10 Graffiti Habits You Should Develop

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[chriscoralAloha]

I am a board 51 year old married man that found a new outlet. I have a background in the arts and am pretty good with a spray can. I have been practicing a style and am learning a lot from you. Thank you very much for helping me. Especially with the rules.

[SomeRandomPunk]

On the topic of bringing markers with you. I was on my way back from a gig. Me and three others went mad with some solid paint sticks on a bridge, on our hands and knees. Some roadmen kids about 13 come up to us. And one says “that’s clean stuff”. The other says”TOYS” so I say to the kid “your turn” the two kids grab my markers one does a clean handstyle the other some shitty toy tag. Recently over 5 years later I bomb with the first kid frequently and he’s now a good mate of mine. That’s why carrying a marker comes in handy.

[alexlol]

As a new graffiti writer myself, i think that graffiti writers should always sketch in their free time and learn their tags first so that when they put a blindfold on they can write their tag from muscle memory.

[kattmazi]

I’m a pedestrian in this world, but huge appreciator.
One thing that baffles me is graffiti in extremely precarious spots. E.g on O/H gantries and the sides of bridge girders.
I’d love a video on those “extreme” graffiti sitches

[elliejelly]

If folks don’t clean up so well in ur community you can check their ditched cans for caps, got a nice New York cap doin that

[juliemittel]

a habit (well, closer to a skill than a habit, but still really usefull) that you should develop is learning basic parkour skills. nothing fancy or complicated, but learning and practicing to do simple vaults or how to climb over tall fences/walls as quickly and effectively as possible can be a serious benefit when getting out of trouble or simply getting into and out of slightly more difficult spots. this one is actually pretty easy to learn since you can train your parkour skills in a ton of areas in most cities (since it's only rarely illegal) or at your local gym, assuming that it has parkour walls, blocks, bars, etc. and if you ever plan on hitting up a trainyard: for the love of god, learn how to jump accross rails! it might be a bit tricky at first, but if you have the right shoes and the temperatures aren't sub zero, you can very quickly and effectively get accross a large number of train tracks by jumping from rail to rail.

[whatmeworry]

A big help for getting ink off of your hands is a pumice stone. Rub it on the spots on your skin to get it off and you do t need any harsh chemicals just soap.

[LightningShadowify]

The rag tip is personally my biggest one that I’ve never realized but is most effective. Helps out so much. Thank you for the video

[feeblehomie]

I leave the headphones at home. Need to be listening for Karens and or narcs depending on the spot! Stay up Youfo👊🏻

[weaponx]

Respect is the habit u need to learn as a new writer

[elliejelly]

Clean ur cans as soon as ur done, I have like 20 decent caps at any given moment. If ur bombing u can clean em a few times a night. Cup your hand and slap the bottom for regular caps, clean with a whipe and blow for ny caps. I’ve heard empty cans work for this as well. Basically just pushing air thru the cap to keep paint from drying in there

[eli.braun]

Yeah, I got into Graff recently because my friend passed away, and he was hella into it. It always makes me smile when I see his tag while walking around.

[rybus]

my graff habits are keep a dedicated armbag/backpack for supplies that you wont be mad when it gets stained with paint ink or other, and i also keep my markers and cans in cardboard boxes. Its easier to pick markers that I want to tag with and its just convenient.

[montyhellsing]

These are Awsome! Thank you for making this list, I'm still very new to graffiti and have trouble with a handful of these things (like can control, wearing good gloves and being a tad easier on myself). I like to take my art seriously but I think that's where I mess up sometimes, Thanks Youfo!

[johnwayne]

Look at Graff as like learning how to ride a you will always start off a lil wobbly....if you stay on the bike, you will eventually balance yourself....✌🏼🤠

[Blacrome]

Thats pretty good advice there myboi! The one that caught my ear, is the looking around for cameras and possibly getting recognized. So im a changeby scoping during the day, then catching the spot at night, yeah is worth.

[quackapatth]

also leaving cans is leaving paint for toys or ppl to scribble with, if you leave a can break a cap inside it, or brea the plastic valve if its a male can

[KalinPetrov]

Yeah man everyone can develop those habits...it can be hard but with practice you can do it... thanks for this great video man:)

[steviesteve]

I try to avoid painting over anyones work at all. Unless its an area that gets cleaned over every week. But not many people talk to each other around my town so its hard to learn anything about my local history.

[unknown.mp]

Always pack some spare nibs of different sizes, some gloves and buy cheap clothes or use old ones u don’t care about because they are gonna get paint on em. Oh and hit the pads a lot if u wanna develop your pieces, hell even hit the pads for handstyle practice also and when ur done burn em.