atomik_sprout

OMG! That's like, one of my favorite past times! ^_^

I love driving/walking/riding the bus and, as soon as the railroad crossing lights start blinknig, I sit and watch. The train could be 5 miles long, as long as there's some beautiful pieces on the train, it's always entertaining.

I agree with everybody who says that there are other options. You COULD perfect one of your other talents, or learn something new. But why would you give up such a beautiful art-form? Illegal or not, it's not just art, it's culture. And without a variety of cultures and art styles, life would be pretty bland; don't you think?

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Arrianna

No, it is defined as *"the willful or malicious destruction or defacement of property". That means both public and private. And yes, if you spray paint on someone else's wall and they don't want it there and have to pay to have it removed you have defaced it, not to mention trespassed.

Save your art for legal jobs where you don't have to vandalize someone else's property. Otherwise you are no better then the "bombers".


*Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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JefferyXie

Graffiti is both an art and vandalelism.That's true.Consider all the times that graffiti ever appeared.A majority of those times are in public areas.That is called vandelism and it makes that area a bad reputation.However,graffiti can is an art because it allows the person to express themselves and that be done in areas where they are allowed.Hence graffiti has both good and bad values.

atomik_sprout

Yo, I don't tell you how to do your job, now do I?

ANYWAY, I've seen very nice pieces on bridges, trains, and buildings withstand a good decade plus before it gets painted over. The spot where all the graffiti artists went to--the very same spot that I claimed as my very own "tag territory"--had went untouched until just this year. That means that I've had a good seven years worth of pieces AND bombs in that area AND within a good seven block radius of that place.

Now, I'm postively sure that people can tell the difference between gang graffiti and artistic graffiti. Now, no matter where I go, gang stuff will get painted over in a HEARTBEAT!! Anything else will stay, unless the property is a house, school/library, or cooporate building. I don't touch shit that I know will have an affect on my community. I paint on things that needed the touch up. Places people will walk by and say, "Wow!" Things that I KNOW that nobody cares about.

Until you touch a can of spraypaint and have the exact same experiences as myself and about ten of my closest friends, you can't say what I should and shouldn't do. And you can't look at graffiti as vandalism, because there are several different types of "vandalism". Hell, ARSON is vandalism!! But you don't see me burning shit down!

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Arrianna

My job doesn't involve breaking the law or defacing others property. I am also an artist and greatly enjoy and recognize legal graffiti art. If something needs touching up then ask permission. Do it legally or you are no better then bombers.

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atomik_sprout

First of all, don't think that I don't have a legit job. I do work. But sketchbooks and painting canvases aren't the only art mediums around here. And I AM better than the toy-bombers, because I have a level of respect for certain properties. I only paint where I KNOW it won't piss someone off. Nobody cares about bridges or abandoned buildings! Trains... You got me on the train part. I had to run from plenty of railroad cops. But that's not the point.

I don't go around painting everything in sight, and I know for a FACT that most people that spray-paint have the same philosophy as me. You can't hate on it, solely because it's illegal. I don't bitch at people for jaywalking. And I don't preach at under age drinkers, so you can't really think that it's cool to discriminate against graffiti artists.

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Arrianna

You still miss it. I love graffiti art. It's gorgeous and reminds me of air brushed art only bigger (I wonder why ) It's the illegal aspects I don't care for. Partly because it's disrespectful to damage someone else property, and yes it is still damage even when it's artistic, and partly because you have set up a temporary canvas. By painting in an illegal location you not only break the law you doom your art to temporariness. It is only a matter of time till it is painted over by the legal owners. Art should be preserved for the generations to come. Legal wall art often is even if it has to be touched up from time to time. By treating your talents in such a matter you not only disrespect the owners of the properties, disrespect the law, you disrespect your gift as well. An equal crime in my opinion.

So, yes I can hate ILLEGAL graffiti art whether you like it or not.

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Spin Da Ish

ok so i've been doing some research and stuff, an di found that its mostly word art and it has nothing to do with gangs. Gangs just use grafitti becuase it looks cool and things like that. no one cares if its from a gang but there is a diffrence between vandalism when u write like ohh im the best on the wall or u do some crazy word art. Gangs didn't make up graffiti.

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Ritoru-chan

Whats funny about this is some companies and even governments pay people who do grafitti to "art" up their buildings and other projects. They did that on a bridge along a bike path where I use to live. I don't think its bad, I use to look for them when the trains would pass when I was driving with my Mom.

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divine_punishment

Some cities have begun painting over the graffiti, whether it's bad or not, paid for or not. There is some good and/or inspiring art one day, and the next there's nothing but white. Cold, unfeeling white. I think that that is wrong. Now, I was grateful when they covered up the swear words at the children's park by my house, but other stuff really pissed me off.

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