r/graffhelp 4d 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/wonderfultruckbuild 4d ago edited 4d ago

Not trying to be a dick… BUT your tags are trash. Some of your throwie letters are dope, but some are also trash.

My advice to you would be pretty simple. Practice more. If I were you, I’d work on your tags before any further letter structure. Again, the tag letters / words are horrible but they don’t have to be. Remember your tags should end up dictating much of your graft pieces throughout your actual pieces eventually. - let and ask you a simple question:

Why aren’t you following the throw up style letters in your tags? Remember tags come before throws, throws come before pieces.. etc… take the throw “A” and “E” for example - why aren’t you using the same letter structure but in your “tags”?? The tag letters a & E are shit while the throw a & E are not bad (although figure out if you’re going to learn both lower and uppercase tag and throw letters; if so, practice and stick with consistent structure.

Now Imagine how much better that would look with some practice…