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Sketch from who knows when. I found this today when I was going through some old paperwork. Nothing real heavy, just thought I'd post something a little different. This was a straight pen on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of yellow paper. Usually, I date my sketches so that I can remember the year and see what I was feeling at the time. I must have been doing a few pages and this one just fell out. Crazy. I'm not really that messy with my sketches, wait a second, yeah I am. When I don't sketch in a drawing pad, I just make a pile and toss some more on everytime I empty my bag out. I guess this one got lost in the shuffle. Anyhow, they can't all be pretty. I hate small sheets of sketch paper. Sometimes you just have to make do with what's available. Sketchy times!
Straight Pen, One-shot sketch done on 8-20-2007. Part of a time-period in my life when I had time.......... Time to sketch that is. Nowadays, between family commitment and work, extra time to chill and sketch, is few and far between. I guess that's just part of getting old or should I say older. I thought I would post this sketch because next to a lot of the normal style moves I make in a piece, I did a few things in this sketch that are somewhat rare for me. Like, having arrows coming off of anywhere and everywhere or connections that aren't really based off of anything. A rarity for myself but nowadays a standard. It's funny too at this time, I wasn't even really on the internet. I had never heard of Flickr and had no clue how easy it was for writers to peruse the internet to find style. Don't get me wrong, in my days, it was through exchanging flicks through the mail, traveling, through magazines or when writers from other cities come to town. To have the opportunity to look into the intricacies of another writers inner workings, is truly amazing. I only hope that it is never taken forgranted. Sketch time!
Drawn up in 2008 for a fr8 train show and gallery. Straight Pen. I don't really remember where the show was at this time. I didn't attend. The crew put together some sketches that mimic our style and what we would piant on a fr8. One of the crew members worked at a high tech laser engraving shop and he took the time to engrave them on some solid wood pieces, they were then framed. From what I know. They were priced in the range of $250-$350. All pieces went un-sold and were given back to the crew and some of us received them as gifts. It all leads me to believe that the gallery scene just isn't quite ready for the fr8 train art to really break and become a commodity. I've heard stories of collectors but they tend to be few and far between. I only hope that the future holds more promise and we continue to price these pieces at a rate equal to the time, energy and risk that is involved in building a real name for yourself on the lines. In time, like the phrase from the movie "Field of Dreams", "if you build it, they will come". Not that we go out and do what we do for the fame of the art-world, atleast I know I don't but in the end, I believe most of the future's great artists are going to be coming out of the Graff scene. This time period should be considered the greatest art renaissance period ever. No other art-form in the history of man has spread so great and so wide. I'm no art critic or true art historian but to me, the facts are evident. Plus, what other art-form is as cool as what we do. :) haha
That goes for all Graff/writing culture. Walls, Fr8s, subways, L-trains, Metros, Bombing, whatever...........
Straight Pen, one shot sketch from 6-20-07. Just a quickie with a Bic pen. Done in series of days and weeks that I was pushing myself to draw a new sketch a day. Trying to push myself beyond that stagnant point of repeating the same shit over and over again. Everyday I would start the piece in a different position or with a different letter, in hopes of creating something new and opening different chambers in my brain. Whereas, I might have gotten my style a little more loose in some areas, I found I just couldn't get to the point I was hoping to. It just wasn't the same without the painting to go with it. I also wasn't on the internet and had really no outside influences, so it was like trying to reinvent the wheel everyday. I had heard from some of the younger crew members about 12 oz. and remember seeing it like 10 years ago. To see where it had developed and taken the artform, was incredible. Still, I didn't want to sign up and have to sign in to use it, so I stayed away from it. It wasn't until the crew opened up their Flickr account that I saw the possibilty for sharing and communicating with an audience of like-minded people. Unfortunately, the politics behind an account with 20 plus members became taxing. Everyone had a different idea as to how it would and should have been run. It ended up getting too complicated. I wasn't looking for complications with something that seemed so compelling to do. Plus, it was so easy, even a caveman like myself, could use it. Also, the positive nature of the writers on Flickr, really made me feel like it was a little more relevant to what I was trying to accomplish. Which is, open a creative dialogue amongst writers and share some stories about who I am as a person, my experiences with the artform and the why's and how's behind what I do. So thanks to anyone and everyone that has visited and commented on my flickr account and the photos. You guys have been a real inspiration for me and continue to push me to want to do more and better things. Plus, reimbrace what I had lost with the artform for so many years. Much Respect!
Straight pen, one-shot sketch from 7-29-07. Done with a bic pen on 9x12 sketch paper. Most likely done while at work. The E is actually a lowercase e but resembles my normal E. A fun little twist to my E.
Straight pen, One shot sketch from 2-13-07. Sorry 'bout the missing ends but my scanner didn't fit the page. This was done with a black bic pen. Just a little flavor to savor. I really liked this sketch and actually planned on painting it somewhere just as it is, in black and white. Unfortunately, I haven't quite got the chance yet and looking outside my window, probably won't for a while. It's 12 degrees outside my house and was snowing earlier. With the holiday coming up, I thought I'd try my damnest to get my kids out. So we went and saw the movie, "Tangled", in 3d. It just blows my mind how far cartoons have come. I recommend, for the fathers out there that have kids, ages 3-10 (especially girls), to check it out. Nothing better then seeing the look on their faces when they see cartoons in 3d. Shit, you should have see the look on my face. Now if I can only figure out how to paint in 3d, where you actually need the glasses. I guess I know what I'm going to focus on next year. haha. Great times!
DISE, Parsons Green yard along with Serv, Gasp,TSM Cherish IBS and Trock BNB. At this point I was painting at least 2 tubes / underground trains a week, nothing could stop me (or so I thought). I never really had a sketch for this piece, it was one of a series that I called swirly Dices. I did half a dozen or so in the space of a couple of weeks all pretty similar, but different colour schemes, all the original sketches would of been discarded after painting. I also, did DYSE replacing the "I", in my head I thought if I got caught painting it on a train I would only be charged with a few rather than a whole heap (how naiive lol). This night was memorable for many reasons, firstly the couple having sex in front of us without knowing we were there whilst we sat in the dark bushes waiting to go in, also Trok BNB, wouldnt let me put my arrow over his cloud, so he sprayed his cloud over it, 5 mins later I noticed it and went back over his cloud, as soon as I turned my back he'd painted over it again. We used all our scrap paint to paint a second train that night and it ran all day - this one ran the following monday, but nobody took pics.
Straight Pen, One shot sketch from 7-17-07. Just messing around and trying to stay busy at a time when I really wasn't painting very much. The funny thing is, the more I sketch, the less I paint. That's one way I can tell if I'm active or not. If I'm active, like now, I don't have any time to sketch. When I'm not, I use the time I would normally be painting, for sketching. I used to try to do a sketch a day and for any, up and coming writer, I would seriously recommend a daily regimen of vitamins, good healthy food, exercise and a funky sketch. haha. You know what they say, a sketch a day, keeps the haters at bay! Well, atleast that's what I say.......