m square, they arranged that in this corner and surrounded it with candles. A great piece of work that you saw first thing as you came through the door.

[johnny]

The shadow work on that is shit hot!

['Ross]

Spongeeeebob squareeeepantsss :p

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/spongebob.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/patrick.jpg

[mtb1611]

When do you turn 16 johnny?:D

['Ross]

Lego man attempts to take over world:eek:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/lego.jpg

[sawtell]

Lego man attempts to take over world:eek:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/lego.jpg

ah so thats the new one ey.

build a bike out of one. and put it some where real cool.. cooler then the mill.

[jimmy_22]

where is that one?

['Ross]

where is that one?

Between spotswood and Yarraville, only visible from train. Across the river from 'secret area' the old firework testing area:D

And Sawtell I told ya, the designs are extremely easy, its the locations that are not.

[b_S]

Have you guys seen many things drawn/written with disposable cups jammed in wire fences? Pretty clever and effective.

['Ross]

Have you guys seen many things drawn/written with disposable cups jammed in wire fences? Pretty clever and effective.

Saw one last week, thought it was utter crap:p But seemed like an interesting concept. If it was a big picture or something it could have potential, but the one I saw was just three letters and an exclimation mark. Pretty lame.

[twentysix]

If you pre-planned it all and colored the cups you could make something cool with it.

[b_S]

Doorway on Oxford St, taken last night
"suljam"?

[alexb618]

. sultan

[slamer]

http://www.woostercollective.com/images/2006/03/crateart2.jpg
quick google search:D

[b_S]

. sultan

zing! thanks :)

[Elbo]

I thought this would be the most appropriate thread to put this in. It's a sign for one of the suburbs in Albury called 'Norris Park'. It constantly sees this sort of artwork, but never to this standard, so I thought I'd better grab a picture before council peeled it off tomorrow when they go back to work.

[Matt H]

Hilarious, but it must be embarrassing to fail that at grammar - publicly...

[Elbo]

Hilarious, but it must be embarrassing to fail that at grammar - publicly...
True, but the fact the council pretty much has a dedicated team to removing Chuck Norris jokes from the sign is worth being humiliated for. I think whoever did it got confused when it came to the question: Should it be ...Chuckin' or ...Chuckin'"?

[johnny]

Hahaahaaha

I paint in countruies htt have gulags .

I know about the nesxt big ewar / where it will be and thatiat it willl kill thousands of us. I can't do shit so I paint.

Hahahahah. waat you got? Shit, that owoulf nbe=it.

paint fuck rules ufcik rule sfuck your silly shit that you thing keeps you from being dkilled it means hshit and you ahve no idea how silly your laesws look nesxt to thre real sededsrtrustion.

Just laught and give ana shit. What have you vgot to lose you tight atrse.



hahahaha i paint and I laove it. what you got?

[Pete J]

Hahaahaaha

I paint in countruies htt have gulags .

I know about the nesxt big ewar / where it will be and thatiat it willl kill thousands of us. I can't do shit so I paint.

Hahahahah. waat you got? Shit, that owoulf nbe=it.

paint fuck rules ufcik rule sfuck your silly shit that you thing keeps you from being dkilled it means hshit and you ahve no idea how silly your laesws look nesxt to thre real sededsrtrustion.

Just laught and give ana shit. What have you vgot to lose you tight atrse.



hahahaha i paint and I laove it. what you got?

Ok kids, here is a prime example of why you shouldn't drink and post.

[johnny]

Yea fuck it apit and pist

I rul thee seriounseness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

['Ross]

haha, don't edit your posts johnny.....Post some pics of what you painted as well:p

[johnny]

Who was that masked man?!

I'm an idiot. I shudder to see what I painted.

[cretin...rider]

I think johnny drank a bit to much for one day, so lets all leave him alone. BTW johnny i think you should ban yourself for these ridiculously stupid posts:p

['Ross]

Who was that masked man?!

I'm an idiot. I shudder to see what I painted.

I suspect it will be quite embarrasing:p I might add some more to this thread when the weather is not crap:mad:

[b_S]

I shudder to see what I painted.Check your nostrils, sounds like you've been sniffing more of it than painting it.

[83AST]

A couple out of my blackbook over a year old now sorry there big and blurry ill get some better pics soon:(

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/83AST/P4040129.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/83AST/P4040127.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/83AST/P4040126.jpg

[Haro_MTB]

Hahaha poor johnny.. At least he has his priorities right when drinking! Farkin FTW :D

['Ross]

See post below.......

['Ross]

Finished product, crate man in training for the o.l.y.m.p.*.c games, better look out Johnny;)

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/crates/cratelifter.jpg

[sawtell]

oi ross i have a big source of crates, if you need some im talking about 50??? ive been asked to get rid of them.


pm me i fyou want them or be mega cool and hit up msn..


i swear to god i didnt hack johhny's account and post for him.

[{|DAN|}]

Theres a heap of great graf inspiration on www.vandalsquad.com
You can download the studio and practice on heaps of different surfaces.
Pretty fun and a great time waster.

[RampRider7]

^^^Found that hard to use. Try www.bombtheworld.net its really fun once youve made an account. Check out the burners, alot of people have too much time on their hands.

[RCOH]

I don't know if this has been posted but it is sweet. Smog art?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwsBBIIXT0E&NR=1

[Incontinent]

I don't know if this has been posted but it is sweet. Smog art?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwsBBIIXT0E&NR=1


How good was that.
What did they get the fine for, cleaning?
At least they will have a fresh canvas in 6 months time.

[Nerf Herder]

I don't know if this has been posted but it is sweet. Smog art?
That was surprisingly good ... any idea where that was ... one of the South American countries I guessed ?

[RCOH]

That was surprisingly good ... any idea where that was ... one of the South American countries I guessed ?

Paris, I believe.

[Dan.]

I've seen it before it but I never thought that he was wiping off smog i just thought he was putting paint on with a rag.

[DH_Freak]

A couple out of my blackbook over a year old now sorry there big and blurry ill get some better pics soon:(

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/83AST/P4040129.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/83AST/P4040127.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/83AST/P4040126.jpg

u got skill dawwg.
i like it alot!
good shit!

[Flying-Squirrel]

Here's two my cousin did last year

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/stpeewee/DSC_0158.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg112/stpeewee/DSC_0181.jpg

[RampRider7]

Ilove wild style.^

[b_S]

Smog art?Called "cleanies" or something like that, and yes it's illegal in Australia too. mega:rolleyes:

Have considered venturing in to creative pursuits for fun and maybe a dollar or three - shame I'm not entirely creative though :o - an idea popped in to my head, you could do some wicked stuff with a vinyl cutter (yeah, stencils, it's cheating, whatever) and it might be something to purchase when cash becomes free...

[johnny]

I'm sure a vinyl cutter wouldn't be the cheapest accessory in the shed!:eek:

[do-a-flip]

Called "cleanies" or something like that, and yes it's illegal in Australia too. mega:rolleyes:

Have considered venturing in to creative pursuits for fun and maybe a dollar or three - shame I'm not entirely creative though :o - an idea popped in to my head, you could do some wicked stuff with a vinyl cutter (yeah, stencils, it's cheating, whatever) and it might be something to purchase when cash becomes free...
its illegal? does that mean that when people wright " i need a wash " on their cars you can get fined?:confused: great skills though. they would've been crushed when they cleaning it off.

[|-Mark-|]

is the magpie a part of your peice?
hah. wow your graf looks nucking futs, i would love to see what you could do with like really expensive paint!

[{|DAN|}]

Been practicing a bit in the last couple of days.
Here's two of my efforts from today:

Any suggestions on how i can improve would be much appreciated.
What style of fill do you like the best?
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd106/djclarke/IMG_1975.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd106/djclarke/IMG_1977.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd106/djclarke/IMG_1980.jpg

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd106/djclarke/IMG_1983.jpg

[Cameo]

^ that second one's real nice, i quite like the grudge-like hair things coming out from the letters!

[johnny]

There's a forum called 12ounceprophet that has a section for toys/new writers where they can get a lot of direction and guidance from experienced writers if that interests you.

[RampRider7]

That looks sick dan, do an outline or add some shine/gleam (like the little shadow on a ballon).

[{|DAN|}]

There's a forum called 12ounceprophet that has a section for toys/new writers where they can get a lot of direction and guidance from experienced writers if that interests you.

Did you call me a toy? Thanks Johnny, i'll check it out.

[johnny]

Well, back in my day toy meant a crappy writer. But apparently these days it more refers to writers just starting out.

[b_S]

I'm sure a vinyl cutter wouldn't be the cheapest accessory in the shed!:eek:Depends whose shed ;) Would be a worthy investment for both money making (versatile design printing) and also creative fun.

[mdk]

i thought i would try and do something in paint on the computer
its my first time drawing something on or off the computer

what do you guys think?

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll206/demestrer/kastra.jpg

[johnny]

Drew this for my 8 year old Godson.

My camera sucks for picking up colours and texture.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0322.jpg

[johnny]

Forgot to say that I would love to have put some shines in there too, but I don't have the resources/proper art supplies here to do that.

[johnny]

I should be in bed...

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa169/christopherfarnhampt2/IMG_0329.jpg

[RampRider7]

First ones real good johnny.

[Dan.]

I'm sure Ben will love it. Also what does the second one say? Is it fasnn?

Also i have a bunch of stickers and stencils to put up that I'll post up later tonight.

[mdk]

^^^^^ fashn??

[Dan.]

http://forums.farkin.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=101196&stc=1&d=1209006053
May have been done by me.

['Ross]

Only pic I could get:o
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/pictures/milhouse.jpg

[b_S]

Stencilled or freehand?

['Ross]

Stencilled or freehand?

Freehand lol, painted with acrylic paint and brushes. If (whoever did it;)) could make a stencil that big (1.5x1m), they would probably just stencil it instead!

[hubbie]

This looks really good. Dan I like that pic.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1mo3ngfUs

[johnny]

Would love to see that!!


^^^^ Nice work up there boys, nice work indeedy!!!!!:):cool:

['Ross]

"I get knocked down, but I get up again, your never gonna keep me down" :p:p:p

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/crates/cmptank.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/tho072007/crates/dontmesswithcmp.jpg

[VW NUT]

I was woundering do many people stencil om here...

There is a book in the libray at school called "Stencil Art of Melbourne" and its all about the under ground scene...

People like Psalm and Meak etc...

[downhiller_1]

yerp there is good book too... look up a guy known as baksy he is a english stencil artist

[VW NUT]

Yeah he's a legend... Snuck his stencil work into all the famous Paris art galleries without be detected! What a legend :D

[downhiller_1]

yerp thats him he snuck his knock off mona lisa into the lourve (spelling) i love his works there all knock offs of other works pissa

[Dan.]

I do stencils. I think banksy is way to over hyped. The only original things hes done is put his art in museums and even then its not that hard.

[johnny]

Banksy, overhyped??!1

WUT????!!!!!


When I have time I'll be back to post his genius. It's not only the pictures but the narrative behind them that makes him the street god that he is.

[downhiller_1]

pretty much... at school in my teaches office (mad keen stencil artist with long history of vandilism**dont know how he got the job**) we have an article that writes a man sprayed over one of banksy famous rats... banksy sued him for damage to property and vandalism on an artwork... some of his peice on canvas are worth upward of ten grand and way higher... really cool artist inspiration from when i did stencils

[b_S]

I love the "I do stencils" line as a way of giving your opinion credit.
His work might be relatively simple and given a bucketload of attention of late but if you think about what he's done and consider how he managed to do it, you'd be dumb or ignorant to not give the man the respect he deserves.

[downhiller_1]

yer... you try and find a fault with his work... beats me and everyone else coz he is making a living out of it...

[Dan.]

Banksy, overhyped??!1

WUT????!!!!!


When I have time I'll be back to post his genius. It's not only the pictures but the narrative behind them that makes him the street god that he is.

I'm not saying banksy hasn't done amazing things and I know he has pushed the envelope in things like that but there is just way to much hype asociated with him IMO. I'm also not saying that i don't like his works as he has been a major inspiration.

[Dan.]

yer... you try and find a fault with his work... beats me and everyone else coz he is making a living out of it...

He isn't making a living out of it. People are making money off artwork he has done.

['Ross]

Banksy, overhyped??!1

WUT????!!!!!


When I have time I'll be back to post his genius. It's not only the pictures but the narrative behind them that makes him the street god that he is.

This was about to be my exact response, although Ill post a few pics:p No doubt Banksy is a pioneer in many ways, not because he got famous or rich (which he didn't really, Unicycler is right in that he made no money at all off the imitation crap that got auctioned)

For me personally, I couldn't really care about him going to an art gallery, or even the Ghaza strip, its his art that I really love, he doesn't just do great stencils, he works with the natural landscape and his stuff often stands out from similar artists.

Although its kinda unsettling that some of his stuff gets crazy amounts of acclaim just because its 'banksy', as if no matter what the piece, him doing it adds so much merit? I scoff at this article....
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23557773-2862,00.html

However this stuff is absolutely incredible to me, not even an inspiration, just WOW!

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/images/landscapes/bronxfeb08.jpg
http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/images/landscapes/flower01.jpg
http://weblog.evasee.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/BANKSY%20AGAIN.jpg
http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/photos/banksy_soho_phone_box_2.jpg
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2007/05/14/p323/070514_banksy01_p323.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/66/173722092_0e28d3e1ef.jpg

Thats just a few off google image^^^ because I would rather not turn this thread into a banksy tribute thread, or a banksy fight thread, I would rather see the work of the members of farkin, even if we aren't recognised worldwide:p

[Dan.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXPtQCVIe7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jc9E7DwEu0

[VW NUT]

I was woundering what do u cut good quality stencils out of?

Do people photo copy the image onto thick card or plastic?

[Dan.]

I was woundering what do u cut good quality stencils out of?

Do people photo copy the image onto thick card or plastic?
For small ones you can print it out on paper tape it too the card/acetate etc then cut it out. For bigger ones you can print it on overhead and then project it onto a big bit of card etc then draw it on and cut or you can print it over multiple pages like a banner and sticky tape it all together and cut.

[b_S]

Print an outline on to paper, use a light amount of spray adhesive to temporarily stick it to acetate (thin plastic. overhead transparencies work well). Collating multiple pages for big images isn't too hard either, though it's best to incorporate some sort of alignment device in the image to ensure everything comes together properly. By that I mean just have a grid of lines underneath your outline and line up the ends of all those lines when you cut the border off the paper.