Blackbooks

**Dcicfhbimv** · 02-12-2011 05:42 PM

I think I follow. Thats what I was wondering for awhile. Cause I'd see wildstyles and couldn't read any more than a letter or two. and then this whole keyboard lettering thing kinda just wouldn't stop guess it just got to me. But one things for sure I've been actually paying a bit more attention to letters lately not so much keeping them uniform like a keyboard but keeping them distinct and legible as they should be. and yeah I'll keep what you said in my mind. it was actually helpful.

Originally Posted by ian

youre gonna hear a lot of shit talking around here, its just the way things go. its not about finding a balance between clarity and style, theres some ridiculous wildstyles that are almost impossible to read unless youre a writer and used to it, its about knowing the structure of the letters and using it to your advantage rather than fighting it with your "style"

**ian** · 02-12-2011 06:06 PM

make sure you work with bars too dude, your other piece didnt have any type of bars and thats a big thing with keepin the letter structure tight. use uniform widths for now and once you get better you can start to vary the widths and curve the bars

**Dcicfhbimv** · 02-12-2011 06:23 PM

So bars are simply those little rectangles everyone uses?

Originally Posted by ian

make sure you work with bars too dude, your other piece didnt have any type of bars and thats a big thing with keepin the letter structure tight. use uniform widths for now and once you get better you can start to vary the widths and curve the bars

**ribcage** · 02-12-2011 06:32 PM

^lol

**pointman** · 02-12-2011 06:45 PM

sort of a shitty bite of a whole train i seen when i was about 10 this thing was sick looked like it was made of stone

**Phat 2** · 02-12-2011 06:53 PM

shit !!!! good memory...
or it's the only piece uve ever seen :P

**pointman** · 02-12-2011 06:57 PM

well im 18 now so it was fair while ago haha now the trains don't even leave the yard when they get painted as it promotes crime apparently..hopefully shit will change

**NosE2** · 02-12-2011 07:10 PM

DCIC, this is what you're lookin' for...i googled imaged it, but its the simplest thing i found

**ian** · 02-12-2011 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dcicfhbimv

So bars are simply those little rectangles everyone uses?

bars are basically rectangles yes, for example, an H is two vertical bars with a horizontal one in between, and a C is just one big curved bar. Work with bars and make sure you keep the width of them consistant throughout your whole piece. You should really check out the new to graffiti thread

**pointman** · 02-12-2011 07:38 PM

BARRRZZZZ!

**ian** · 02-12-2011 07:47 PM

no dude, just no. idk if thats supposed to be a 3d piece but the 3d is pretty much just fucked

**NosE2** · 02-12-2011 08:19 PM

lol what is that jizz lookin' shit..

**pointman** · 02-12-2011 08:22 PM

its half two i the morning here and i'm so high haha it was ment to be a nose exclamation mark or something hahah i have loads of other weird sketches as well its not like im better when im not baked im still shit

**ian** · 02-12-2011 09:14 PM

**Rask Wsk LA** · 02-12-2011 11:50 PM

just fuckin around with a scetch, its w/e tho

work on that 3d nato

noise- letters and same size, nice handy tho

thepekins · 02-13-2011 08:26 AM

Pointman- does that say sato or vato? either way dont listen to da haterz. it would look better with like a vanishing point 3d or something but whatever.

Ian- wtf is wrong with you O?

Rask- the letters are decent, everything else should go. the bar coming off the top of your R is flaccid