Art Leaks
PIECE
a completed work that has more than 3 colors (so not tags or throwies). It can also mean a masterpiece.
Heavy duty graffiti
| Wow, now this is something new. Excavators, power shovels, dump trucks and other heavy construction equipment get vamped up with graffiti. A project by Shinko Heavy Equipment and Constructions Company based in Shizuoka Japan offers heavy duty canvases and space to exhibit the finished works. When president Mr. Kobayashi inevitably faced more hours in his company office due to the pandemic he thought of revitalizing the neighborhood by vibrant graffiti and murals he had seen in other parts of Japan and abroad. |
Fill
| The inside area of letters that are “filled in” with colors as opposed to outlines. |
Harasho!
| From Russia with graffiti love! The Moscow Metro is celebrating its 86th birthday with legally painted graffiti train by local artists. The train will be in service until September and it will be up to the people to decide how they will be used. A wonderful initiative to support art in all forms, ain’t it!? |
Calling all artists
| Tesla is constructing a new mega-huge factory in Berlin called the Giga Berlin. For its completion founder Elon Musk has called out for all graffiti artists to submit their works to adorn the exterior walls. Architecturally speaking the walls are colossal and smooth, mouth watering for any artist to get those hands on. As a collateral effect, a wave of memes that mock the business magnate have spread across the internet, lol. |
Throwups
| Throwups or throwies could be considered between tagging and piece in terms of complexity. They are one, or maximum two colored letters that normally have a fill and outline. Quickly paintable, making them the writers choices when bombing. |
STICKERS
Stickers like “HELLO MY NAME” IS where you write your tag in the blank space (hey, look on the top left of your screen!) and other forms of writer personalized adhesive papers is a quick way to leave one’s mark. They’re normally found on the back of street signs, poles, electric boxes and more with smooth surfaces but not necessarily flat.
GRAFFITI VS STREET ART
Tagging
So obviously we need to dedicate it to TAGGING the gateway graffiti. Normally done in single color with a marker or spray. Faster the better, the more the better. Tag is the signature of a writer so they leave it in as many places as possible to spread their name.
Hello to crypto art and NFT
| A Banksy’s piece was burned in live by a group that belongs to a blockchain company called Injective Protocol. The artwork titled “Morons (white)” was purchased for nearly 100 thousand dollars before going to flames and turned to NFT (non fungible tokens). The reason is due to crypto art, a new growing movement with many artists’ endorsements. The entire process was recorded on footage and published on twitter page Burnt Banksy. |
ARE YOU A MAKER VANDAL?
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Vandal peeps in Brasil have come up a new kind of graffiti. They 3D printed a miniature water tank then applied fake rust and painted it ruined to give an abandoned look. Then tagged with markers and paint. Two thumbs up for DIY micro legal vandalism! |
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
New Night Quill
The Night Quill has just been released! It’s an actual pressure regulator for spray cans and should be used with your favorite cap. With this regulator, you can have maximum control over the spray stream! Try it out to believe it!
FULLHD HVDP
With FULLHD HVDP, the new video online on Spraydaily’s YouTube page, we fly straight to Poland with some super actions on colorful regional trains! A super crew is at work, and a wide variety of train models dominate the scene!
Outline
The outline is like the skeleton of a dope graffiti piece, giving it that sick contour and separating the colors inside from the background. Usually, we use tight caps to get those clean, precise lines. Some graffiti styles, like 3D, ditch the outline altogether and still manage to look fly as hell.
Lisbon MetroJam
The System Boys Instagram page just dropped a mind-blowing video of the epic “MetroJam” goin’ down in Lisbon! Trust me, you gotta check it out ’cause it’s off the hook! We’re talkin’ super crews like DRS, TPG, U.V., and TPK throwin’ down mad skills! All with Double A spray paint!
Masterpiece
A masterpiece is the utmost expression of style and technique in the graffiti realm. It’s the most elaborated and calculated in terms of lettering and colors! Usually, it is also accompanied by a puppet or an intricate background!
Buff
Buff is the eternal arch enemy for the type of graffiti when you paint illegally in public or private spaces. Buff actually means when the piece is erased, which can happen quickly because institutions have implemented a method to receive reports that provide information about newly written pieces.
Hall Of Fame
The Hall of Fame is the place to be for all writers! The legal wall known for its excellence where all the best writers leave their marks. Normally, it’s the point of gathering for many crews where they can meet not only via words but also via styles!
Best Of Times 2022
Spraydaily always drops the sickest stuff! On their Youtube there is international crew BOT’s new video, “Best of Times 2022” packed with a recap of all the action from last year! From commuter trains to the most strangest subways! Enjoy!
Tag
A Tag is the most quickest and simple graffiti expression. Nowadays it’s not easy finding a town even in the middle of no where that doesn’t have one. A tag can also be a one line, when the marker or spray never leaves the surface whilst writing in one single stroke.
New Wholetrain
art.of.Rage has recently published a mega whole train with white background on their Instagram profile! This amazing piece was carried out on Hamburg’s subway to launch their new book “Alle Acht”. Not only Rage joined the operation but also artists like Moses, and crews such as BK, GMS and CCTV!
Throwup
A throw up or a flop is the gateway to bombing. It is the evolution of a tag in thick letters in a softie version. Normally the strokes are quicker than a normal piece, and sometimes it can also be a one line, single stroked. Most of the times only some of the letters of a tag is written, usually the first two.
Metal Lovers New Video
One of the most waited video has dropped on Spraydaily’s Youtube! Metal Lovers is the Italian crew MLS’s new video. In the footage you’ll witness tons of train rolling and action you just can’t miss. Most of then are whole-cars and top-to-bottom! Now head to that channel!
1UP Short Movie
After some time since the release of the book by 1UP in collaboration with Martha Cooper and Ninja K, the famous German crew has decided to publish on their YouTube channel a short film that documents the footages that lead them to making that book! A concentrate of adrenalin you just can’t miss or what!? What are you waiting for!?
BONNIE AND CLYDE
Dubbed the Bonnie and Clyde of graffiti: Utah and Ether. These writers from the United States have tagged trains and buildings in over 30 countries. Some of their most adrenalin pumping bombings are definitely the Probation Vacation series, featuring their trips to countries in Asia. As the name is self-explanatory, they left their native country to go on a vacation from their probation (which was a sentence for their previous vandalic acts, naturally). The paths they take to reach those spots are just meticulously insane and make you lose your breath.
LUXURY X VANDALISM
SO, we’re sure that all of you have at least heard about the Balenciaga AD campaign that implies child pornography, right? The Spanish luxury brand is being sacked from all directions at the moment. Here is where the vandalism community comes in. An activist vandalised their flagship store in London, UK, daubing the store windows with the words that penalize their collection’s promotion: “PEDOPHILIA”.