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My Man's Graffiti Wall Art

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I'm Proud of my Man!

When Luke and I first got together over 12 years ago we used to sketch & draw a lot together. I was studying illustration (only for 1 year sadly)... all the while having a huge passion for art and design, while he had a massive passion for street art and skateboarding. At nights he'd practice his graf sketches and sometimes I'd shade and color them because he wanted to learn new shading and shadowing techniques. We even made a skateboard together. He sanded back one of his own used boards and did his name as a piece and I did all the surrounding ink design. Fun memories!

We used to always keep our eyes out round our local area looking for the stand out best wall art and we found one of our favourite spots in Seaford through a mate which was trackside on the Frankston line.

Up till then, although he loved sketching pieces and trying out new styles and ideas for lettering, he'd not put spray paint to wall in a big proper piece fashion. Plans sometimes were thought up for putting them out there but none really eventuated.

Slowly through both being in full time work and having other distractions... I was in publishing and Luke started being a house/commercial painter... slowly that creative side and passion for both of us sadly petered out.

Fast forward to 2010 and I'm furiously being creative 24/7 thanks to my passion being re-ignited to a furious flame, first by my purchase of a Canon DSLR and then from finding and joining by far, the best community on the internet....... Red Bubble!

From this and my complete obsession, Luke slowly starts talking about and trying to dig out all his old pieces and sketches. I could see him wanting it back, I think especially when he saw how happy my creativeness was making me.

As if by fate Luke bumped into the guy living down the end of our street who he remembered from years back. He was in a Graffiti group called C.I. So of course Luke loved all the conversations with him, pouring over graffiti pieces watching doco's on street art (especially in New York).

Turned out that this guy had access and permission to painting on that trackside Seaford wall that Luke always loved!! So of course he jumped at the chance when he was given permission to paint there.

Since then Luke has done 12 pieces in only 6 months!! All the time so passionate, sketching at nights, looking forward to the weekends when he can get to Seaford to paint.

And I have to say... he has a real talent for it! I'm so impressed by how good he was to start with and then how much he's progressed in the short time he's been doing it.

Here's his foray into Graf...

His graffiti name is Debaser... that dates back to before I knew him.

He chose it because of his favourite song called Debaser by his favourite band, The Pixies.



What do you think? Here's the progression (I didn't include  his first 3 though) of his work up to his latest piece:

















This is his romantic gesture to me... sweet huh! :)



this one (below) is my favourite.



This latest piece (below) we're both especially proud of and it's brings back some big memories.

This was a sketch Luke did when he was 20 and I coloured it in.  Luke found the sketch a few weeks ago... so it's kind of like a collaboration between us... in that we both had a hand in creating it... although he did all the hard work.

He keeps asking me to come paint with him... and I'm slowly warming to the idea... although I wouldn't do letters... I would definitely have to do an image/mural of some kind.

Will keep you posted.



Just to clarify... this is all legal :)

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Back when the pioneers of Graf first started in New York decades ago it follows the graf adventures of a number of young writers at the time.

With great music, brilliant documentary making skills... it stands out as not only a great graf film.... but a great documentary film in itself!

Reccomend watch for everybody!!
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There's always a debate surrounding Graffiti.

I for one hate the simple name graffiti they call tags.... I understand it's part of the culture but I think they're ugly and unneccessary.... to me they're more about immature youth wanting to be noticed more than anything else.

But when it comes to large, detailed, full colour pieces or murals... well I just love them! To me they're glorious pieces of art and I would love to see more in my area! Especially when I know things such as these are what keeps our youth motivated and off the streets and drugs!!

Like here... just look at these incredible wall murals....

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OctopusSkatePool
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aryz_01
david_walker_04
graffiti_berlin_07
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How do you feel about Graffiti Walls and Murals in your area (not simple tags & names... but large scaled, detailed pieces & murals?)

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I love it... more please.

Pastiche says:

I love outdoor mural art and legal graffiti walls. I would love to design a big project for kids to paint up on a playground or other sanctioned outdoor "canvas." The late, talented Keith Haring is one of my favorite artists. He created many works of street art, on his own (some illegal, some not) and later lead dozens of big outdoor art projects for/ with children. He went to the same art school as my dear hubs. RIP Keith, he helped break down some barriers and his legacy lives on to inspire young artists.

BizGuides says:

Right On!
...A WOW, Ray Charles!

 

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  • happygraffiti Feb 15, 2012 @ 7:16 am | delete
    Hey there - Loving the lens! I'm new to squidoo, but I have a blog called happygraffiti.com which encourages people to upload the positive graffiti they see out and about. Have a peek :)

    Jen x
  • Pastiche Feb 8, 2011 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Hello Pip - brilliant lens! You must look at Keith Haring's work and read about his art at his official web site (http://www.haring.com/) and the official foundation blog: http://keithharingfoundationarchives.wordpress.com/
  • PipPipHooray Feb 9, 2011 @ 1:33 am | delete
    thank you so much for your truly wonderful and thought out comments... those kind of comments mean so much to me! I will definitely be going to check out Keith now... thanks for the link.
    Pip :)
  • BizGuides Jan 12, 2011 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    If I owned a large building where the walls could be graffiti-ized, I would embrace the display of talent each quarter of the year, season.I would also want to meet the artists and enjoy their
    company. I would feel honored.
  • PipPipHooray Jan 13, 2011 @ 3:55 am | delete
    That's such a brilliant idea! Cause the artists would get the exposure for that time... but they can also add the photo's to their portfolio as well as put it on the internet! Smart thinking... if only we owned big buildings :)
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