Comments on: Graffiti Artist – Start to Finish in 10 Minutes http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/17/graffiti-artist-start-to-finish-in-10-minutes/ Specialization is for Insects. Thu, 24 May 2012 16:31:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Horus http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/17/graffiti-artist-start-to-finish-in-10-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-45228 Horus Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:57:01 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/17/graffiti-artist-start-to-finish-in-10-minutes/#comment-45228 Just because it uses spraypaint does not make it graffiti. Graffiti, by definition is the illegal application of a medium to a surface, and in a more modern context graffiti art is the stylized painting of lettering and characters using spray paint on walls, either legally or illegally....this, what you have shown,..is kitschy street craft aimed at tourists and sold around the world for about 5-10 dollars a piece. It represents a methodical use of spraypaint and that is its only redeeming factor, as it completely lacks any original creative thought. -my two cents. sorry to rant, but I'm passionate about my ART. Horus. Just because it uses spraypaint does not make it graffiti.
Graffiti, by definition is the illegal application of a medium to a surface, and in a more modern context graffiti art is the stylized painting of lettering and characters using spray paint on walls, either legally or illegally….this, what you have shown,..is kitschy street craft aimed at tourists and sold around the world for about 5-10 dollars a piece. It represents a methodical use of spraypaint and that is its only redeeming factor, as it completely lacks any original creative thought.
-my two cents. sorry to rant, but I’m passionate about my ART.

Horus.

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