Picking your spots

[Slaze]

what qualifies as a good spot? how do you weigh in safety, risk, piece or tag visibility. . .
while walking around town today i realized how many stupid tags and shitty throw ups were back in alleys or on street corners while some of the best graffiti ive seen is far away from any sort of publics eye. only other writers and hobos will ever see any decent graffiti in my town, the problem is very few people are willing to take a risk to do something nice closer to down town. so the question im asking is when is a spot worth hitting up?

ive yet to find this in any other thread, so if its been done just throw up a link to a relevant thread

[urbanpirate]

yeah in my town theres almost no decent stuff except for the stuff where no one would ever see it..

i think i would rather hit one good spot than a ton of crappy ones... for example the electrical box in the center of the town or the electrical box next to the 4 highway ramps than the countless stop signs in the suburban area and neighborhoods of where i live.,.

[SPAZTiC]

i think sometimes its good to have some good graff away from the general public. There a cool chill spot around here with amazing graffiti and not too many people know about it, so its cool.

[Atom1er]

i mostly tag now
but when i first started
me and a friend found a huge cement electric box thing right off a road
like 10 feet by 10 feet blank wall
in perfectly plain view of a major high way in our area
and we did throws on it
some dude came and drew like a flourescent religious cross off to the side of it
so i went back one day
and covered it all again
did a peice on it
and the city stripped the paint off it just where my peice was
it sucked
but yeah i always go for tags or sticker in places i know are busy streets
always hit the back of a few signs, electric boxes and dumpsters on the road
but yeah some of the best is a way from the public because
good stuff takes really fucking long
and you wont be interrupted
hopefully....

[moze.2]

well at first when i got into graffiti i was into just strait up bombing. i waould want to get my name out everywhere so i would put a throwie or a quick piece on almost every spot i could find. i would ushually have a friend with me and he would be the lookout. the spots were kinda risky and some where far off. now im into murals and doing quality stuff that takes time and effort so i ushually find wall thats under a highway or off somewhere so that i can take my time and finish the piece without the paranoia factor or the rush to get in and out wihtout being noticd. trust me try doing one under a bridge where there is old or running train tracks and theyll be a wall there. and you can take your time and put effort int the piece and itll surpize you how good it feels to put your talent as an artist to the test and expess your self through your art and style and not just your 2 color throwie or your tag.

ushually if bombing the riskier the better(sortof)

but when you want to do real pieces and wildstyle find a place where you wont be to bothered bby cops or people

[Bacon19]

well at first when i got into graffiti i was into just strait up bombing. i waould want to get my name out everywhere so i would put a throwie or a quick piece on almost every spot i could find. i would ushually have a friend with me and he would be the lookout. the spots were kinda risky and some where far off. now im into murals and doing quality stuff that takes time and effort so i ushually find wall thats under a highway or off somewhere so that i can take my time and finish the piece without the paranoia factor or the rush to get in and out wihtout being noticd. trust me try doing one under a bridge where there is old or running train tracks and theyll be a wall there. and you can take your time and put effort int the piece and itll surpize you how good it feels to put your talent as an artist to the test and expess your self through your art and style and not just your 2 color throwie or your tag.

ushually if bombing the riskier the better(sortof)

but when you want to do real pieces and wildstyle find a place where you wont be to bothered bby cops or people

Yeah with the bridge thing, most of the well known artists here paint them. But the fucking super toy 12 year olds WRECKED the bridges and I know for a fact that cops check there often, people are more aware of it.

Fucking toys.

[caffine]

what qualifies as a good spot? how do you weigh in safety, risk, piece or tag visibility. . .
while walking around town today i realized how many stupid tags and shitty throw ups were back in alleys or on street corners while some of the best graffiti ive seen is far away from any sort of publics eye. only other writers and hobos will ever see any decent graffiti in my town, the problem is very few people are willing to take a risk to do something nice closer to down town. so the question im asking is when is a spot worth hitting up?

ive yet to find this in any other thread, so if its been done just throw up a link to a relevant thread

Sounds just like my town, but I can't really do the thing I want to downtown until it's 1 AM.

[caffine]

what qualifies as a good spot? how do you weigh in safety, risk, piece or tag visibility. . .
while walking around town today i realized how many stupid tags and shitty throw ups were back in alleys or on street corners while some of the best graffiti ive seen is far away from any sort of publics eye. only other writers and hobos will ever see any decent graffiti in my town, the problem is very few people are willing to take a risk to do something nice closer to down town. so the question im asking is when is a spot worth hitting up?

ive yet to find this in any other thread, so if its been done just throw up a link to a relevant thread

Sounds just like my town, but I can't really do the thing I want to downtown until it's 1 AM.

[killtheugly]

this thread was approved...?

-you SEE a spot and scope it because you know you want that glory (call it homework)
|_>you WEIGH all that shit you mentioned because you have that writers instinct and you know already what you want to pull off?
-you GO FOR IT and hope you dont end up in a holding cell, getting your ass kicked by property owners, or both
-take a pretty picture, feel real good
-REPEAT until the world knows your name

[SOOF]

Go big or dont go at all..
=_=

[ZOT]

What a lot of bullshit dumb threads..

[b-townbomb]

i like roof tops cause they are non heat and everybody sees them.

[ZOT]

i like roof tops cause they are non heat and everybody sees them.



Think again, mostly they are so high nobody sees them, not overyone looks to rooftops while driving etc..

maybe sum writers will see it

[sk8er6]

no, if its next to a light rail track at like 1 am...

then its chill, and visible.

[toke_wdc]

close this....

[EasyMac]

Oh my god shut the fuck up to the people that stop fucking their mothers long enough to come on bombingscience to tell people to cloce random threads they don't like..... Like "close this thread"... why do you care? FUCK....losers...and i'm a loser for going out of my way to call you losers....

[backpacker]

ill bombing any good chill spot.like today im gonna bomb a bridge where the train passes thru where nobody will probably see it it but im still gonna do it.

[.jug.]

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[cast LI]

this thread is fucking retarded. walk up to a wall and hit it. not that difficult.

[g3zt]

this thread is fucking retarded. walk up to a wall and hit it. not that difficult.

Yah... that was a retarded statement...

I rather hit pieces out of town, not that I dont like people seeing is my pieces is just that I really dont care.
Cuz all this intown shit gets scraped off the next week I like my pieces to stay there for a while :/

[loose!ftp]

^^^^^^^^^^^that guys a cop

[nero122]

haha tonight im piecin a car wash roof but its completely in veiw of a major road n whats better is that there are redlights there so thousands of people will see it a day while sitiing waitin to go to work .

[ADozenFuries]

under bridges r the best places to paint my town. it all depends on what streets ur on tho. some of the bridges near the parks r the worst for painting, u can see ppl wlkin their dogs n theirs cops cuz of bush parties

[.jug.]

instinct...

[natetherebel]

everyone got it pretty much right man. just wait til night, wear black. if your scared start out at spots people see but dont go frequently(like in tunnels, alleys). your eventually gonna want to hit up places more viewable by the publics eye. if your a beginner or just kinda scared about it do mostly tags where your afraid to get caught

[~~>ANTIK<~~]

all you guys care about is getting ur name up!! wut ever happened 2 doin it cuz u luv 2 paint?? i do graff becuz ive luvd da way it looked ever since i was yung nd now dat im older i can actually do my own graff... i paint on walls in town becuz i cnt do it in my bakyard which is why i usually paint in graff spots like under bridges etc. only becuz no1 will bother u and it wont get painted over in a week... getting "famous" from it is jus a plus...

[EgoZen]

The more it is visible the better it is...
I take quite a risk...
but I alwas check the place out and stuff

[Baron]

Take into account the amount of traffic that will see it and weigh it with the chances of getting caught. I've put up tags on the side of highways during the morning rush, no one really cares that early. Those tags have been up for more than two months! :)

[simple zen]

to the starter of the topic, i won't be a smartass...

but the reason why you don't see decent shit in spots that everyone sees is because decent shit takes time... not something you can do within a matter of seconds like a throwup or tag. decent to me is a fill in bomb thats not the same ol' throwie i see under a bridge done by some toy fuck, and not straight letters either. i don't think i've ever seen a fill in bomb with color schemes and 3d in a high traffic area anywhere around my town. only over fenced areas and places where people can't grab you and fuck you up

a good spot to me is one that is dark as shit at night but in the day the whole world could see it. a good artist could find those spots.

[simple zen]

all you guys care about is getting ur name up!! wut ever happened 2 doin it cuz u luv 2 paint?? i do graff becuz ive luvd da way it looked ever since i was yung nd now dat im older i can actually do my own graff... i paint on walls in town becuz i cnt do it in my bakyard which is why i usually paint in graff spots like under bridges etc. only becuz no1 will bother u and it wont get painted over in a week... getting "famous" from it is jus a plus...

you'll like this quote... throw it up everywhere...

fame is a byproduct of doing something great. you don't go into a restaurant to take a shit...

[TMR]

bottom line:
just wait till like 2-4
and bomb all the buisy ass places.
why would u put them somewhere where a few ppl wil c them?
toys: go bomb under bridges all u want.

[HëRbN]

Its all about recon for me, i like to know the spot and the exit routes then go back at night after you know the area and do work.

TMR that pic in your sig is a huge bite

[simple zen]

damn, i got quoted and put in a muh fuckin sig.

[~~>ANTIK<~~]

damn, i got quoted and put in a muh fuckin sig.

i put u n my sig 2 =]

[acereborn]

bottom line:
just wait till like 2-4
and bomb all the buisy ass places.
why would u put them somewhere where a few ppl wil c them?
toys: go bomb under bridges all u want.

have you ever even done graffiti?

[Haze..]

only off graffiti creator lol

[Haze..]

tmr. not me

[HëRbN]

http://i37.tinypic.com/23m7zly.jpg
You should probly remove this from your sig if your going to tell "TOYS" what to do..... that or take your own advice and stick to underneath things :) bridges, tunnels, rocks.....

[Rambooboo]

tmr might be the next sandstorm kogc
in acworth there are a lot spot behind buildings but the biuldings are not all level so you can see spots from the road

[Wallace]

i like my spots to have a pretty much flat wall. painted brick is nice too... seriously people think too much about this stuff

[genre]

it all depends on the piece....
if its a long ass burner, then a nice chill spot like a trail overpass or under a bridge is best, but not many people will see it....
also, remember, if its a good enough spot, and its hard to get up there, its going to be just as hard for a cop or a pissed off manager to get at you. so be quick, and be quiet, and any spot should be fair game

[Rambooboo]

wise words mate any thing is fair game just depends on the risk you are willing to take

[Look@it2x]

word to antik's preach^^

[Piggy]

http://i37.tinypic.com/23m7zly.jpg
You should probly remove this from your sig if your going to tell "TOYS" what to do..... that or take your own advice and stick to underneath things :) bridges, tunnels, rocks.....
I laughed at "rocks" LOL

[intaout]

Spots always depend on what time you hit them,
Lets hear some opinions on the PRIME time to bomb...
what day of the week...everything

[TMR]

I laughed at "rocks" LOL
wtf.
i dont tag rocks tunnels and bridges.

[hammer_time]

wow, TMR, go away

perfect time and day

that depends of preference i guess, i like bombing on sun. mon. tues. usually from 11-3 am

[TMR]

have you ever even done graffiti?
wtf.
i have done grafitti.

[SAID]

just leave.





i would avoid saturday & friday nights.
bacon frenzy.

[ohgawdxcarcrash]

tmr you've probably done graffiti.. but not well graffiti.

[CaseyJonesJR]

sunday nights. end of story.

[South-Pole]

bottom line:
just wait till like 2-4
and bomb all the buisy ass places.
why would u put them somewhere where a few ppl wil c them?
toys: go bomb under bridges all u want.



You should probly remove this from your sig if your going to tell "TOYS" what to do..... that or take your own advice and stick to underneath things bridges, tunnels, rocks.....

ahahahahaha
:D

sorry for bumping this,i coouldn't resist,too bad it can''t go in my sig =( not enough space

[Facedorateur]

MMMM, if people are affraid to make bad ass murals or gigantic graffiti in public places, why dont they get togheter: 5 people study the same piece, you go out one night at 2, 3 oclok in da morning and you bomb it right in front of the town center. Its fast if everybody know what there doing and if you know the escape route. If you dont know any writers in your area, just grab 2 friends to do the fill ins.
Advice from a canadian-toy (be-atch)

[Cesk]

Depends on what I do,
Slaps: I always choose a high spot (stop signs, no crossing signs etc,.) I don't know why but it always seems like a fun spot to hit with slaps. Either that or I put slaps on phonebooths.
Stencils: I always choose flat walls and try to focus more on clean walls. I sometimes hit high spots with stencils but that's only when I have a friend help me up.
Tags: Metal, I love tagging on metal. I almost never tag on concrete. I usually hit slides, swings, phone booths, electricity boxes. And I try to hit places that don't have much tagging.
Throwies: With my throwies I always always hit risk spots, like bridges and shit. It gives me a nice adrenaline rush for some reason haha.
and last but not least
Pieces: Like I said in my other post I usually look for walls that are really really tagged and ask the owner if they let me do a piece. That's how I find my piece places.

[Kali]

with the cover of night, you can hit almost anything.
bombing is the tough part though.

[seb]

tbh hit most spots use ure fuking instincts
9 tmes outta ten ull get seen but they wont give a fuck theyll keep walking theyre not gonna check out so dark figure with a hoody on because theres a chance THAT GUY MIGHT FUCK U UP even if ure some 15 yr oldwho wouldnt start shit, grow some balls very rarely are peopl going to stop and if they do tellem to fuck of and once again 9 times outta 10 they will..

[Vagrant]

Its true that the best graffiti is usually in way out of the way places that don't get seen... but theres a reason for that.
Do you know how long it takes to do a huge piece that just completely burns the wall? I know guys in my area that spend entire days working on a single piece.
All of these are in WAY out of the way places, the backwoods underpasses and shit.
You are just NOT going to see a sick piece in town. You may see a halfway decent piece but it wont ever be as crazy as the backwoods burners.
Downtowns only going to see throws and basic pieces 2-3 colors tops

[KireOne]

mad true genre. but if your doin a sick ass burner you want people to ssee it

[simple zen]

but the heads that see it are gonna be the ones looking for it. don't even tell me that when you're driving or ridin' in a car or on the bus you don't look for graffiti?

[nastonE]

A spot which lots of people will pass by.. so you're being seen by at least some one. Not in some abandoned spot where no one will see your shit.

[hawk-ss535]

tagging away from public eye gives you more time to do a wall

[acereborn]

Thanks for the input, genius.

[respERATION]

LOL....

...but on the real don't pick your spots it'll leave a scar :D


....when i bomb i don;t generally plan where i'm painting....just happens

[H1TBYNUMB3RS]

Some wise words in this thread, and some brutally pathetic ones as well.
I worry about finding spots before picking them, then try to get creative and
make the most out of it.

[simple zen]

yeah there are some stupid fucks up in here...

i like behind fenced areas on a wall at 3 am... noone can see you because it's dark. dark means absence of light. and i wear black too. so that means that if there's no lights out, AND i'm wearing black... DUDE THAT'S LIKE 5% CHANCE OF BEING CAUGHT! at most... fuckin' ay i gotta go try this.

haha.

[Cesk]

tagging away from public eye gives you more time to do a wall

That's pretty cool actually, never really thought of that!

[tgc!mtown]

it all depends on the piece....
if its a long ass burner, then a nice chill spot like a trail overpass or under a bridge is best, but not many people will see it....
also, remember, if its a good enough spot, and its hard to get up there, its going to be just as hard for a cop or a pissed off manager to get at you. so be quick, and be quiet, and any spot should be fair game

odds are if its really hard to get up there theres only gonna be one or two ways up or down so it might be easier for the cops or whoever. but its still a good point cuz sometimes they might not even see a way up or down.

[scribblescrabble]

its easy to pick a spot u need the gear thats all in LA most people take a group we use walkie talkys and sometimes i baby sit an area to check traffic

[Hot Sauce]

i could care less about any of my stuff being seen because i dont write for the public i write because i like what i do and i like doing it. plus if you work so hard for something why put it when you know its going to get taken down in a matter of days or weeks and if its a really good spot, sometimes even hours.

[simple zen]

i could care less about any of my stuff being seen because i dont write for the public i write because i like what i do and i like doing it. plus if you work so hard for something why put it when you know its going to get taken down in a matter of days or weeks and if its a really good spot, sometimes even hours.

good point, but if it was a good spot it would be there for a while. i think a good spot on the highway is next a bush sort of at an angle where oncoming traffic can't see it right away, but it still stands out like fuck when you're driving by. or if other writers are looking for graffiti will be looking for it. those usually stay unbuffed the longest.

[gumball]

well a few criteria for me

near main roads
easy escape path
somewhere easy get
not many people at night

[scribblescrabble]

yeah like allies are bomb i mean people can only come from the side or other side so its pretty simple to get stuff done in there

[simple zen]

huh

[FuckedReadsSister]

mmm soe threads i dont get. i pick my spots if i see a spot i want. then i plan it out. hand, throw, burner. i stalk it out for like a week to know how much traffic is there and the chances of getting seen going in and out. first few times i go i dont bring paint i bring a cam witn NO GRAFF PICS ON IT!!!!. if i get seen i pull the im a art student (i really am) and thought it be a great spot for a picture for my project. then when im ready to do it i just feel relaxed and go at it becasue i spent so much time planing it. this is probly why ive never bin cought and why i dont really get up as much as other poeple but ive never even had a close call with the law. never had to run from any one and never done anything i wasent proud of.

[MontanaPainter]

yes and you still have a total of 3 1/2 krink tags in your town...

[FuckedReadsSister]

yep and im proud of all 3 1/2 of them. but really was there a point to be a dick.

[kroc_oner]

if u spend weeks at a time stakin out a place thts pointless expecialy for a tag or throw

[scribblescrabble]

lol i think stakin out a place would be for a mural kinda piece or somethin not a stupid throw up

[FuckedReadsSister]

well if its a hand or a throw i wont wait weeks. hand or throw like on night check it out next night do it. sorry if you dont agree but im a always freeked of getting cought so thats how i do it. sorry im not as bad ass bomber like you in my gay collage town where there are under cover cops and bike cops trying to get kids for underage drinking but you never know who is a cop or not so i get freeked.

[Mr yarbles]

Lawwwwlllll you must not get up much kid
You seem like one of those guys that only catches two tags and wears a mask for using a streak
All my stuff is spur of the moment shit unless I've been round there before
If you're doing some burner or something you might check but seriously fo like tags and stuff?
I've seen cops drive by me when I'm doing a streak tag or a marker tag or something without stopping
Maybe I'm just lucky but still chill out and go catch some tags do some bombs and just go write you'll have so much more fun and it relieves so much stress when you put up a bunch of tags

[poloaddict]

where all the miami writers at?????????

[kroc_oner]

south florida thread im from broward tho

[Newkidontheblock]

Im down for both... i scope a spot for long enough to know when its dark enough that i can do it without getting seen but people can still see it. I would rather do i bridge because they paint over shit the same week that you did it so you arent gonna get that much ups for it.
So i would do a bridge before some spot thats just gonna get buffed.

[.A.K.4.7.]

Im down for both... i scope a spot for long enough to know when its dark enough that i can do it without getting seen but people can still see it. I would rather do i bridge because they paint over shit the same week that you did it so you arent gonna get that much ups for it.
So i would do a bridge before some spot thats just gonna get buffed.


oh true? be honest, you've never painted anything ever, your cute

[Newkidontheblock]

Umm yeah i definately have. and you are definately callin a dude cute.. haha i have never busted like a straight on a highway or nothin but i have done hands and throws. i know nothin major but its still bombin.

[MontanaPainter]

damn,

your REALLY fucking hardcore.

Like REALLY HxC

Sincerely,
MontanaPainter

[Newkidontheblock]

i never said i was hardcore i just like to make sure that its gonna be hard to get bopped. the cops are really onto that shit now. in the past year they arrested like 12 people and personally i dont wanna be one of em.

[simple zen]

hard to get bopped.

bopped?

[Newkidontheblock]

Caught by the cops, arrested

[epitaph.one]

just walk up to a wall and hit it.

yeah...if you wanna get pinched. if you dont scout a risky spot -- your gonna get fucked or be lucky. id rather scout it out and be prepared for anything that comes up rather then hear the "boo-whoop" of a god damn cruiser.

i like roofs and shit, not many will see it. but its always fun cause you know other writers or people are thinking -- how the fuck did he get up there?

[VisionBedour]

I just scope stuff out during the day when I'm driving around doing my usual schedule. Whatever looks good for you is what you should hit. Everyone is different and everyone has a different idea of what's good. For someone who likes to do really detailed pieces that look amazing; the wall in the main square of town is not going to be an ideal spot. For someone who likes to throw up a quick tag or wheatpaste then they can put shit up anywhere they want because that stuff is quick.

[Worms]

ppl need to start rocking everything from tags to peices....fuck being a one trick cchild...at chill spots do it nicely and at heat spots do it quick...the point is u do wat u do cus u aint got shit to do and u love it....then the fame follows

[graffdabusup]

south florida thread im from broward tho

broward!!!!!!!

[markingz.]

this might seem a little off topic but I love the feeling of when your out going todo graffiti likethe feeling that your putting in work and thinking about all the tos that arent I dont know its just kind of cool when you think about it.