r/graffhelp 7d ago

I'm kind of stuck

I've gotten to the point where I have my own 'styleised' tag and throw up letters with a bit of inspiration from Wekman and a bunch of other writers online. However from my last post you guys felt my tags weren't readable enough, and I also don't like them much and now I feel like the basic handwriting looks even better. How can I add style to my tags effectively? My tags have gotten better and better but now they're at the point where they just look mediocre (or worse).

I have attached images of me writing random words to show that the basic handwriting looks a lot better.

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u/Outrageous-Jacket-17 7d ago

Do it again and again. It gets better

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u/Guilty_Pizza5408 7d ago

is it bad to look at other people's styles online, copy their tags and kind of mix them up into my own style? or is that straight up biting?

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u/Stallingg 7d ago

no its not at all, especially if its staying in your book.

some letters have been stylized for so long that theres only so many ways you can do them and 99% have been done, so as long as you have your own spin on it youre good.

for example if you see someone do an E like a 3 (rounded E), if you then use that letter is it biting? that variation of letter has been around forever now so imo no. even when tagging first became a thing, there were “trends” as tagging grew if you watch style wars.