Ive been interested with graffiti since I was about 8 years old Im fourteen now, but2 years ago I started doin it, but it was only with markers, slap ups n shit like that
Started like 4 yrs ago(6th grade) although i didnt really get into it till like 2 yrs later or so and im all about graff now (10th grade)
ive been into graff since 2nd grade and bomibn since i was 12...fyi, my moms got me into graff lol....can u say irony.......
2 years ago. moved beside a frieght lay up. sketching+krylon+boltcutters-talent+train yard=me 1 1/2 years ago.
Depends what you mean by "when did you start?" Start graff (actually hitting shit) Start drawing graff Or just start drawing in general? I always drew as a kid I remember my friends would show me shit they drew 'n I'd be jealous so I'd have to do it, we did a lot of Gorillaz sketches especially noodle I used to be able to draw noodle perfect without using a reference. I always sucked though 'n usually got discouraged 'cause I had a beautiful masterpiece in my mind and I could hardly make the lines the right length most times. I don't remember exactly what age I did specifically graff drawings, but I know around age 11 or 12 me 'n my friend were pretty into it 'n we had our lil 'graff names' mine was "ICE" but we could never get paint, so the only shit I really did graffwise back then was a few things on this bridge near my house with this kid who lived down the street, he procured a can of blue krylon so we got to play with that till it was empty. I hardly ever drew at home though 'cause like I said I'd have this crazy idea in my head and not nearly enough skill to execute it, instead of practicing, like an idiot I just gave up on most occasions I tried to draw, and every once in awhile I'd stick with it 'n bust something decent but really it all sucked. I always drew during school time though, at the beginning of each school year I'd always get excited 'cause I knew that meant doing a piece of whatever subject name on my folders and notebooks. I did "MATH" with a pot leaf behind it last year So then the summer before senior year I kinda started to get serious about graff. As I said before the main reason I never got up was because getting paint was a problem, then after I researched graff I found out you can steal it! (I stole shit at age 12 too) I done graphics design since I was 12 so I knew I had potential to do something creative, just not the skill when it comes to drawing (graphics design leaves a lot more room for fixing or getting it right at first.) I was still 17 so I had the advantage of being a minor just barely, but when I realized I could steal paint then I figured...why can't I be doing this? Being that graffiti king in your area was always my dream, I remember to this day there was 2 kids who tagged a lot in my city, "tell" and I think "pysc". Just tags 'n shit, but I remember them to this day, and the kid I painted with when I was 12 dated one of their sisters, he was like "yo that kid who writes tell is so-n-so's brother, they got their names from the dictionary just picked a random page 'n took the first four letters" so I think that sort of thing is pretty fucking cool. But anyway, to answer the original question, I guess I started doing actual physical graffiti the summer before senior year (17 years old). I wanted to crush this town before I move, I hate this fucking town. (I moved from my hometown when I was 12, I have nothing to do here...) and also luckily when I started researchin' graff I worked on my handy a lot more and actual learned why I sucked (yeah yeah, simples, now STFU) but now my shits way better and I'm starting to get to the point I should have already been at all these years. But I guess I'm still only 18 'n I got a lot of potential. If I stick with it I'mma be so much better in 2 years, and amazing by the time I get out of art school. I done hand styles everyday in school this year, 'n then throwies too, 'n pieces are starting to feel a lot more natural, I'm liking this whole progression shit 'cause each piece is closer and closer to what I want it to be.
i was into graff when i was like 10-11 then i started trying it and skething when i just turned twelve and i start painting when i was aout to turn 13...
i just started a couple of weeks ago for a couple of years ive been putting up "obey" stickers though
i started about a year and ahalf ago and i was sketchin at school and my math teacher told me that i was just a lil thug on the street i was soo fuckin pissed.
beginning of 2005 edit: i had no idea how young most of these kids are. makes me feel fuckin old and i'm only 18. shit.
i started about 2 years ago. i started out with doing mop tags in the park, to actual throwies. then somewhere around there i started doing wheatepastes
ive dun crappy little tags since year9 but bin readin up about it since a year or so ago im 16 now started seriously considering it last week. i know im a toy i'll get better cuz i need lots of practice and i have a genuine love for it im not jus saying i love art in general