Art Leaks
GROW UP WITH GRAFFITI
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KRINK. They basically grew up with NY’s Graffiti/Tagging movement itself. Specialized in ink and paint markers they started off with basic throwie colors and now they have a wider but still a compact selection, strictly graffiti orientated. Their markers let you control just as you want how drippy or clean you write. Kudos for packaging design and it’s always a plus that their ink come in large quantities compared to other brands. The special products line are eye opening and KRINK has managed to put together rad items with the most unexpected organizations! |
Sources: https://krink.com/
CALLIGRAPHY: THE REAL THING
| Japan famous for its calligraphy culture (remember Kanji tattoos were a thing in the 2000’s?) and its leading supplies brand is Kuretake. In an average Japanese household you are to find at least one Kuretake pen, it’s that common. The company started off producing inksticks back in 1902, so it has history, experience the authenticity. Let’s focus on their FUDE PEN line, which are calligraphy brush pens. For those who are looking for the real calligraphy feel you should go for the Bimoji Fude Pen, which emulates that real bamboo made writing tool. As the FUDE PEN line mainly comes in black, they also have a creativity line aimed for writers and calligraphers with 90 colors to choose from. From inksticks to vibrant colored calligraphy designed brush pens unleash your wildest calligraphic fantasies with Kuretake! |
Sources: OFFICIAL KURETAKE WEBSITE
GRAFFITI FOR DIGITAL CRAFTSMENSHIP
| Welcome to the 21st century! 3D printed graffitis are really something else. Every single stroke is captured precisely then reproduced as a plastic sculpture. |
Source CULTS3D
Quirky supplies from the East!
| Fadebomb, an online graffiti supplies store based in Japan manages to fulfill those niche necessities of the art. Besides the extensive variety of graffiti utensils, have a look at their original nibs, caps and markers. There are these multi headed cap adapters and multi colored nib markers that surely whet your spraying and tagging appetite!! Oh Japan, please never change.. |
Source: FADEBOMB
Graff Leaks
Robots VS Vandals
Creepy as shXt. National Highways have recently announced that after a competition backed by the UK government, robot forces will be implemented to tackle graffiti on their railways. Audio sensory robots that will detect graffiti writing noises, AI fueled robots that trigger “deterrents”, wall climbing robots that will apply anti-graffiti paint that prevent paint adhesion…Robots VS Human (vandals)!
Man on the run
Modern day, bounty hunting (ok not really as there are no rewards) ! Hull, UK’s police has made an official announcement asking for any information on the writer with the tag WEL or WELDER due to his continuous vandalistic act in the zone. They are looking for you!
Vandalism or Art
Many of you may have heard about Banksy’s new graffiti piece in Cromer, UK. But did you know that an offensive graffiti was written just above so it was removed? They did the right thing because offensiveness is a big no in genuine writing, but we wonder if they would have still cleaned it up if it were just a simple tag. That would have created quite a contrast: Banksy and tagging both illegal but “Bansky = art” so it’s okay but “graffiti = vandalism” so no…
Rock on Graffiti Granny!
| Graffiti Granny strikes in Goodwood, Australia. Ms. Mary Kolusniewski, 75 was held guilty for damaging 5 street signs with “WTF” as a protest against the speed humps and one lane choke points, which according to Graffiti Granny disrupted the beautiful aesthetics of the street. She will need to pay a fine but no community service due to her physical conditions. She even has pink hair, rock on Graffiti Granny! |
Grow up idiot
| “Grow up idiot” were the exact words which mayor Sarah Millor of Henley, UK used to describe a writer who has been vandalizing various street signs in town. At this point it would have made more sense if she’d just defaced his tags with these words! lol |
A landmark gone….
| Toady we have a sad announcement to make… In Liverpool, UK a famous graffiti covered toilet has been replaced with tourist attractions….another work of art and history has been demolished…:( |
The real underground
Tel Aviv Israel’s railway is not yet functioning but it’s already underground culturally vibrant! Some graffiti enthusiasts find their way in and has adorned the tunnels with graffs.
Vandals of elementary school
| Cádiz, located in the south of Spain is where a group of 3rd grade kids became writers. Okay maybe not exactly…but after a year of lock downs due to the global health crisis an elementary school wanted to offer some kind of extra-extracurricular activity to their students: they painted the school wall with the words “Solidarity, Respect, Equality and Coexistence”. However the Municipality announced that “since it is visible from the exterior it needs to be removed as it doesn´t comply with municipal regulations”. Wow, did these 8 year old kids just vandalize their own school unintentionally!? |
SMILE for the camera!
| The city of Coventry is going bananas with SMILE. Shutters, fences, walls or whatever surface the tagger can get his hands on he is there. Store owners and landlords hate him but some locals are liking his positive messages in strange times like this. They also managed to capture a footage of him whilst tagging a wall. Watch out man! |
PIECE
a completed work that has more than 3 colors (so not tags or throwies). It can also mean a masterpiece.
Fill
| The inside area of letters that are “filled in” with colors as opposed to outlines. |
“Be Someone”
| Houston, Texas’s iconic graffiti “Be Someone” that appeared in 2012 on the Union Pacific bridge to enter the city that greeted drivers may not be repainted anymore. In the past quasi-decade it has been painted over numerous times then turned back to the original “Be Someone” . However an anonymous announcement has been released thanking the supporters of the Be Someone bridge “Keep going, keep representing and go make a difference in your daily life. Go out there and do it for your own sanity, your own Joy and spread the love! Even if we don’t paint the bridge anymore we will still continue to put in work! 10 years of the Besomeone Bridge has been amazing.”. The Houston landmark that inspired countless drivers might not come back but it will continue to live on. |
Bloopers
| ShXt happens. They literally do. Getting busted whilst spraying a throwie, falling off the ladder, bursting a full spray can in your face…and the list goes on forever. Hit “graffiti fails” and you will open a door to a whole new world of empathy. Writing bloopers happen to all of us, it’s part of the game, practice makes perfect. You are not alone 🙂 |
Vandalism for Paro Nacional
Colombia has a period called Paro Nacional (national strike) which initiated in 2019 where mass protests take place across the country in the name of anti- corruption, no to increasing taxes, better health care, improved working conditions, and to question how much power and influence the government is gaining. This year many graffiti writers and artists have backed these movements in cities such as in Cali, Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Pereira. Monumental works on pavements have been popping up alongside the enthusiasm of citizens of Columbia.
SURFACE FRIENDLY GRAFFITI
Aussie writer Sofles has been keeping him busy in times of a pandemic. He went “bombing” across the city of Brisbane with a projector tagging and writing some graffs digitally.
We’re assuming that that the authorities appreciated his kind gesture to not vandalize any buildings with real paint.