Money making with graff

[Ages24]

Post here your ways to make money with elements of graffiti.
Ex: selling canvases, making ink etc.
Post stories, tales and or pics.

[JazeTSK]

Well I've been trying to get rid of canvases but Colorado Spring's scene sucks. I thought Nocturnal Mockery was gonna happen but I haven't heard any word on it.
I sell ink though. hella sloppy mop shit i love it.

[soath]

bomb something and then offer to clean it up the next day.

[Noz]

i dnt do much..
i sell homemade ink tho

[JazeTSK]

Noz, what kinda ink you sellin?

[circledee]

JazeTSK i know what you mean boulder has a really good art scene, there is a legal wall there too

[SpeekOner]

ya that legal wall in boulder is right next to a pretty nice skate park too and boulder is such a beautiful place and hippie as hell... :D

[cesspool]

gay thread..

[wiserism]

cosigned...

[SAID]

get ready to get bashed the fuck out of bombingscience dude..

[Asetotheurn]

I sell my body on the streets.

[Noz]

Noz, what kinda ink you sellin?

sum good shit i make, i need new materials nd Ill post pics if u want

[SpeekOner]

lets see it NOZ... :)

[Noz]

ok, i juzt gotta buy ingrediantz then Ill make it nd post it, might take a few dayz lol

[SAID]

AiGhT dAwGg

[Jonathan]

so its happening...cool/

[Noz]

guyz Ill hav tha pics up by sunday

[KRE1]

yea yall know shriiimp? yea.. i do that on myself, flick it, and sell those sexy photos to eye candy fiends. CASH MONAY BABAAY

[sodi]

^ for real man?
btw shriiimp is dope

[SAID]

yah you sell this shriiimp...


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dont worry about the tags was just messing around with a few ideas.

..and I have 2 billion dollars...

[SpeekOner]

hahaha um can we say toy? nice try though!!!

[Noz]

i made tha ink, imma post up later on...

[SpeekOner]

I'll be waiting i really wanna see dang it... lol

[Noz]

lol imma post today 4 sure

[rush2]

do you want to send me some free
you know cause i taught you alot about ink:)

[Noz]

do you want to send me some free
you know cause i taught you alot about ink:)

well i dnt really do that alot, but you seem chill, so Ill send u a some the next time i make some, and you can give me crits

[Noz]

some tags i did with the ink i made....

[Noz]

sorry about tha bad quality, it was my phone...

[rush2]

looks niceish
might want to add some more dyes for a deeper color

[Noz]

yea i kno, i was just experimenting with different things...

[rush2]

good good

[SpeekOner]

how permanent is it???

[CrustOner]

Doesn't look very.

But what does it matter? Hit it again if it doesn't.

[Noz]

im not sure, never made my ink lyke that b 4, Imma do a buff test and see if it stains

[Speedy]

I airbrush and do legal walls for cash. The money I make off that keeps me from flipping burgers. so I'm satisfied. If I get good enough with my airbrush I might try to get into painting cars someday.

[Noz]

speedy i wanna get into airbrush, is it hard?

[Speedy]

I wouldn't say it's hard. But just like anything else it takes practice. A lot of people consider me to be a pretty good artist but when I first started airbrushing my stuff looked like pure shit. It's a whole different world. Just like using cans. It takes time to learn different spray techniques and different ways to use the pressure and paint flow to do different things. Also different kinds of paint like transparent, opaque, pearlescent, etc. One thing I will tell you is don't start out with cheap guns. If you plan on sticking with it get a couple Peak Bear Air X3 airbrushes. The consensus seems to be that that's the best kind you can get for that kind of money. DO NOT get Masters. They suck. They were nice to get started with but I outgrew them in no time. Now I have 2 Bear Airs that I love and 3 Masters that I can't get rid of. Dish out the money and just get quality equipment from the beginning.

[Noz]

hmmm...
ok imma c how i do wit airbrushin

[Prodigy22]

I do canvases, and legal walls sometimes

[NosE2]

people give me 5 bucks to do a hand of whatever they want on white tees. fun as hell, and then i dont have to spend my paycheck on trees.

[Graffitiwinkel]

It's the only thing I do since 2008.

Painting big walls, sometimes advertising walls for major companies, selling spraypaint to other graffers for bottom prices, organising graffitiworkshops and educational graffiticourses for starters. That's about it.

[Sir Daily]

i paint people's bedrooms, garages, mini ramps, skateboards, surfboards, tee shirts, canvas, whatever the fuck they want if they show me cash... also have had girls give me head for taggin shit for them

[Moon]

That last part doesn't seem to agreeable.

[Sir Daily]

That last part doesn't seem to agreeable.
what part?

[Prodigy22]

Just swung a gig doing a 8ftx16ft wall for a music video. pay plus they are paying for all the paint. sick!!

[Sir Daily]

Just swung a gig doing a 8ftx16ft wall for a music video. pay plus they are paying for all the paint. sick!!
That's sick man, props. It doesnt get much better than making money by doing something you love.

[Moon]

what part?

Head? For graff? Seems low on my part.

[mdjohnson1]

It's the only thing I do since 2008.

Painting big walls, sometimes advertising walls for major companies, selling spraypaint to other graffers for bottom prices, organising graffitiworkshops and educational graffiticourses for starters. That's about it.

Nice work gw. How'd you hook up with companies? I've repped some writers in the past ... connecting them with companies looking to get graffiti done for advertising. I'm always looking to build up my stable of writers for commercial work. Peace

[JetGirl]

I think its great when businesses hire someone to do full murals on their walls. A restaurant here in SM had the entire store done, place went under in like 2 weeks but the work is still up there. :)

[Serbr]

i paint peoples stuff what ever they want, they pay for the paint + a bit of profit for me
perfect job, but i need a mask cos paint fumes are fucking up my head

[lilbmxking]

airbrushing is the shit when it comes to murals

[TLGhostOne]

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[ChadWarden]

only way you're getting people to buy that shit is if you try and sell it at the special olympics.

[MoganOne]

Lol

[Spark391]

That Ghost clothing stuff looks mad retarded, people who know nothing about graffiti and try to start making money out of it look stupied, and it's even more stupied, when someone will buy that stuff and be happy with it.. "Graffiti"fonts in design and making everything look it's a webpage from 1999 looks wack. And a wrong name chosen for that type of stuff.

Just a cup of reality.

[C3ZR ONE]

I just sold my first piece at a show for $450, but I donated all the money to a childrens art program. I'm setting up a crew show this summer and when people go to pay, they'll choose from a list of local charities to write their checks to. We've also got a major exhibition lined up for 2012. Sounds stupid? Consider this, we change the publics perception of us a bit by doing this, and if we catch heat, our goal is to triple whatever cost they pin on us for the buff in charitable donations. They'll still prosecute, but they'll be weary to really fuck us over...
That's how the game is played ;)

[zachatnca]

the only way ive ever made money off graf is by selling my friends a few stickers when i need a buck or two for a drink. i would hate to make money off graf, it would make the vandal squad be on your dick forever. i write for myself not for anyone else, if someone i know ask me to do a canvas i will gladly make them a nice canvas as long as they supply the canvas, haha if your not making money you sure dont wanna be losing it.