Graffiti Name Design - Eroded Bricks

Описание: General Note:

My entire intention for these videos is to act as a visual support towards experiencing and embracing the process of art. Trusting the process is one of the most valuable skills an artist can learn. Understanding that art takes time is another. That’s why the only editing that this project has gone through is to add music, insert the artist’s acknowledgements and notes along the way. I want those seeing this to know how much time this took without the timelapse.

Teaching Notes:

Bricks: Normal or Eroded: What type of graffiti artist are you?

Now, before I have a bunch of graffiti artists coming to give me guff about what I’m asking, relax. It’s not a diss. In fact, we’re still looking at our bricks at the moment. If you’re a graffiti artist, you may know about the unwritten rules that surround the graffiti scene.

As an artist, one of the biggest skills we have is to read our canvas. Whether it be a piece of paper, canvas itself, a wall, already used or pristine, we are usually invested in figuring out the amount of space we have there and whether or not it’s going to work for the project we have in mind.

Our canvas is nearly primed and ready for us. We’ve been working on a “wall” to practice our graffiti style on. My original question, “What type of graffiti artist are you?” pertains to the wall itself. Is the building eroded and uncared for? Is it something that is abandoned? Or is it a new or cared for facility or home. The difference that we’re working with here is the notion that you could be a graffiti artist that knows the rules on this as well as canvas creation.

In this video, I’m going over my brick measurements and making it so that there is a recession of grout in between the bricks with the addition of my darker lines. I’m also breaking up corners and making it so that the bricks look very weathered in some areas, almost like worn down cobblestone on the side of a warehouse or building in general. This canvas then tells me that the place might not be taken care of. That’s where reading the canvas comes into play more. It says, graffiti is still vandalism on the side of this building that I don’t own, but it isn’t as harsh as going to someone’s property and leaving some semblance of artwork somewhere.

*Please note that this is not to say that I’m allowing or interested in illegal behaviors or prompting the interest in going out there to try it out. This is a deep dive into reasoning, canvas research, and understanding graffiti locations.

For more information on this, I’ve been doing my best to find other graffiti artist’s videos to help explain graffiti in more depth than I can currently. At this time, I prefer videos from YOUFO:

Un-Written Rules of Graffiti (Part 2):    • Rules To Graffiti  

I like his information style. His videos are more straightforward and something that I can introduce in class in moderation.

After this section see video: Graffiti Generator…

Videos:

Graffiti Name Design - Ripped Paper Layout
Graffiti Name Design - Brick Measurements (Around Border)
Graffiti Name Design - Connecting ½” Horizontal Lines
Graffiti Name Design - Brick Set B (Only as First Rows Made)
Graffiti Name Design - Brick Set A (Only as Second Rows Made)
Graffiti Name Design - Clean Up Measurements
Graffiti Name Design - Shade the Bricks
Graffiti Name Design - Darker Value Between Paper and Bricks
Graffiti Name Design - Blend Using a Tissue
Graffiti Name Design - Bricks: Normal or Eroded: What type of graffiti artist are you?
Graffiti Name Design - Graffiti Generator…
Graffiti Name Design - Print or Trace Screen
Graffiti Name Design - Window-Transfer Traced Graffiti onto a New Page
Graffiti Name Design - Outlining Interior Letters & Coloring with Colored Pencils
Graffiti Name Design - Adding 2 Images that Represent You - An Ode to Character Pieces…
Graffiti Name Design - Piece Layout on Your Graphite Brick Wall & Attaching It

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Variations can be made based on material you’d like to use. Remember that if you use popsicle sticks as a wall, you may need to skip this step.

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Note about music over audio instructions:

Until I have a quiet space to record directions, I will be avoiding adding them.

Life happens at my house. It’s loud and alive, silly and spontaneous… During nearly all of my videos, ambient sounds are not the only ones recorded.

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Song List:
1) Blank Slate
2) Careful Planning
3) Elevate
4) To Bring Forth
5) Golden Light
6) Under the Clouds
7) Waves of Grace
8) Around the Wall


Repeats after track 8.


Composer: Suno
Prompted by: KA_PD


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Finally, please note that all videos and edits were adjusted by KA at Plentiful Designs. The video itself is copyrighted and is not for individual or commercial use. If using this as a teaching tool, please link and give credit where it's due.

Thank you!