Same deal, this is probably just a personal preference, idk if anyone else is with me on this, but my favorite pieces are very minimalistic. It's the subtleties that make em pop, not 80 colors and 5 patterns. Once again, clean, but I'm not a fan. And what happened to the smurfs legs? lol
i agree with you that simplistic pieces do look good if you do them right but i love o dope 3 color fill with something to it man
It's not the colors, it's how ugly the piece itself is. Get your letter structure down before you do extensions, those are all hideous.
idk about that the letters ive seen from you arent much better but its all good thanks for the advise
Wellllll.. I looked at a bunch of throwies like you said, fury. And heres what I got, crits are appreciated [Broken External Image]:http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7546/scan0007s.jpg [Broken External Image]:http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1469/scan0008lg.jpg
You don't have to be a pro to tell if something's ugly or not. Your can control is good, but your concept and design are lacking, he's right. No need to be defensive, we're all learning and advancing. We're all in the toy forum.
i aint tryin to be defensive but give advise like you did not say shits garbage that really doesnt help me any
Each letter is ugly individually. K has too many lumps, R has too many lumps, S needs work, D looks like an O.
can i get some crits on this please? and tak i think its the k (or is it an h?) that is lacking, it doesnt flow with the t and the a
So, now that i know its give crits to get crits... Krso, i think the hole in the S should be taken out. itd look better in my opinion. Tak, id try different things intead of the + in the middle, y'know hollow holes or different symbols or something and a newer sketch, any better? [Broken External Image]:http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/3628/picture0003o.jpg
k doesnt fit ans i think u need to do something with your t idk wht but somethin he ans just make it flow together
To Bek: The best way to learn letter structure is to start with basics. Draw block letters similar to the letters on your keyboard, but SEPARATE each bar. For example: The letter "A" has three bars (in this case). draw each section separately to make a good clean letter (this is similar to "starting with a circle" when drawing a cartoon character or something). Then start experimenting by bending your bars, changing the width of the bars, how your letter is going to balance, etc. It takes time, but you'll be a much better artist (not graffiti artist; artist) once you start practicing this. Eros- I'd like for you to read the same crits as bek. You need to learn more about letters and how they're formed before you try to contruct throws. Maybe even work on handstyles for a while. That's really most of what I do. Handstyles and straight letters. I'm not a good graffiti artist by any standards (like Phil said, we all are in the toy forum), but I think I have enough respect with my handstyles to give crits. Making solid handstyle can help you later construct any aspect of graffiti (throws, straight letters, pieces, anything). Not to sound cheesy, but handstyles are the BASE of your artistic style. So, hey, it might not be terrible to work on those for a while. Task- getting slightly better. I would still shy my eyes away if I saw that on the street. It might help to draw some throws on graph paper to make sure each letter is the same width and height (approximately, at least) And you just have ugly bars all around. No structure. I actually think your bottom throw has more potential. May just be me, though. TAK- The K is awful. I think you need a block letter K rather than the bubble nonsense you have now. The TA aren't that great either, the bars are not consistent. KRSD- Same advice as everyone else. And I already got a few crits on this, but I'll post so the rest of you can share advice since I just wrote all of that shit. Sorry for the blur.
I think its the t and the k that are making the rest of the bars look ugly, they're out of place. And I'll continue working on the bottom one as well. Heres a sketch i just did, i dropped the k (doesnt really matter in a throwup) and changed the t. [Broken External Image]:http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/999/scan0010h.jpg
Umm... I think you dropped the K because you can't draw a K, which is fine. I do the same sometimes. Your S has the most potential. The important thing to note is that I do see improvement. Keep going with it.