graf artists

[matéo]

I have alot of respect for real artists who manage to paint giant murals and interesting absract words on the sides of abandon buildings. The people I have zero tolerance for is those self proclaimed artists who manage to find a piece of private property and throw up a 30 second effort that no one really benefits from. Art is one thing but vandalism is another. I understand the person who painted this "work of art" is probably a surrey teen that is obviously uneducated as to why people use graffitti as a way of expressing themselves. Or maybe i am the one that needs the educating? I don't know. what I do know is that my family has worked hard over the past 45 years to build a respectable business. My grandfather built the original store in 1964 and maintained it until he was unable to do so. Now it is mine and the rest of my family's duty to maintain it. I mop the floors and clean the windows and probably will until I am unable to do so. This vandalism shows complete disregard for my family's continuous effort to support and respect the community around us. To those "real" artists much respect and do your best to educate those lost souls who think painting something like this will actually give them some kind of street credit when in actuality it will be painted over before anyone else can see it.

[Cdn_Brdr]

co-signed

[(val)Liam]

I also second the motion...

[Clayton.]

I actually agree with you this is the reason i rarely tag any more and just concentrate on trains and spots that are not personal property out of respect for people like yourself. Just be thankful it wasn't a glass eater you can't wash that shit off you have to replace the whole window which can be expensive as you probably already know.

[BongMan]

ya the crappy graff hurts my eyes I feel your pain Mat now what store does your family own??

[-evil-duerr-]

i totally agree. alot of the shit i see on walls is lame work with no artistry to it what so ever. shit looks worse than most high school kid's notebook doodles.
Those kids might as well be breaking windows or starting garbage can fires if thats what they call grafitti.

[Ms.Tarantula]

yes. more effort, less mess.

[mugsy]

here here! tagging peoples houses is even more lame.

[matéo]

Originally Posted by mugsy

here here! tagging peoples houses is even more lame.

I know. I see that a lot. or jsut one big line of spray paint going down a fence.

[sNyx]

Originally Posted by matéo

I have alot of respect for real artists who manage to paint giant murals and interesting absract words on the sides of abandon buildings. The people I have zero tolerance for is those self proclaimed artists who manage to find a piece of private property and throw up a 30 second effort that no one really benefits from. Art is one thing but vandalism is another. I understand the person who painted this "work of art" is probably a surrey teen that is obviously uneducated as to why people use graffitti as a way of expressing themselves. Or maybe i am the one that needs the educating? I don't know. what I do know is that my family has worked hard over the past 45 years to build a respectable business. My grandfather built the original store in 1964 and maintained it until he was unable to do so. Now it is mine and the rest of my family's duty to maintain it. I mop the floors and clean the windows and probably will until I am unable to do so. This vandalism shows complete disregard for my family's continuous effort to support and respect the community around us. To those "real" artists much respect and do your best to educate those lost souls who think painting something like this will actually give them some kind of street credit when in actuality it will be painted over before anyone else can see it.

by that example they arent really artists are they? I would call them bombers.
don't disfigure true graf artists from the paint and dashers :p

[matéo]

Originally Posted by matéo

I have alot of respect for real artists who manage to paint giant murals and interesting absract words on the sides of abandon buildings. The people I have zero tolerance for is those self proclaimed artists who manage to find a piece of private property and throw up a 30 second effort that no one really benefits from.

I think I made the differences b/w the two pretty clear.


Dorklips.

[Clayton.]

Unfortuatley graffiti is becoming trendy do to graff designs used for commercial purpose and thing like that stupid "Mark Ecko's Getting Up" game. So there will be an increase in shitty tags all over the place even though street graffiti is down 74% then it was 5 years ago.


I hate graffiti.

[matéo]

Originally Posted by Ever666

Just be thankful it wasn't a glass eater you can't wash that shit off you have to replace the whole window which can be expensive as you probably already know.

Yeah thats happened to us. We jsut replaced the window with a big piece of metal.

Hey dude you remember the KSI guys?

[Clayton.]

Yea they use to be hella up i heard half of them are addicted to heroin now. I use to like their stuff when i first started now i'm better then they are. haha.


It was a good Surrey crew.

[matéo]

nah dude they aren't addicted to heroin.

http://www.ephin.com

one of my buddies. He wrote VISION.

[axion]

^^

i see dude at the lamplighter all the time.

[sNyx]

Originally Posted by matéo

Dorklips.

whats that coldsore king?>

[craz_e_blossom]

Originally Posted by mugsy

here here! tagging peoples houses is even more lame.

Hey I second that because it happened to my house...It is kinda funny because you hear of it happening in PoCo alot more then anywhere else... Poor excuse for writters...These are the ones that give an actual artist a bad name...

[Clayton.]

Originally Posted by matéo

nah dude they aren't addicted to heroin.

http://www.ephin.com

one of my buddies. He wrote VISION.

Oh that's good i wasn't sure that's just what people have told me before.