Download or read book Street Fonts written by Claudia Walde and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic graffiti lettering and experimental typographical forms lie at the heart of street culture and have long inspired designers in many different fields. But graffiti artists, who tend to paint the same letters of their tag again and again, rarely design complete alphabets. Claudia Walde has spent over two years collecting alphabets by 154 artists from 30 countries with a view to showing the many different styles and approaches to lettering within the graffiti and street art cultures. All of the artists have roots in graffiti. Some are world renowned such as 123 Klan (Canada), Faith47 (South Africa) and Hera (Germany); others are lesser known or only now starting to emerge. Each artist received the same brief: to design all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet within the limits of a single page of the book. How they approached this task and selected the media with which to express their ideas was entirely up to them. The results are a fascinating insight into the creative process.
Download or read book Alphabeatz written by Woshe and published by Promopress. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graffiti writing was born in the streets of Philadelphia in the late 1960s. But it was in New York in the early 1970s that it became a full-fledged urban art, gradually taking over the landscape of the city, from its walls to its subway cars. This is a writing manual, a detailed examination of how graffiti writers have developed the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. It includes the contribution of ten of the international scene's most talented creators answer Woshe's questions about matters that include their practice, their relationship with letters and their backgrounds. It includes a map of New York with the sites where the most important graffiti are located.
Download or read book Graffiti for Beginners written by Mega DNS and published by Dokument Forlag. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to draw graffiti letters! Graffiti for Beginners is an easy-to-follow introduction that presents you with the basics behind graffiti lettering. The two funky yet classic graffiti alphabets created by experienced graffiti artist Mega gives you the opportunity to learn a basic graffiti style, as well as a more advanced wild style. Each of the alphabet's 26 letters has its own spread where the building blocks of the letter are carefully displayed next to the specified space for you to practice, along with illustrations of how the letters can be used in different words and names. In addition to the letters, you will find examples of characteristic elements used in graffiti such as 3D or shades to add depth to the letters, or arrows, stars, bubbles, highlights and shines to make the piece stand out. Graffiti for Beginners is the fundamental guide for you to learn how to master the alphabet with style and finesse, letter by letter, until you are able to put together complicated words and messages, adding the coloring of your own choice. Learning graffiti has never been easier or more fun! Graffiti for Beginners suits all ages and is a great tool for advertisers, home stylers, school teachers, kids and creative adults alike. Your teacher, Mega DNS, has over 35 years experience in writing graffiti. His letter style is best described as legible old New York style mixed with European style and most importantly: the letters must have movement and style.
Download or read book Graffiti Alphabets written by Claudia Walde and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international survey of graffiti and street art, and a unique typographical sourcebook as well.
Download or read book Graffiti Alphabets written by Claudia Walde and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Each contributor has a distinct skill that refutes the mainstream view of graffiti artists as mere vandals.” —New York Times Classic graffiti lettering and experimental typographical forms lie at the heart of street culture and have long inspired designers in many different fields. But graffiti artists, who tend to paint the same letters of their tag again and again, rarely design complete alphabets. Claudia Walde spent over two years collecting alphabets by 154 artists from thirty countries to show the many different styles and approaches to lettering within the graffiti and street art cultures. All of the artists have roots in graffiti. Some are world renowned such as 123 Klan (Canada), Faith47 (South Africa), and Hera (Germany); others are lesser known or only now starting to emerge. Each artist received the same instructions: design all twenty- six letters of the Latin alphabet within the limits of a single page of the book. How they approached this task and selected the media with which to express their ideas was entirely up to them, and the results encompass not just street art but sketches, sculpture, digital art, and photography.
Download or read book Learn to Draw a Graffiti Master piece written by Graffiti Diplomacy and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaches a variety of graffiti word designs. Includes step-by-step instructions, in both pictures and text that will guide one through the process of creating a graffiti masterpiece.
Download or read book Flip the Script written by Christian P. Acker and published by Gingko Press Editions. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinctive hand style lettering is an essential skill for artists and designers. Deftly executed hand crafted letter forms are a nearly forgotten art in an age of endless free fonts. Graffiti is one of the last reservoirs of highly refined, well-practiced penmanship. Within the pages of FLIP THE SCRIPT, the best hand styles are analysed, contextualising the work of graffiti writers from around America. Author Acker presents the various lettering samples in a clean organized format, giving the material a proper, formal treatment evoking classic typography books.
Download or read book LA Graffiti Black Book written by David Brafman and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of unique works by 150 Los Angeles graffiti and tattoo artists represents an unprecedented collaboration across the city’s diverse artistic landscape. Many graffiti artists carry sketchbooks, called black books, and they ask crew members and others whose work they admire to inscribe their books with lettering or drawings. A few years ago, the Getty Research Institute invited artists, including Angst, Axis, Big Sleeps, Chaz, Cre8, Defer, EyeOne, Fishe, Heaven, Hyde, Look, ManOne, and Prime, to consider the idea of a citywide graffiti black book. During visits to the Getty Center, the artists viewed rare books related to calligraphy and letterforms, including works by Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci. The artists instantly recognized the connections to their own practices and were particularly drawn to a liber amicorum (book of friends), a form of autograph book popular in the seventeenth century. Passed from hand to hand, it was filled with signatures, poetry, and coats of arms, like a black book from another era. Inspired by this meeting of minds across centuries, these artists became both creators and curators, crafting their own pages and inviting others to contribute. Eventually 150 Los Angeles artists decorated 143 individual pages. These were bound together into an exquisite artists’ book that became known as the Getty Graffiti Black Book. This publication reproduces each page from the original artists’ book and recounts the story of an unprecedented collaboration across the diverse artistic landscape of Los Angeles.
Download or read book Graffiti Alphabet written by Olga Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The ABCs of Style written by David Villorente and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part children's alphabet book and part adult art primer, this volume features 26 colorful marker drawings contributed by various renowned graffiti artists.
Download or read book Alphabet City written by Michael De Feo and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objects are painted on urban walls representing each letter of the alphabet.
Download or read book Forms of Rockin written by Anssi Arte and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The idea of style and competing for the best style is the key to all forms of rockin'." – Style Wars, 1983. Are subcultures, like graffiti, floating free in their own space, or are they connected to the rest of society? In Forms of Rockin’, graffiti styles are connected to graphic design and other popular culture expressions such as music, fashion, photography, industrial design and movies for the first time. Anssi Arte analyses some of the most powerful visual symbols of the 1970s, 80s and 90s and compares design, typography and graffiti styles. The visual styles of James Brown, Blade Runner, the Memphis group and grunge music all appear together with classic fonts and graffiti writers. The clear yet analytical narrative and carefully crafted visualizations make it appealing to both graphic design aficionados as well as graffiti enthusiasts. But Forms of Rockin’ is more than that. This is a must for everybody interested in contemporary popular culture and design history. Forms of Rockin' traces and defines the stylistic conventions in graffiti letterforms that have become iconic and globally acknowledged ideals. From the early New York tags to the mid-1990s ugly-fresh styles of Scandinavia, Forms of Rockin’ tells the story of how popular culture and graffiti styles influences each other.
Download or read book A Is for American written by Jill Lepore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What ties Americans to one another? What unifies a nation of citizens with different racial, religious and ethnic backgrounds? These were the dilemmas faced by Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as they sought ways to bind the newly United States together. In A is for American, award-winning historian Jill Lepore portrays seven men who turned to language to help shape a new nation’s character and boundaries. From Noah Webster’s attempts to standardize American spelling, to Alexander Graham Bell’s use of “Visible Speech” to help teach the deaf to talk, to Sequoyah’s development of a Cherokee syllabary as a means of preserving his people’s independence, these stories form a compelling portrait of a developing nation’s struggles. Lepore brilliantly explores the personalities, work, and influence of these figures, seven men driven by radically different aims and temperaments. Through these superbly told stories, she chronicles the challenges faced by a young country trying to unify its diverse people.
Download or read book Graffiti Alphabet Styles written by K. H. T. Grafitoo and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to Creating and Styling the graffiti Alphabet with four styles for each letter. This book will help you, how to design four graffiti styles so you can use them in your own designs. Features: Large size 8.5x11. Colorful interior. Glossy cover.
Download or read book GRAFF written by Scape Martinez and published by IMPACT. This book was released on 2009-02-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once viewed as merely a blemish on the urban landscape, graffiti today has evolved into a legitimate art form in its own right, influencing entertainment, advertising, fashion and other creative industries worldwide. In this unprecedented book, master graffiti artist Scape Martinez shows how he does his thing, offering streetwise advice to help other "writers" create maximum-impact, legally sanctioned work. Step by step, he lays out the philosophies and realities of the genre. From picking a "tag" and developing letterforms, to the logistics of prepping a wall and working a spray can in a painterly fashion, Graff will help you find your style and leave your mark—large and loud. A breakdown of the fundamental elements of graffiti-style—letters, character, backgrounds—and how they work together and intermingle with arrows, symbols, quotes and tags From paper to wall, a start-to-finish approach for creating graffiti in various styles 5 on-site step-by-step demonstrations show the creation of various types of compositions, from throw ups to full-blown pieces Complete with a glossary and a timeline tracing graffiti history, Graff is the bible for street artists looking to elevate their work, graphic designers wanting to expand their vocabulary, and anyone interested in giving their work an edgy, urban look.
Download or read book Popsicle Stick Graffiti Number Three Bubble Letters written by Graffiti Diplomacy and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combine popsicle sticks and bubble letters to create your own unique graffiti style wall hangers. Mix and match a variety of different bubble letter styles with paint, magic markers, colored pencils or crayons. Clear instructions, drawings, and photos of the steps and finished projects will provide you with plenty of guidance and hours of colorful fun.
Download or read book Blackbook written by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its vibrant colors, personal point of view, and brilliantly complex designs, graffiti has finally won recognition as an art form. And, like all artists, graffitists need a place to plot out their ideas. Building on our successful line of bound sketchbooks, this blank volume is aimed at the hip, young artists (and those aspiring to be) in the burgeoning field of graffiti art. Containing plain pages as well as a graph paper insert, it resembles the hardcover "blackbook” that’s standard must-have equipment for these cutting-edge painters. Not only will it be where they painstakingly draft their designs, but artists will use it for written notes, pasted-in photos and source material, and an all-in-one portfolio for their very best work.
