swingset mafia

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Friday, March 23, 2007

Wind me up, cuz I'm Wired.



This is an old pic I took before they tore this particular site down in Deep Ellum. I found it this morning rummaging through several pics I took in Dallas. Anways I really like graffiti with exaggerated letterforms and extended strokes that are usually shared with the next letter like in this piece. It's a good example of "manually editing text," so don't try to read it rather gaze at its beauty. This piece is very illegible but the writers name is tagged in the top left corner as "Enji" so decipher what you will. Also the color used for the lettering is great because of the gradated purple to a dark blue. I don't care for 3-D block lettering but I do love when writers use brighter colors for the back outline. This writer chose a golden yellow and a magenta paint blob look. This effect makes the piece stand out because of its bright colors as opposed to the dark "bombs" around it.
BOOM!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sweet pic. The Text has alot of character and remains to hold the imagery of the pics surrounding it. The gradient adds depth and displays typical graffiti highlights and color choices.

March 24, 2007 at 2:22 PM  
Blogger enchilada said...

this looks so cool, i love how the text is all distorted and the color scheme has a definite appeal..

March 26, 2007 at 1:50 PM  
Blogger melissa said...

i like the wind up guy flying in the corner! its nice how they intertwined everything without it being complete chaos

March 28, 2007 at 4:04 PM  

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