I agree with you Mido, That's basically what I was saying man. When i first starting posting on here a few months back, people told me to stop painting. I completely disregarded what they said, but I did take their crits and sketched everyday, and I have progressed drastically. I think it is kind of ridiculous that some people can draw an insanely complex wildstyle piece, but they have never painted. Props for those people knowing complexities, but drawing establishes a necessary foundation in which you should paint upon. I feel like you should draw and paint together, not just one or the other. Mido, I know that you can't say that you have never seen a perhaps more talented writer telling new writers to "quit" or to "not use paint." Dank, my first throwies looked about like that a few months back, realize that in 2-3 months, you will be laughing at your first pieces. When you notice the advancement, it is very rewarding and motivating.
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RASN- have your letters all same size, have that "a" not hide behind the "r" clean up a little and your ready for smashin. dope word too
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There are some mistakes but I do dig it. As I scrolled I saw the words chrome and rusto. Which reminded to let anyone who didn't realize know that rusto and krylon chromes can be a bitch to fill with, for when you outline paint seems to react with it badly, my personal experience as I use A LOT of chrome(one of the few good krylon cans that you can still stick a pink dot on) this.....is just........ugh. those god damn bars. but I learned a lot for something I did in a half hour with stock tips on shitty flourescent krylon. if anyone has something constructive to say go for it(black thing was retardation, never doing those colors again, fills aren't normally like that)
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like $3 a can, sometimes they do 4 for $10. i rarely rack paint anymore ever since i got a good paying job.
@acer Your letters are on the right track in the 4th pic, build off that and scrap all the rest. And chill with the multi color scribble decoration shit until youre much better cause right now it just detracts from your letters. Its unique, ill give you that, but hold off on it until you know what youre doing. And acer is a hella generic name, get creative mr artsy fartsy. I'm looking forward to seeing you up once you improve, you have potential and most dudes around here quit in 1-2 years or move somewhere with a better scene you know..
fuck me... exports are good but that shit can vary between different cans, like one time a whole can lasted me a night, and one can i got 4 tags and when i went to do a hollow that shit was empty
good lookin out Thank you for the words of encouragement. That str8letter is what I have been concentrating on lately and is the latest piece in the post. I have a bad habit of not stepping away from the wall when I should consider myself done and end up with all that unnecessary decoration crap and you definitely are right, it does detract from my letters. Im also feeling you about the name being generic, plus, there are (at least) 3 other Acers out there but I just love the letter combo! maybe Tracer or Pacer or something...