Coolest And Easiest Graffiti Characters
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 |I am most certain that you all have seen graffiti paintings and drawings, especially on the walls of the subway stations. Many people regard graffiti as vandalism and shake their heads in disapproval when they see these drawings on the walls. The thing is that graffiti is actually a lot older than you may think. It appeared in the ancient Rome when people used to draw on the walls. Actually the word “graffiti” comes from the Greek word “graphein” which means “to write” . People in the ancient times used to write on walls all the times, even from the stone age – remember the famous cave paintings at Altamira in Spain and Lescaux in France. Well, if these graffiti drawings are made in specially organized places where the authorities allowed the graffiti artists to express themselves, you will notice the fact that they are real works of art. The guys making the graffiti are very talented and they chose this kind of expression in order to protest against something or show their views and opinions on something. They usually use spray cans and vivid colors in order to draw attention. These drawings have 3D effect and are specific mainly to suburban areas in the cities.
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But until they get to paint the beautiful drawings there, on the walls, the young artists spend long hours practicing on paper with a normal pencil and a rubber in their hands. You must be very talented to do this, but you also must have some knowledge of how to do this if you are a beginner, because there are certain specific features of graffiti paintings and you’d better respect them if you want to make real authentic graffiti works. First you need to find the <strong>coolest and easiest graffiti characters</strong> that you will print after that.
Then try to copy them on plain paper and then try to make them look three dimensional. You will find enough web sites that can help you with this and you will also find tutorials on the internet, helping you get a good start in graffiti work. After you master those characters in pencil, go to the next level and make only the margins and the shades with the pencil, coloring the letters with brightly colored markers. Try to be as accurate as possible, thinking that you will do this drawing directly on the wall and you can’t undo any mistakes made there.
If you have some talent in art and drawing you will see that after some time your skills in graffiti will improve and you will be ready to go to the next level. You will have to find a small piece of a wall and first try to use coloured chalk in order to be able to correct your mistakes easily without much damage to the drawing. But after a few months of practice I am pretty confident that you will do a great job as a graffiti artist.
Here are some web sites where you can find the<strong> coolest and easiest graffiti characters</strong> and also some very nice graffiti drawings that you can use for inspiration: <a href=”http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/characters,graffiti” target=”_blank”>www.fiveprime.org</a>, <a href=”http://hubpages.com/hub/Graffiti-Characters” target=”_blank”>www.hubpages.com</a>, <a href=”http://www.graffiticreator.net/” target=”_blank”>www.graffiticreator.net</a>, <a href=”http://www.stainer1.co.uk/graffiti_characters.php” target=”_blank”>www.stainer1.co.uk</a>, <a href=”http://www.ehow.com/video_4979297_draw-inuyasha-characters.html?cp=1&pid=1&wa%5Fvrid=1036c8b8%2Dab6b%2D4ad2%2Da651%2D27f758891350″ target=”_blank”>www.ehow.com</a>, <a href=”http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-Graffiti-Names” target=”_blank”>www.wikihow.com</a>, <a href=”http://www.squidoo.com/learntodrawgraffitiletters” target=”_blank”>www.squidoo.com</a>, <a href=”http://weburbanist.com/2009/10/01/graffiti-lettering-9-cool-characters-alphabets-fonts/” target=”_blank”>www.weburbanism.com</a> and <a href=”http://www.howtodrawgraffiti.net/” target=”_blank”>www.howtodrawgraffiti.net</a>.
