Self-tought Or You Had A Tutor

[Cali]

I was semi self tought...Like I went out with two of my friends one night and I was just being a lookout for them.. And at the end of the night I was like that was fresh. So I started and they gave me markers and shit and introduced me to bombingscience..

[AVID1]

I experiment and I just teach myself things, in fact I usually find myself helping others out with problems..

edit~ I'm definitely self thought, but I'm also inspired.

[Pryze$]

Self taught.....jus evolved as i got more into it

[backpacker]

i was sort of tutored but by books and other references.

[Destroyka]

had to teach my self for the most part had a little help here and there

[Blackeyed_Pea]

More or less self taught, had some good advice for ways to act around the scene but not so much how to do graffiti. This site has in a lot of ways helped me aswell.

[b-townbomb]

self teachin all the way.

[bombin4alivin]

i just started not to long ago, my friend had some sickk styles, i didnt bite, more used for some ideas

[eksgi]

Your blackbook is cool looking

[Snuff]

prolly be forever learning

[Lucas]

I learnt abit from going out with my bro when he would go bombing

[Fluffy Bunnies]

I learned on my own... but I guess I can't really say that because I was raised on this site so I guess someone was always there to help me.

[TrandomnesstwO]

Self taught all the way.Only later did people start to influence me somewhat.

[STUTERS-DAILY]

self tought. was inspired by other writers but learned myself

[boodah]

Self taught for the most part.

[provinT13]

Pretty much self taught, atleast when I first started. Met a decent writer but only painted with him a few times then he moved, he showed me a few things, but not a whole lot.

[KidReny!]

Half and half I teach myself but my homie who's ALOT better tells me what shit is good i do and whats not. Im pretty lucky to I think ive progressed alot in m 1st year.

[Backalley Abortion Doctor]

I had a mentor for a couple years...I progressed faster when he taught me, but he was fruity as fuck. http://50mmlosangeles.com/viewPhoto.php?galleryId=30001&artistId=1928&pgnum=1
MARSH

[El Chupacabre]

BS has been my tutor.

[Inlyn08]

Shit, I kind of wonder. Because someone put me on to it. Dude gave/ gives legit crits. Still paint with him, but I suppose he was the Jedi Master and I was the "Padowan."

Long live the King?

[Inlyn08]

Shit, I kind of wonder. Because someone put me on to it. Dude gave/ gives legit crits. Still paint with him, but I suppose he was the Jedi Master and I was the "Padowan."

Long live the King?

[Get Rekt!]

ive been learning on my own. i dont know anybody else who writes. so every bit of advice ive gotten is from people that dont write or people here on bs

[NiL]

I started out doing my own shit for a month then found this site, and went on from there. Then I become a toy that was teaching my friends how to get better and then I gave up all together.

[JAX]

self taught. started with stencils of shit, then tagging. moving to a new city soon, so i'll have to start all over. which is going to be interesting!

[Selfunk]

This kid i used to go to middle school with tought me the basics, but i developed my own style over time.

[Noz]

sorta started on my own.. But then i found bombing science and got help.

[RETZONE]

I always like seeing graffiti on the trains as a kid so I started writing on walls. Pretty much self taught, drawing on paper is good practice.

[cpyrte]

"Yeezy taught me" lol I actually learned from a mentor/rival and the influence and inspiration of BORF at the time.

[cincygraff]

learned my handstyle mah self no bite. getting into throwies and bombing and how the game worked had someone tell me what the fuck was going on in certain areas. also needed help with a straight letter and stuff like that. but learned by my self what was going on and practiced. did a lotta shit black book work before i found a good style.

REP THE 513 CINCINNATI BRUH. NOEP UP ERY WHERE

FUCK EROR
bENZ props bro we miss the up

[Skeptic90]

self taught. in a way unfortunately but then again its nice to have developed my own style and i have done my fair share of shit black books but have had a few good sketches and shit. been writing on and off since i was 8. just picked it back up early this year

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[Solace_one]

Looking back, I remember similarities between things I drew in Elementary and a couple Blade pieces. As for handstyles, I've always, ALWAYS been making them.

However, my heroes are SPUD, NSC#, and DRAKE, fo' sure. Just to name a few.

I've never had a lesson from a writer--and there are actually shitloads of them in Lexington.

FHC, BTS, KS, TM, PKY, et al. crews, and mine is a pitiful comparison. I have to say that I am my crew's dopest writer--but I AM founder....
No boast, btw, I'm not THAT cold. But all my apprentices are toys in a MAJOR way. I'd like to meet a REAL writer, and make friends some day soon.

Actually, that student teacher @ TCHS was a writer.

[GuyGuyer of Guyland]

i had the idiots on this site constantly tell me to use bars. then i stopped listening to them and actually progressed and did some illegal shit

[~Az]

self taught, wouldnt mind a tutor though

[cause]

had influence from the net but could never copy anything. so id just cover a sheet of paper front and back with attempts of shit i liked n threw my twist on, after making a good sketch; then went out with a can.. only writer in town tho

[theking]

kept biting til it started tastin stale.

[V4LMVU]

I was self tought from looking at shit in nyc. I use to go once a year, mainly inspired by trains, i get to see more shit on trains then walls where i live.

[criscros18]

I'm teaching myself, right now im just sketching (Ive gotten alot of help from BombingScience [of course], and i have just studied the crap out of different styles and shapes). But i hope to start taggin and makin pieces soon...

[Carma7]

my freind introduced me but hes like worse than a toy. he went to some fancy college class on graffiti and i thought that was wack as hell. first time i painted i painted wit him and i wrote LA and it was way better than his wack block lettered "zero". dont get me wrong i love da guy but at that time we both sucked but i was alot better than him.

[EnZ0]

I am pretty self taught, but i have bitten a couple color schemes from others, but thats about it

[spher]

:p self taught

[-NiSe-]

A mix of self taugh and some biting :P

[freekofart]

self taught mostly! recent colour theory lectures in college is saving a lot of my work!

[-NiSe-]

I need some color theory lectures man lol not the best on picking colors

[Spikey2k9]

I was self taught. Just joined a forum in 2009 looked @ some pieces and gave it a shot.

[MKone]

Don't know what to vote,but writers like Big mora , Toze , Chill have inspired me a lot.

[Mr. November]

I'm trying to self teach myself. I'm one of the only people in my town that writes, especially in my area.

[Viper627]

If you guys need help with color go to a bookstore/web and look up color theory. Even a color wheel. in order to make colors POP you need to use contrast. Thats what I used and it helps me use colors that I am not comfortable with but make sections stand out.

*EDIT-I am also in the process of coming up with a book that breaks down letter structure. A how to from the most basic to complex shit going through my head. I've seen how to graff books and they aren't that great. I understand it's difficult when you don't have someone(or a crew) to help with the creative process when you want to move on from simple styles.