yo dont color it yet, middle crossing bar of F looks like u ignored, its just a dinky little bar, change it. The little extensions/kicks you put on the bottom of the F and left bar of A need to look like the ones you did on the T. Right bar of A looks a little skinny compared to the rest, but that aint as big of deal as the kick/extension on the bottom of it, its too skinny, make it fatter. hoped that helps in someway
Smoke - that fill is too much for me, hurts my eyes looking at it. Think it'd be a decent throw without the top half of that fill. Fact - thats pretty nice but the T is just a bit higher than the other letters, you might want to bring the bottom half downwards a touch Fedup - you need to work on your outlines alot, its real fucking messy, the F and E in the bottom two are much smaller than the rest, you should try and get all your letters roughly the same size.. Id straighten up that P aswell, i know youve got it tilted as part of your thing, but it would look alot better if it wasnt tipped so much. I'd reccomend taking a look at the 'New to graffiti, start here!" thread, it'll help you out with your letter structure ALOT. Went for something a bit different here, looking for crits please.
Besides the A I think the E has a few slight problems, the main bar (left bar) doesn't seem to line up with the top and bottom parts, I hope that makes sense, and the tippity top bar looks a little to thin.
idk what you mean by not lining up wit "top and bottom parts" elaborate, and lookin at it now the curve in the left bar(hidden by G) isnt on the same level that all the letters curve at, and yeah top bar is too thin...fasho breh
@skope2 i like it make a bigger-one i only think the I wont flow. finally done. i only hate that my on the run markers die so fast someone got the same problem?
cheese- think that 3d needs a little work there love the little mental characters tho dude keep going some of my shit not done anything for a while still working on them bars and making life easier for myself now cuz even i realised how much better you can make shit look when you gots a bit of structure going on lol [Broken External Image]:http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2969/1004862.jpg [Broken External Image]:http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3851/10048602.jpg
tourney piece battle .... tear it apart lol other than my drop shadow on the c and a being purple is because my black marked died after the g and e.
FEDUP, dont bother with slanting your letters in opposite direction or changing up which letters overlap which, keep it traditional for the time being. and keep using a pencil, no point in using colour. and definitely dont start messin around with 3d overtop of other letters. simple simple simple or ya wont get anywhere. ive said it before and ill say it again, look at your keyboard or any text on this page to see how the letter is created. copy this and try your best to put 3d on it: F E D U P lets see what you can come up with playboy!
I took some of your advice on board, ignored some of it (but I will take it into account in the future in further sketches) and this is what I came up with
fedup- you still need to go a bit simpler, and dont do any connections or extensions on the letters yet. new shit, crits please?
Soar im not feeling the extension on that S, it looks a bit lower than the other letters too, id make the extension smaller and lift the entire letter a bit. Liking the O and R though, and that background is tight. Fedup - I think it would be worth you going away and biting some simples from someone just so you can get a gauge of how to do it properly, it'll help you develop your own style. Not finished this one yet, just looking for anything people can spot out that would be worth changing.
Hey guys! New to the forums here! I'm from holland and Ive been writing for some time now, but I want to perfect my style a bit more by drawing more and more in my blackbook. Since I'm new to the forums I figured I'd start in the toy section, and wait till you guys tell me whether i can move up or not . The name i use is Cube or Cubes. used to be Kube, but i figured that i like the C more. Im also an architecture student, Piercer and tattoo artist, and ive always been fascinated by graffiti art, so i thought id start drawing graff In the fall of 2010. before posting a couple of my drawing (First ever piece and a recent sketch i did) i'd liek to comment on TastyMcnasty here : remember to use similar design principles in the pieces you draw! for example: see how you did the A and the R? the way the horizontal bars go into the more vertical bars? Use that with the S as well! letters need to have a similar style or the piece itself doesnt work. Also, try to find a way to not make the O so round. I see youre leaning towards some kind of an old skool wildstyle, plus you dont have any curves in the other letters, so the round doesnt really do it. you could use a cirkel, but maybe make it smaller, because now the attention is drawn towards the O so much it looks like you started drawing there. this may sound harsh, but its not the way im meaning to say it. Just trying to help you on your way! as for Skope, the W is the only letter where you have two bars one next to the other. I think if you straighten it out, the whole will look a lot better! here is the first piece i drew using color. not that special really, but i liked it. it was the 3rd piece i ever drew. After the first two, my friend (Mine, Miner or Mines) explained some designing principals he uses, and i came up with this after that. and this is something me and the same freind drew the other night. its still a sketch, but this is where i am right now. Ill post the finished piece up as soon as its done! Feel free to crit in whatever way! [Edit]: Im not too happy about the C yet though.. Ill try to find a way to make it work better with the rest of the piece.
3d always helps, drop shadows are cool, but some solid 3d always looks better, drop shadows are more for bombs.