Graffiti Name Design

Student Art 

TAKE NOTES:

Vocabulary- 

LINE-

A line is an identifiable path created by a point moving in space. It is one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction, and length. Lines often define the edges of a form. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin.

SHAPE-

A shape is when a line becomes closed, where the line forms the boundary and the space within is the shape. A shape is a two-dimensional space. 

Ex: Square, circle, triangle....

ORGANIC SHAPE-

Organic shapes are figures that do not conform to specific mathematical or geometrical principles and appear natural. They have freeform and inspire feelings of calmness and naturalness. 

Ex: Blob, cloud, ameba, splat. 

VALUE-

Value is the lightness or darkness of a color or hue, and it's a core element that adds dimension to a piece. Artists can create value in different ways, depending on the medium they're using.

VALUE SCALE-

A value scale is organized values to show the lightness or darkness in order from white (LL) to Dark (dd). It usually consists of nine values, ranging from white to black, with shades of gray in between. The scale is often visualized as a gradient, with white at the top and black at the bottom. 

Smooth, Even, and Contrasting ends. 

(S.E.C.)

Need More Value Scale Education/Practice?

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2024/08/graffiti-name-design.html

Ms. Amsler's Artroom

Graffiti Style Name Designs

Line to Shape Creative Lettering

----Practice----

Criteria:

Create Name out of Creative Shape Letters -

Start with light LINE letters that FILL UP THE SPACE (50 to 75% of paper)

Trace around the letters to make SHAPE letters. 

Then erase the original lines to show shapes only. 

Draw organic shape around your name. 

Draw a staggered brick background. 

EMPHASIZE your pencil with darker, thicker marker 

Optional- add details and style

Add pencil and blending stump around organic shape...

(see video)

Use value with 2 colors on the letters 

Add Value with 2 colors in Outer Organic Shape

Challenge- add in a 3rd color to background shape to blend with other 2. 

I have taught this before in Middle School. 

 https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2013/10/graffiti-tag-name.html

Graffiti Tag Name

I love to look at graffiti style lettering .

I like to study the art on the train cars when they go by. 

I like how they SHAPE letters are turned into FORMS.

I like how each letter has special STYLE. 

I love the OVERLAPPING of letters and how each word has DEPTH. 

Here is some big stuff I have done in the past. 

Mural created by Tabitha "Seaton" Morgan and Shannon Seaton 

at the Mineola FUMC 2010

Mural created in my nephew's room by his artsy Aunt Tabby 2014

I get ideas from all around me. 

Train Cars from KY vacation, 2022

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Find 5 Graffiti Images of words online. 

Save them and write why each one inspires you. 

These 5 inspire me because :

1. I like the overlapping of letters, the "kick" at tend ends of each letter

2. I link the way the first and last letter curls out on ends giving in balance. I lie the fade of 3 colors in each letter from top to bottom. I like the green-yellow bubbles floating around. 

3. I love the color combinations and how the outline is with blue instead of traditional black. I like the overlapping of letters and overlapping within each letter. 

4. I like the shape of the letters. It's like they have a fat belly and are lumpy in the middle. I like the color combination as well. 

5. On the last image, I like the cast shadows on the left, the block yet bubbly shapes. I like the little shapes within the letters floating around. 

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Click image above to go to a Graffiti Generator

When I observe, it makes me want to Cre8.

Experiment with ONE WORD in different STYLES. 

Use ideas from images you have found. 

 Ok, do I'm not a "real spray paint graffiti artist". I have an affection for the style of lettering, colors, techniques and boldness of the art form. Yeah, that's right. It IS an art form. Graffiti started off with a bad name because people were doing it illegally or just making it an ugly nuisance. As a matter of fact, it became "in the 1980s that galleries began to showcase graffiti as artwork."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-history-of-american-graffiti-from-subway-car-to-gallery

Artists, like Keith Haring, 

http://www.haring.com/!/archives/murals-map

 have to opportunity to use this graffiti style and get paid to do so. 

Stores, restaurants, malls and walls across the nation prove it. 

Study up on Style

Use the "Trace and Erase"method to get started... 

Make your letters 3-D by emphasizing one side of them. 

Instead of staring out with basic style line letters, 

make your letters fancy, sassy or fan out on the ends. 

Try something new like Chisel, Drip or Over Lapped lettering. 

For amazing resources, go to 

Graffiti Diplomacy

(click to enlarge)

2022

Our Portfolio Designs Fall 2021

On the Wall 2021

Krissie planning on paper first...

Adrian, Bella, and Krissie Moving to the wall to transfer plan...

Bella and Krissie successfully finished their tag name!

more to come.

Cole and Juan work on their brick. 

Juan is almost done! Looking good. 

On the Ceiling...

http://www.graffiticreator.net/

I took my Advanced Art 8th graders to the computer lab to do graffiti style research and practice professional styles with their own names. This is a great website for allowing them to preview their names in different styles, shapes, fades, etc. before actually creating their own art on paper. 

Click picture above to see more..