What Keeps You Into Graffiti?

[le_jc]

Hey , so I saw some thread about , why you paint , why you start , why that name etc...
So I decided to start a thread about your reasons to KEEP painting after a while.
The smell of the paint maybe ??

My personnal esthetic is to always evolve , always try to create new things.
I like to take risk , and most important of all , I like to be different and special in my own way. It also bring me the possibility to be ''against the system'' , since I don't approve with many thing of society...And graffiti can bring me all those satisfaction.

So wassup with you !!?

[Fury]

Yesterday, I was hyped to go get some paint today and get some pens to make some good ink.

But today, I'm not really feeling it. I know this sounds stupid, but it feels like my "angel on the shoulder" is making me not so hyped today.

Oh well, there's always tomorrow and the weekend.

[Queezy]

To hear buzz on a name that is fueled by my inner self.

[IlikePie]

Bombing Science.

[adreniline_zero]

just seeing what other people put up it makes me want to stay up to proove myself kinda sad in a way, like i need to validate myself or somthing haha

[-Empty-Can-]

I just like the art form. It's also nice to drive by something and be like, "yeah i did that" Just getting your name up pretty much

[TheMurderousMisterMero_]

why do i paint?

honestly its just i have nothing better to do with my time so why the fuck not.



but to be honest i havent painted in about a month and a half...minus a few little hollows here and there.

[Fury]

You know this thread has made me realize that I really haven't done much but either sketch or work my ass off the entire summer.

God, fuck my life.

[.A.K.4.7.]

Bombing Science.

Hahaha.

[Msfyt]

the little boys :P

MAMwhwwwhahahaaaaaaa

[weak0ner]

^total pedo.


nothing keeps me into graffiti.

[acereborn]

just another thing to do

[massacreman]

because i have to stay up, and not let some shitty toy be the kind of my town
and its not really the graffiti itself, but also everything around it, my friends who do it, making ghetto supplies and inks, just being bizzy with it in my head moreover than just going out and paint, howerver thats fun also.
and yeah, my english sucks

[immoral]

A lot of what I've read is kinda cliche, for myself, expression, being different, etc..

I suppose a main reason I do it is because it allows me a bit of freedom.

I like to leave my phone, my wallet, and any weight on my shoulders behind in my ride and for that few hours that I'm out there.. It's like I don't exist as who my birth certificate says I am. I've created another life, lifestyle, and habit. It's been so much a part of my life that I feel naked without a marker or slaps on me.

One of my favorite things to do, more than anything, is drive out of town to my favorite graff yard, stop at the exact same gas station every time at the exact same exit, get the exact same subway sandwich and a 16 ounce Redbull, then go out to this freight yard and sit in the middle of it, and eat that sandwich and listen to the freights creek and the birds chirp around them. It's like becoming entirely consumed in what you are, or who you are in that short period of time. It is short because when you are consumed in it, the time flys but it is slow in your mind.


I love what I do

[massacreman]

thats deep man

[TheMurderousMisterMero_]

or very cliche...








































not that i would know tho.tl;dr.

[le_jc]

YA freedom is probably the main reason why every writers do graffiti.
Unconsciensly tho.
it's the only real 'art of freedom' man.
You make your own rules , no one is telling you what the fuck to do or not do.
You deal with consequences of your action.
And always push your limits further man :D
Graffiti is a drug thats all I gotta say man haha !!
Everytime I close my eyes , I think about lettering or colors , when I drive , I always look for new spot to hit or to piece etc..which sometime make me so distracted that I almost get accident haha. I just wanna see my name everywhere , best feeling ever.

[TheMurderousMisterMero_]

blop

lolwut?

[triple6inthemix]

deh partiez!

[triple6inthemix]

no seriously, partying. then catching tags

[medacog1]

Getting up, the challenege of making my handy better

[(SoS)Viruz]

Its my life basicly :D

[Obiz_BFM]

well i like the idea of a second life thats a real big secret also and to be apart of a REAL artform

[Darko]

underground fame, sure i may not be able to blurt out "IM DARKO" without getting snitched on, but its nice to know that some toy somewhere looks up to me, and wants to get up as much as me, and of course my passion for graffiti wouldnt be complete without "cuz im a punk"

[Kaiser71]

Because all the cool kids rock clothes covered in paint.

[PureDeirHate]

new, harder spots... Fame..process of getting better

[iPwnF00lz]

The hott fucking ass I get after I bust out some decos at a party and do flesh pieces on all the bitches boobies and ass.

[smesta]

I see a dope piece and know one day I want to be that good.. That's what keeps me at it.

[kap3]

Well, you see, i'm diagnosed with PGAD (Pure Graffiti Addiction Disorder).

[AoAssis]

The hott fucking ass I get after I bust out some decos at a party and do flesh pieces on all the bitches boobies and ass.


Sounds like your a poser to me, and only in it to get "hott fucking ass"

[adreniline_zero]

for some reason getting buffed, makes me challenge myself to find spots that will be seen, but not get buffed quickly, that and comming home after a night out writing checking the snakes and going to bed

[Fury]

You know, I've been thinking; I have no idea why I do it. I feel like really scared when I do go out and do it, but not of getting caught. At the same time, I feel like I have to do it. In other words, I feel like I have to do it, when I don't want to. Nobody but me is pushing me either, so it's weird. I think fame plays a part of it, but not too big of one.

I might just be an odd feller, but I have no idea why I do it; I just do.

[MF King Royal]

I do the shit to make peoples' heads turn.. I'm always working on my can control and thinking up new styles. I love it when people see your shit and are like "Damn, that kid's got talent.." That's what keeps me in the game..

[EGO31]

The freedom to visiby say "fuck you" to society.
The adrenaline. Getting chased by pigs the other night was seriously the most fun I'd had since I last got laid.

[PeeInTheShower]

it's like, fun man.

specially ridin dolo on the freeway smokin' a blunt with a can in the cupholder. kinda gives me the jollies and whatnot.

[Bostonsavage]

Fame, Fresh supplies.

[Loki X Sho]

nothing else to do... might as well make art

[DollarCans]

graffiti withdrawal. No lie if i dont paint or at least draw i cant sleep at night. i get veryyyy bad restless leg syndrom....

[Queezy]

Progression/TheArt/TheRush/TheFame/TheDownHomies/GraffGroupies/SmellOfPaint/BeingOutWhenNobodyElseIs/BeingStealthy/ClimbingShit/Destroying

[TrandomnesstwO]

Improving my ninja skills,freedom,rebellion,'cause I like to see a fresh tag on a boring surface,having skill in something finally,meeting fucked people,being in the city at night,getting away with shit...I like how graffiti looks hella dope.

[TrandomnesstwO]

I also like to make my mark in the world without most people actually knowing who I am.

[BLES1]

for the love of art , and the game itself

[Phat 2]

I keep doing graffiti coz it's fun and I like it :) it's as simple as that

[Chippey]

I keep doing graffiti coz it's fun and I like it :) it's as simple as that
couldnt have put it better myself in so few words.

[CrookOne]

Progression/TheArt/TheRush/TheFame/TheDownHomies/GraffGroupies/SmellOfPaint/BeingOutWhenNobodyElseIs/BeingStealthy/ClimbingShit/Destroying

yeah word, just replace destroying with decorating. :p

[HëRbN]

Its been said that doing graff is kinda like being a super hero, get up enough and everyone knows your name but know one actually knows who you are. i dig that. And in a way its like being a kid again, doin shit your not suppose to cause you can. I also love the feeling of knowing people will look at something and be like how the fuck did he do that?

[Tonz]

The way I started to write was one day when the big homie told me that I'm a bitch if I don't tag up the school. So I tagged it up, and it felt good. Just the rush it gives you and being the best in town. Just evolving, etc... I just like to write in the most extreme places where nobody would think of tagging. Some day I'll tag up the police station. That's my goal for right now. <3

[keepsicks]

I hope your Goal changes...thats a pretty weak goal

[H1P30N3R]

what keeps me into graff are sick ass writers who are still humble like the guy above me not jus that but saw keep was the last post so payin a lil homage

[Phat 2]

Some day I'll tag up the police station. That's my goal for right now
that's Trane's goal in level 7 of marc ecko's getting up contents under pressure
u should dangle down from a rappel rope and make a big roller on the front of the police station that says "fuckk" :)
good luck with that goal dude :)

[mosezone]

if i'm walking around the city drunk, why not paint. and also, i feel like when i'm going out painting, it makes my time worthwhile, feels like i'm being constructive. it's really an accomplishing feeling to see your shit running/hear people talking..

[wasted1]

for me its the game, it keeps me in the constant competition, it is a game with winners but it keeps improving. standards are getting higher all the time and the interest of trying to see the future what will you be and who will we be. the experience and the missions, and reminiscing in grandpa ages who we were and ofcourse what will the game turn into in future :D

[unreal180]

^^^^ if you like

bordem kinda keeps me in it

[Phillip McDougall]

Yeah, mostly boredom, the fun, and the love of the art.

[PeeInTheShower]

for a while, when i was out of work, i'd get an all day bus pass, get up at 9 in the morning, bring some weed and some backwoods, get my etch, meanstreak, two mop pens light n dark ink, one rusto can, and a bunch of stickers, and i'd just smoke weed and tag shit all day, most of the time by my damn self. me thinking about those days makes me wish i was a little scrubby graff writer with a backpack again...

the end of every day, my face would be dirty as shit from bus exhaust, hands covered in ink and meanstreak... gettin off that last bus goin' home... i felt like, "damn, i could do this shit til i'm 40"

[appleseed]

The freedom and being anonymous.

[Get Rekt!]

i keep paintin' cause i aint been caught yet

[Romikxx]

I started in Middle school well i was living out in hawaii.. i always looked up to people who were standing up for something they believed in you know.. i loved a good debate.. on oahu you pretty much meet everyone on the island because its so damn small and no one leaves the island really.. so i ended up meeting some big names on the island at the opening of a graff store called prototype.. i always loved the colors and styles they would come up with so i wanted to get into it.. do it right you know.. after my first arrest i changed my name & started writing hardcore catching tags like i was a fucking machine.. i guess its just the rush or maybe just the passion.. but its kept me loving it for about 5 years on & off.