Wow. Without tags there'd be none of it. The style, the rhythm, the placement, all are elements of a tag that impart, as a whole, a distinct and unique character. It takes some time to decode the multiple techniques, and years to master them and gain a style your own, but to those of us who have been turned on to the point of derangement by this artform for the last 40 or so years, there's nothing better. Loops and swirls with fat tip home-made pens or diagonal nozzles, controlled so just the right amount drips, of letters joined and packed in tightly, each nestling against or over the others just perfectly, some bent and wrapped under pressure, limbs and angles and cross pieces short and strong or bowed out at architectural angles, as legible or not, as the form demands, seen in a blip - a flash through a grubby train window up on an overpass, a seemingly nonsensical array of barely pronouncable words 'Zips' ,'Fesk', 'UnzaOne', an ecology of living forms, each an example of their kind, temporary, clinging to the hardware and street furniture like a cultural ivy, clamouring for the best spots, and buffed into mute submission. Tags are the life-blood of the cityscape, spidery veins that show the hidden pulse, a direct link to the minds-eye of those who live there but don't own any part of the chrome and concrete, the real, permanent graffiti of road signs and statism, massive brutalist corporate cathedrals stamp their authority on the ground, at eyeline and across the sky. Graffiti, fluid and vital most as tagging, pushes back at this subterfuge of community, it says 'there are real people here with artistic visions that are different. These people think and see this place differently'.
The rush of bombing is what keep people doing it . When u on the tracks and see the headlights and hide in the nitch and the train comes flying by right next to you to me is amazing. As soon as it passes right back at it . Rooftops also just being super sneaky like a cat and doin your fill and the noise you do make sounds like you threw a grenade next to you . But for me the rush is a great drug and very addicting.
my motivation to paint is, i want to understand it, and the more i paint the more I notice that i still have so much to discover. i hope this never ends. nice video. and you are not lame at all, i think „getting up“ still is a big motivation too, and you are doing such a good job. 👍👍👍 all web is the next goal my friend.
Thank you man because I'm here ... I already did that for graffiti and now it's because I did skateboard for 35 mi that was a lot of things in there because it was money money money in there ... $1,500,000 ... But I'm here I'm really good now and even now I can go to graffiti ... but it's not only me we can all go man and I love it ... SMOA and DOKE ... and MECA ...
For the same reason people get loud pipes on their motorcycles. It's a demand to be recognized. "Your feelings don't matter but mine do". That sort of thing.
I was in a very dark place before I started and after that I started to express myself from doing graffiti and it began to be addictive because of the adrenaline and all that.
I started doing Graff because all the "cool" kids at my middle school were doing it and I wanted to be a part of it, as the years went on most of those kids started tag banging and started to join gangs and shit like that, however I stayed true to the art and I feel in love with the feeling of getting up and seeing my name everywhere also other people telling me that they saw my tags and bombs everywhere gave me that extra motivation to keep going, throughout the years my style got better and better and I was so proud of how far I had come, but now in my late 20s I no longer see the need to have my name everywhere the feeling of having people recognize me because of my graff name no longer has any value to me, however the love for graffiti will always live in me and from time to time I might pick up a can and catch a few just to remember how it feels .
I dont know where this fits in, and the artists probably already know this, but to validate you, my buddy that was chp (california highway patrol), said 90% of graffiti (at least where he was at) is gang related.
I can understand your point cause it happens to alot of people . To be honest regular life gets in the way and people stop it . I knew I would never stop . Yes take breaks from it but not completely . But right now back at it doing it everyday and still love it like the day I started . Also I will never be an artist just a vandal. Stay up and hope one day you back bombing again
Because that's what you mainly see. The illegal stuff is seen upfront and center more often than not and the legal stuff is pushed to the side and out of the way.
Cornbread started writing his name years before Taki. He started in the second half of the 1960s in Philadelphia. Taki was the first or atleast one of the first in New York.
Thanks for acknowledging that you're an artist who paints graffiti art legally, as opposed to a traditional writer. It's cool that you're proud of what you do without pretending to be something you're not. I've seen a handful of other youtube "writers" who are trying to give their commentary on a culture that they are just spectators of. To me, the act of painting letters and mastering the craft on a skill level, only make up half of what graffiti is all about. The other half comes from the people you meet through graff as well as the places it takes you and the stories and adventures that are inherent by-products of being involved. The truth is that graffiti is one of the few facets of culture we have left that you can't become an expert on through the internet and I think that's pretty cool. To all the kids out there reading this: If you want to get involved, the internet is a great tool to learn from, but it is NOT a substitution. Get outside and meet some people who can pass on knowledge from experience :) Peace!
@@gluehuff43 that's just what anyone who isn't from.NYC would say but NYC knows what's what. Just because you eat spaghetti and meatballs it Won't make you Italian
@Estiifan Ahmup no sir. Them out of towners just copied what we did and come from out of town to do damage and fly home. That's why they do more because there's no chance of them getting locked up for it here.
The first documented graffiti was back in WWII. A soldier was writing KILROY WAS HERE in order to document his travels throughout the world. I'm not sure how the story migrated back to the United States but it began a subculture that eventually covered the world. If you look at some old Hollywood movies and early television shows you can see his tags in the background scenes. People took on the Kilroy alter ego and expanded his travels everywhere.
Very good and insightful, I've been into Graff since 1984 from when I first saw some snippets on Record sleeves, and I agree with nearly everything you say, the only things I feel you missed are: once you've painted it becomes part of you and never leaves you, 36years later I still love it and recently started writing again after a hiatus, and to me it was the pride of having something of mine on a wall, and bringing a smile to other people. It makes me feel good that I have brought some enjoyment to other people. Not to mention Graffiti is very addictive after you've done your first piece you just want to do more, it's like a drug (oh and don't do drugs kids👍) and you just need to do more and more. Anyway thats just my tuppence worth.
@@dagetheone no I'm from the UK, I have heard that there was one in NY in the 80's but haven't really seen much of his work. Back in the those day with no Internet you never knew of other people with the same tag 🙏🙏
That's the truth everything you said is so true I've been in it for twenty years now and it's the best thing that's ever come into my life I'll continue to write until the day i die!!! Respect 2 all writers DANE the 1
I do it for the adrenaline rush and the thrill knowing you can get caught at any moment at any time the excitement is having your name on a wall walking by it driving by it means the most to know I did that
Graffiti is leaving your mark on the world Doke. You are promoting yourself or your Crew. Maybe you are not the best at it but when you see your name or piece on the wall or area it makes you smile.
Wow. Without tags there'd be none of it. The style, the rhythm, the placement, all are elements of a tag that impart, as a whole, a distinct and unique character. It takes some time to decode the multiple techniques, and years to master them and gain a style your own, but to those of us who have been turned on to the point of derangement by this artform for the last 40 or so years, there's nothing better. Loops and swirls with fat tip home-made pens or diagonal nozzles, controlled so just the right amount drips, of letters joined and packed in tightly, each nestling against or over the others just perfectly, some bent and wrapped under pressure, limbs and angles and cross pieces short and strong or bowed out at architectural angles, as legible or not, as the form demands, seen in a blip - a flash through a grubby train window up on an overpass, a seemingly nonsensical array of barely pronouncable words 'Zips' ,'Fesk', 'UnzaOne', an ecology of living forms, each an example of their kind, temporary, clinging to the hardware and street furniture like a cultural ivy, clamouring for the best spots, and buffed into mute submission. Tags are the life-blood of the cityscape, spidery veins that show the hidden pulse, a direct link to the minds-eye of those who live there but don't own any part of the chrome and concrete, the real, permanent graffiti of road signs and statism, massive brutalist corporate cathedrals stamp their authority on the ground, at eyeline and across the sky. Graffiti, fluid and vital most as tagging, pushes back at this subterfuge of community, it says 'there are real people here with artistic visions that are different. These people think and see this place differently'.
i got 3 weeks off school from the coronavirus, YOU r the best education, cause u talk about stuff that schools dont, its great to connect and learn at the same time
Taki183 is by no way the first graffiti writer. He is one of the first to become ‘king’ or ‘all city’ and a New York Times article wrote about him thus highlighting him among his peers. Graffiti tagging and writing had already been going on for at least 3 to 4 years. The originator is considered to be Cornbread from philly in the late 60’s.
Coming from someone who had respect and got up alot. When i left school the attention i use to get was no longer... I wanted to be recognized, so one day i took what my brother taught me which was tagging, catching handstyles alot. Started doing clean throws and hallows, and man did i get my recognition. I loved it
When i saw that Graffiti wasn't just scribbles on the wall (i was heading home and waking around and saw that very stylish graffiti: DELUXE, Moscow writer), i thought to myself: "That guy must feel good, walking around, seeing his works from time to time, he spent his time and prolly risked freedon for it. I think it's not exactly hard and it's not like world will fall down the other day if i'll start writing." Pretty much my thought process. And obviously it feels better than playing a game again, or walking around endlessly.
Point #2 was my reason, I started in early 90’s. At that time I lived in Austin neighborhood and witnessed Chicago Police brutality, the way they mistreated minorities throughout the city neighborhoods. I was a victim of the CPD and I had no voice, at least no one who would listen. So I started writing. It was my way of getting my revenge. No regrets, loved every minute, met very talented artists. CAB 312 TFO CMW J4F STN CCA MOM K4P XMEN DC5 CGT DAD CST just to name a few. Some of these crews are still getting up in Chi-town! Much love Doke don’t stop!
Since you used Sir, I’m assuming you maybe younger than I. I’ve been to NYC and can appreciate the Mecca of graffiti and will give your city the respect it deserves. I did not mention not one writer in particular, what I did mention are just a few of the graffiti crews that are STILL getting up TODAY in Chicago. That’s over 30 years still in the game SON!! As for not being down, whenever, if ever you visit the CHI hit me up so I can learn you something SON! Respectfully your homie, RSON 1 get some! 😂
@@J-WHO312 This will be easy. Arson is a friend of mine from NYC . Been writing for over 40 years grandson. As first stated. Stop jocking us . Peace to the Original ARSON FWD .
I'm Bones, my only brother is Ven Aok - so there is mad NYC History. Just wanna say I enjoyed this TH-cam. Doker speaks perfect Canal Street English - it is the accent that all people who speak broken English can understand.
art is an expression of yourself, in what your are best , on what you enjoy doing! you can create art , observe something untill it becomes art to you, or destroy something into art to sometimes :)
I understand it becose i write my name on the tables on the school and feels great when i see it evryday, so i make it more and more ... my friend that dont study more with me was used to do that and i see his signature nowadays too
I started for `escapism` back in the 80s we didn't have all the protection that kids get today, society maimed kids and we were taught that we were nothing. I as were millions of young people was being abused and we had to find a way to empower ourselves, Graffiti opened a door to a new world, a better place - a place that we could have some control over our lives. I`m going to start making Vlogs to tell the stories of those days and how society was, the levels of depravity and mistreatment of young people and the way that the young people fought back to where they have created a different world today - Graffiti was my savoir, my best friend, my true love and all that I have been since 1983. BTW - Before Taki 183 was Cornbread who is considered to be the first modern day Graffiti artist. ;-)
From my pov as a vandal I can honestly say every writer is trying to prove something. Either to himself or to others. But he's trying to prove something, wise words from my young mentor. Keep it up even if your shits legal you giving the true respect to the movement.
Depends on the people some do it because they like it and just want to have fun and others do it because they want their name to be seen by everyone, they want their name everywhere they really love when they see one the pieces they have done and of course because they like it
I doing graff beacouse its fun to do. I like it. i feel freely while i doing this. No one can say me what i should do in my peace. Its my work and everyone can see this. Not change this.
Art is an expression, therefor graffiti is a form of artistic expression. People like graffiti because they like to feel like somebody, they like to see their accomplishments daily, they like the buzz, they like to be talked about, they want to leave a mark on society, they usually disagree with the government, they want to feel important, it is addictive, they are artistic and graffiti simply appeals to them. I find that a lot of graffiti writers were or are people that like skateboarding, snowboarding, extreme sports, punk, metal, hip hop music, bmx, breakdancing, different art forms, anti government stuff, O.C.D, addictive personalities.
Arthur Stace is an interesting name and suggested origin with the word "eternity" in the late 1800s....I really liked the way you broke down and categorized the reasons that people graffiti. That was very cool to me. 😮 -ESIK 😜
i started doing graffitti and started learning about styles since i was 7yrs it was something that made me calm.. I stoped when i was 13yrs untill 3 years ago when i became 16yrs i taught let's get back to this thing now it's been 3 years how i actively do graffitti when i do illegall graffitti i find it risky but when i paint legaly i just don't enjoy doing it
When you write over someone’s piece, or you hit a sick spot, or a HIGHER spot than everyone else, it’s an amazing feeling, and when it’s 2am and no ones around, it’s not that “scary” to write a wall real quick lol. It’s not like this crazy intense high action crime. But oh so many times has the night ended in crazy cop chase or hiding in a field while cops are all around you trying to find you lol
The adrenaline rush u get when u go to high places or when the cops chase u and u don’t get caught adrenaline plays a factor because some people live on it
Lately i started to pay attention to tags in my town (there is only one person who does full on pieces), and I can see where is their territory, where approx do they live, who they hang out with and who they don't like
Ik why I do it, because I feel free, it gives me something to do and is a way to get out of the house and it’s a great thing to do with your friends, we all do it for the memories. For the stories to tell.
I did graffiti years ago because I wanted to get a name around for bragging rights, etc... But now, it's turned into an addiction. Some people, and I, call graffiti a drug. The amount of adrenaline you can get for bombing a train car, wall, etc. can be huge. And at this point in my life, I'm not proud of myself for doing illegal graffiti, but I still do it cause I'm addicted with the system. My mind goes into autopilot. I feel like I can't escape from doing it, and I can't go one page of homework or notes without sketching a tag or bomb. That's my story of why I do it, It's cause I'm trapped into doing it.
I like graffiti, but I hate people destroying things with it. I don't really like name tags, but I love street art. My biggest inspiration is Banksy. But marking is just not for me. I hate it but respect it until they don't destroy everything. I like letters and all but just simple quick marking is thing I hate.
Thanks for this video! Much of what I teach my students is in this video and I'm quite sure that they will prefer hearing it from you! I will use this one in my class along with a few others like I have been doing for a few years ow. :-) Just as a wee bit of extra info, there was indeed graffiti as we see it now found on the walls of many ancient Roman ruins. Words written to send a message such as "Ceasar is a liar"..that kind of thing. The other thing I'd like to mention is that I have broken down graffiti for my students into three main reasons: Graffiti for Personal Reward, Graffiti as Social Protest, and Graffiti as Community Beautification. Any type of graffiti can be placed into one of those categories. Thank you as always for staying legal and for helping to move graffiti into the world stage!
My reason is: I wannna make the world more colourfull... I mean the world today is pretty grey and dark. Also i wanna get seen... i hope when someone look at my art they will be Happy or motivated...
Nice video its cool to hear to insight and also just had to spend a whole term learning bout this and you condense all this in like a 11min video so thanks for helpimg me when I study 🤘
@@groovy3934 may God help u find peace of the mind and get you through those rough times my brother! I wish you all the best in life and many many more pieces to go! Stay up Squd One ☺
i like this different kind of vid where u explain the history instead of just doing it thx so letting me know....i just started to join this game too ...however the place i come from is very restricted cuz lot of police and cctv so i cant rlly go illegal gaff but if i have the opportunity i will .....thx doke for explaining and stay lit
my motivation to paint is that i want to give colors to this world, and not just having white ugly walls. I do graffiti because i want to express myself, and i want that other people express themself tho (once you fell into graffiti, you can't escape, it's like a drug)
On my opinion graff started as art. Taki liked to see his name in the city and also you started to do it because you liked it and also because your friends do it.. It becomes an art because you like doing it and if you like doing it, it means you will do it most of the time= your practicing it. Anything that you do as long as you like doing it for the rest of your life thats art for me.
In my opinion art is everything as long as someone somewhere feels something.
More like if it has the intention of making someone feel something, cause everything makes us feel something
Tell that to my art teachers.
The worst part is that they are actually successful artists, so I can't just play them down.
@@mrreddoesart2112 A cup of noodles could be art tho
@@mrreddoesart2112 yeah but anything can be something can be anything about everything feelings about everything everywhere everywhy
Ha fun stuff going on in here😁
I like to feel with my hands👐😘
The feeling of just writing graffiti is amazing, you want more and more and kind off get addicted. For me it’s a damn good drug;)
Indeed, i was out tagging with a friend yesterday(who doesn't do graffiti) and he said: 'it is like a game'
I loved that.
Wow.
Without tags there'd be none of it. The style, the rhythm, the placement, all are elements of a tag that impart, as a whole, a distinct and unique character. It takes some time to decode the multiple techniques, and years to master them and gain a style your own, but to those of us who have been turned on to the point of derangement by this artform for the last 40 or so years, there's nothing better. Loops and swirls with fat tip home-made pens or diagonal nozzles, controlled so just the right amount drips, of letters joined and packed in tightly, each nestling against or over the others just perfectly, some bent and wrapped under pressure, limbs and angles and cross pieces short and strong or bowed out at architectural angles, as legible or not, as the form demands, seen in a blip - a flash through a grubby train window up on an overpass, a seemingly nonsensical array of barely pronouncable words 'Zips' ,'Fesk', 'UnzaOne', an ecology of living forms, each an example of their kind, temporary, clinging to the hardware and street furniture like a cultural ivy, clamouring for the best spots, and buffed into mute submission. Tags are the life-blood of the cityscape, spidery veins that show the hidden pulse, a direct link to the minds-eye of those who live there but don't own any part of the chrome and concrete, the real, permanent graffiti of road signs and statism, massive brutalist corporate cathedrals stamp their authority on the ground, at eyeline and across the sky. Graffiti, fluid and vital most as tagging, pushes back at this subterfuge of community, it says 'there are real people here with artistic visions that are different. These people think and see this place differently'.
Speak that truth, amen
That’s probably because it’s within our human nature
The rush of bombing is what keep people doing it . When u on the tracks and see the headlights and hide in the nitch and the train comes flying by right next to you to me is amazing. As soon as it passes right back at it . Rooftops also just being super sneaky like a cat and doin your fill and the noise you do make sounds like you threw a grenade next to you . But for me the rush is a great drug and very addicting.
my motivation to paint is, i want to understand it, and the more i paint the more I notice that i still have so much to discover. i hope this never ends. nice video. and you are not lame at all, i think „getting up“ still is a big motivation too, and you are doing such a good job. 👍👍👍 all web is the next goal my friend.
Thank you man because I'm here ... I already did that for graffiti and now it's because I did skateboard for 35 mi that was a lot of things in there because it was money money money in there ... $1,500,000 ... But I'm here I'm really good now and even now I can go to graffiti ... but it's not only me we can all go man and I love it ... SMOA and DOKE ... and MECA ...
For the same reason people get loud pipes on their motorcycles. It's a demand to be recognized. "Your feelings don't matter but mine do". That sort of thing.
I was in a very dark place before I started and after that I started to express myself from doing graffiti and it began to be addictive because of the adrenaline and all that.
Kantza 4LIFE don’t get caught brother I did and you go from the most freedom in the world to having your wings clipped - ANGEL 11
Are you still doing it?
I started doing Graff because all the "cool" kids at my middle school were doing it and I wanted to be a part of it, as the years went on most of those kids started tag banging and started to join gangs and shit like that, however I stayed true to the art and I feel in love with the feeling of getting up and seeing my name everywhere also other people telling me that they saw my tags and bombs everywhere gave me that extra motivation to keep going, throughout the years my style got better and better and I was so proud of how far I had come, but now in my late 20s I no longer see the need to have my name everywhere the feeling of having people recognize me because of my graff name no longer has any value to me, however the love for graffiti will always live in me and from time to time I might pick up a can and catch a few just to remember how it feels .
Damn you deserve more likes
Hey man now that's really good!
I dont know where this fits in, and the artists probably already know this, but to validate you, my buddy that was chp (california highway patrol), said 90% of graffiti (at least where he was at) is gang related.
same here 😊 got hooked on photography ✌
I can understand your point cause it happens to alot of people . To be honest regular life gets in the way and people stop it . I knew I would never stop . Yes take breaks from it but not completely . But right now back at it doing it everyday and still love it like the day I started . Also I will never be an artist just a vandal. Stay up and hope one day you back bombing again
He: you don’t have to play football, you can watch it
Coronavirus:
i think he means soccer
dabby mcdabbs so?
Soccer leagues are all out of order in europe at the monent.
@@Lunch_box no he means FOOTBALL witch is called soccer by some people who's can't even play it.
Coronavirus is not transmited through TV.
@@hjdhjddsah haha xD
Why people do this?
It's fun, it's beautyful, freedom, rebellion, art
I really don't understand why so many people only see the vandalism
Because that's what you mainly see. The illegal stuff is seen upfront and center more often than not and the legal stuff is pushed to the side and out of the way.
becouse its damage of someones property and ye, thats wandalism from definition?
@@pierredeolsie4967 And the legal walls etc?
@@ninaaa.motoxx we don't talk about those
Rebellion? Against who, the person that payed for the wall/property you have just destroyed?
Cornbread started writing his name years before Taki. He started in the second half of the 1960s in Philadelphia. Taki was the first or atleast one of the first in New York.
Thanks for acknowledging that you're an artist who paints graffiti art legally, as opposed to a traditional writer. It's cool that you're proud of what you do without pretending to be something you're not. I've seen a handful of other youtube "writers" who are trying to give their commentary on a culture that they are just spectators of. To me, the act of painting letters and mastering the craft on a skill level, only make up half of what graffiti is all about. The other half comes from the people you meet through graff as well as the places it takes you and the stories and adventures that are inherent by-products of being involved. The truth is that graffiti is one of the few facets of culture we have left that you can't become an expert on through the internet and I think that's pretty cool. To all the kids out there reading this: If you want to get involved, the internet is a great tool to learn from, but it is NOT a substitution. Get outside and meet some people who can pass on knowledge from experience :) Peace!
Graffiti is Only NYC culture.
The rest are just Jocks
@@acerkrt If you're implying that anyone who didn't grow up in NYC isn't a real writer then you're trippin man..
@@gluehuff43 that's just what anyone who isn't from.NYC would say but NYC knows what's what.
Just because you eat spaghetti and meatballs it Won't make you Italian
@@acerkrt HAha thanks for the laugh dude.
@@gluehuff43 thank You for Emulating our culture.
We appreciate it.
Hip hop started years after graff!
Yea and graffiti is one of the 4 elements
Graffiti and hip-hop is just NYC culture. The rest are just Jocks
@@acerkrt look how we beef with one another you think we gonna take kindly to out of towners.
@Estiifan Ahmup no sir.
Them out of towners just copied what we did and come from out of town to do damage and fly home. That's why they do more because there's no chance of them getting locked up for it here.
@@acerkrt Should relearn history, buddy.
The first documented graffiti was back in WWII. A soldier was writing KILROY WAS HERE in order to document his travels throughout the world. I'm not sure how the story migrated back to the United States but it began a subculture that eventually covered the world. If you look at some old Hollywood movies and early television shows you can see his tags in the background scenes. People took on the Kilroy alter ego and expanded his travels everywhere.
You’re the main inspiration to my videos. Love your work 🔥🔥
The Graffiti magic kind of “died when the internet became a source of inspiration. It was more real when you had to go to the places to see graffiti
Pou se re TAKI 183 tsakale! 🇬🇷
Very good and insightful, I've been into Graff since 1984 from when I first saw some snippets on Record sleeves, and I agree with nearly everything you say, the only things I feel you missed are: once you've painted it becomes part of you and never leaves you, 36years later I still love it and recently started writing again after a hiatus, and to me it was the pride of having something of mine on a wall, and bringing a smile to other people. It makes me feel good that I have brought some enjoyment to other people.
Not to mention Graffiti is very addictive after you've done your first piece you just want to do more, it's like a drug (oh and don't do drugs kids👍) and you just need to do more and more.
Anyway thats just my tuppence worth.
Hey are from nyc and from the 1980's era :-)
@@dagetheone no I'm from the UK, I have heard that there was one in NY in the 80's but haven't really seen much of his work. Back in the those day with no Internet you never knew of other people with the same tag 🙏🙏
That's the truth everything you said is so true I've been in it for twenty years now and it's the best thing that's ever come into my life I'll continue to write until the day i die!!! Respect 2 all writers DANE the 1
I do it for the adrenaline rush and the thrill knowing you can get caught at any moment at any time the excitement is having your name on a wall walking by it driving by it means the most to know I did that
The Levels of Graffiti MOVED ⬆️ !!! Love this video, Thanks Doke 😉✌
Cornbread is known as the first person to spray paint their name, taki 186 was just the first person to be all city with his name.
I rushed to the comments when he said taki 183
I've been asking myself the same question for years and arrived at the same answers. Great video mate
Graffiti is leaving your mark on the world Doke. You are promoting yourself or your Crew. Maybe you are not the best at it but when you see your name or piece on the wall or area it makes you smile.
Wow.
Without tags there'd be none of it. The style, the rhythm, the placement, all are elements of a tag that impart, as a whole, a distinct and unique character. It takes some time to decode the multiple techniques, and years to master them and gain a style your own, but to those of us who have been turned on to the point of derangement by this artform for the last 40 or so years, there's nothing better. Loops and swirls with fat tip home-made pens or diagonal nozzles, controlled so just the right amount drips, of letters joined and packed in tightly, each nestling against or over the others just perfectly, some bent and wrapped under pressure, limbs and angles and cross pieces short and strong or bowed out at architectural angles, as legible or not, as the form demands, seen in a blip - a flash through a grubby train window up on an overpass, a seemingly nonsensical array of barely pronouncable words 'Zips' ,'Fesk', 'UnzaOne', an ecology of living forms, each an example of their kind, temporary, clinging to the hardware and street furniture like a cultural ivy, clamouring for the best spots, and buffed into mute submission. Tags are the life-blood of the cityscape, spidery veins that show the hidden pulse, a direct link to the minds-eye of those who live there but don't own any part of the chrome and concrete, the real, permanent graffiti of road signs and statism, massive brutalist corporate cathedrals stamp their authority on the ground, at eyeline and across the sky. Graffiti, fluid and vital most as tagging, pushes back at this subterfuge of community, it says 'there are real people here with artistic visions that are different. These people think and see this place differently'.
jeez whyx doesnt this guy get a like here you have 1 from me
@@martitormo2804 Respect dude 👊😉
@@RELICS92 le tag cest tres bonique est importante cest lessence du graffiti mon frere just rambling some french shit
i got 3 weeks off school from the coronavirus, YOU r the best education, cause u talk about stuff that schools dont, its great to connect and learn at the same time
Taki183 is by no way the first graffiti writer. He is one of the first to become ‘king’ or ‘all city’ and a New York Times article wrote about him thus highlighting him among his peers. Graffiti tagging and writing had already been going on for at least 3 to 4 years. The originator is considered to be Cornbread from philly in the late 60’s.
Coming from someone who had respect and got up alot. When i left school the attention i use to get was no longer... I wanted to be recognized, so one day i took what my brother taught me which was tagging, catching handstyles alot. Started doing clean throws and hallows, and man did i get my recognition. I loved it
When i saw that Graffiti wasn't just scribbles on the wall (i was heading home and waking around and saw that very stylish graffiti: DELUXE, Moscow writer), i thought to myself:
"That guy must feel good, walking around, seeing his works from time to time, he spent his time and prolly risked freedon for it. I think it's not exactly hard and it's not like world will fall down the other day if i'll start writing."
Pretty much my thought process.
And obviously it feels better than playing a game again, or walking around endlessly.
i see graffiti as a hobby
i have started graffiti 3 years ago and its like the best feeling seeing your tag everywhere you go
Point #2 was my reason, I started in early 90’s. At that time I lived in Austin neighborhood and witnessed Chicago Police brutality, the way they mistreated minorities throughout the city neighborhoods. I was a victim of the CPD and I had no voice, at least no one who would listen. So I started writing. It was my way of getting my revenge. No regrets, loved every minute, met very talented artists. CAB 312 TFO CMW J4F STN CCA MOM K4P XMEN DC5 CGT DAD CST just to name a few. Some of these crews are still getting up in Chi-town! Much love Doke don’t stop!
Sir Chicago isn't Down with Graff and all those guysyounamed are Super Toy wanna bes..
Since you used Sir, I’m assuming you maybe younger than I. I’ve been to NYC and can appreciate the Mecca of graffiti and will give your city the respect it deserves. I did not mention not one writer in particular, what I did mention are just a few of the graffiti crews that are STILL getting up TODAY in Chicago. That’s over 30 years still in the game SON!! As for not being down, whenever, if ever you visit the CHI hit me up so I can learn you something SON! Respectfully your homie, RSON 1 get some! 😂
@@J-WHO312 This will be easy.
Arson is a friend of mine from NYC . Been writing for over 40 years grandson.
As first stated.
Stop jocking us .
Peace to the Original ARSON FWD .
@@J-WHO312 see I knew you was Jockin
Bring him with you to and will have a good ol time!
I'm Bones, my only brother is Ven Aok - so there is mad NYC History. Just wanna say I enjoyed this TH-cam. Doker speaks perfect Canal Street English - it is the accent that all people who speak broken English can understand.
art is an expression of yourself, in what your are best , on what you enjoy doing!
you can create art , observe something untill it becomes art to you, or destroy something into art to sometimes :)
I understand it becose i write my name on the tables on the school and feels great when i see it evryday, so i make it more and more ... my friend that dont study more with me was used to do that and i see his signature nowadays too
I started for `escapism` back in the 80s we didn't have all the protection that kids get today, society maimed kids and we were taught that we were nothing. I as were millions of young people was being abused and we had to find a way to empower ourselves, Graffiti opened a door to a new world, a better place - a place that we could have some control over our lives. I`m going to start making Vlogs to tell the stories of those days and how society was, the levels of depravity and mistreatment of young people and the way that the young people fought back to where they have created a different world today - Graffiti was my savoir, my best friend, my true love and all that I have been since 1983. BTW - Before Taki 183 was Cornbread who is considered to be the first modern day Graffiti artist. ;-)
Love you Mr DOKE just complete your crazy magic
From my pov as a vandal I can honestly say every writer is trying to prove something. Either to himself or to others. But he's trying to prove something, wise words from my young mentor. Keep it up even if your shits legal you giving the true respect to the movement.
More videos like this 🤘🏽❤️⭐
Depends on the people some do it because they like it and just want to have fun and others do it because they want their name to be seen by everyone, they want their name everywhere they really love when they see one the pieces they have done and of course because they like it
Great video! 👍👍
I consider graffiti as art and a way someone to express his feeling or say something to the people... Just like other kinds of art.
Amazing video...
Love your vids dude! Keep it up!
6:07
I see you're man of culture as well... Grove street 4 life my dog!
No. Just NYC culture vulture.
It gives me a rush when I go out tagging late night and I love it
I'm a huge fan just wanted to say keep it up
I doing graff beacouse its fun to do. I like it. i feel freely while i doing this. No one can say me what i should do in my peace. Its my work and everyone can see this. Not change this.
Just like football, there are professionals, rookies, and hooligans who play it down a hallway
Art is an expression, therefor graffiti is a form of artistic expression. People like graffiti because they like to feel like somebody, they like to see their accomplishments daily, they like the buzz, they like to be talked about, they want to leave a mark on society, they usually disagree with the government, they want to feel important, it is addictive, they are artistic and graffiti simply appeals to them. I find that a lot of graffiti writers were or are people that like skateboarding, snowboarding, extreme sports, punk, metal, hip hop music, bmx, breakdancing, different art forms, anti government stuff, O.C.D, addictive personalities.
Nice video, apreciate the work on it. ✌🏼😎
Arthur Stace is an interesting name and suggested origin with the word "eternity" in the late 1800s....I really liked the way you broke down and categorized the reasons that people graffiti. That was very cool to me. 😮 -ESIK 😜
Doke I was so happy when I heard that the first guy was greek because I am from Greece
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I am from Indonesia . I fans you doke🤩
i started doing graffitti and started learning about styles since i was 7yrs it was something that made me calm.. I stoped when i was 13yrs untill 3 years ago when i became 16yrs i taught let's get back to this thing now it's been 3 years how i actively do graffitti when i do illegall graffitti i find it risky but when i paint legaly i just don't enjoy doing it
Excellent video👍🏽👍🏽. Please do more like it
When you write over someone’s piece, or you hit a sick spot, or a HIGHER spot than everyone else, it’s an amazing feeling, and when it’s 2am and no ones around, it’s not that “scary” to write a wall real quick lol. It’s not like this crazy intense high action crime. But oh so many times has the night ended in crazy cop chase or hiding in a field while cops are all around you trying to find you lol
In my opinion art is hard to understand but art is everywhere
For me my first itch was when I saw someone doing it when I was young.
After that I just kept going.
an informative video by my favorite guy of all time
great mood booster
Bro your a graffiti artist!!! You've put in work and payed your dues, your a graff writer in my books!! 👌
Good job, greetings from Poland! :)
This is interesting because last school year I wrote an essay on why people don't like graffiti, and why people did it.
The adrenaline rush u get when u go to high places or when the cops chase u and u don’t get caught adrenaline plays a factor because some people live on it
Best video ever🔥
Very nice and informative video with good Music
Lately i started to pay attention to tags in my town (there is only one person who does full on pieces), and I can see where is their territory, where approx do they live, who they hang out with and who they don't like
Where my Greek Guys are? 🇬🇷🇬🇷 #TAKIS !!!
THEY ARE IN GREECE
@@prod1hunnid Also True hahah
Ik why I do it, because I feel free, it gives me something to do and is a way to get out of the house and it’s a great thing to do with your friends, we all do it for the memories. For the stories to tell.
Aye Doke can you paint psychedelic effect?
Great video man and I agree 100%
Ty. For ur understanding. U r a master now. Fly grasshopper...
This was very interesting to watch, I did not know that that is how graffiti started. Like I said, very interesting.
I did graffiti years ago because I wanted to get a name around for bragging rights, etc... But now, it's turned into an addiction. Some people, and I, call graffiti a drug. The amount of adrenaline you can get for bombing a train car, wall, etc. can be huge. And at this point in my life, I'm not proud of myself for doing illegal graffiti, but I still do it cause I'm addicted with the system. My mind goes into autopilot. I feel like I can't escape from doing it, and I can't go one page of homework or notes without sketching a tag or bomb. That's my story of why I do it, It's cause I'm trapped into doing it.
I like graffiti, but I hate people destroying things with it. I don't really like name tags, but I love street art. My biggest inspiration is Banksy. But marking is just not for me. I hate it but respect it until they don't destroy everything. I like letters and all but just simple quick marking is thing I hate.
Great video Doke, love from Spain
i like graffiti cause its another form of art. i don’t do it, but i like to watch it. some times i go out in the city and just look at the streetart.
I love this Video a lot!
You kept it real, dope Doke
i like this style of video and your transitions are fye af 🔥💯
7:27 There's mistake. You've written grafitti instead of graffiti.
Legit. Does it matter
Declan Collier
R/wooooooosh
@@RonaldoYRG there aint no joke, if there is its pretty shitty one
@@RonaldoYRG shut up
Declan Collier its a joke
I really like the style of this video
Thanks for this video! Much of what I teach my students is in this video and I'm quite sure that they will prefer hearing it from you! I will use this one in my class along with a few others like I have been doing for a few years ow. :-) Just as a wee bit of extra info, there was indeed graffiti as we see it now found on the walls of many ancient Roman ruins. Words written to send a message such as "Ceasar is a liar"..that kind of thing. The other thing I'd like to mention is that I have broken down graffiti for my students into three main reasons: Graffiti for Personal Reward, Graffiti as Social Protest, and Graffiti as Community Beautification. Any type of graffiti can be placed into one of those categories. Thank you as always for staying legal and for helping to move graffiti into the world stage!
GREAT TEACHER
9:11 Yes, Mountaineers definitely want to Concrete all the mountains... 😂 (Conquer*)
My reason is: I wannna make the world more colourfull... I mean the world today is pretty grey and dark. Also i wanna get seen... i hope when someone look at my art they will be Happy or motivated...
Good reasons!
I love this vid. Relly well done.
Cool video ,when are you going to make lives? i realy love them, also please ❤
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Finally. You are the best
Nice video its cool to hear to insight and also just had to spend a whole term learning bout this and you condense all this in like a 11min video so thanks for helpimg me when I study 🤘
"THIS IS IIIIIT THIS IS IIIIIIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WOOOOOOOOO"
I was really bummed out, then I saw this. Thank you. You are one of the good ones.
@@groovy3934 why were you bummed out my friend?
@@katarinaj.8414 Jus having a rough week. Gotta get out and paint on something, hope you can do the same! :)
@@groovy3934 may God help u find peace of the mind and get you through those rough times my brother! I wish you all the best in life and many many more pieces to go! Stay up Squd One ☺
"AAAAAH, I LIKE THAT"
i like this different kind of vid where u explain the history instead of just doing it thx so letting me know....i just started to join this game too ...however the place i come from is very restricted cuz lot of police and cctv so i cant rlly go illegal gaff but if i have the opportunity i will .....thx doke for explaining and stay lit
my motivation to paint is that i want to give colors to this world, and not just having white ugly walls. I do graffiti because i want to express myself, and i want that other people express themself tho (once you fell into graffiti, you can't escape, it's like a drug)
started writing graffiti to get away from all these kids collecting pokemon cards, now doke ur telling me i have to collect them all?
i see what you did there
One of your best videos
“ Metal cans yeah I’m up like a vandal”
On my opinion graff started as art. Taki liked to see his name in the city and also you started to do it because you liked it and also because your friends do it.. It becomes an art because you like doing it and if you like doing it, it means you will do it most of the time= your practicing it. Anything that you do as long as you like doing it for the rest of your life thats art for me.
Aww Sookie -it’s the Homie *DOKE* on the check-in #LetsGetIt 💯💪🏽💪🏽
6:07 Grove Street represent!
What's Grove Street?
Only real Graff is from NYC.
@@acerkrt r/gatekeeping
Love u man ❤️
Great video!
Maybe some people will see this and understand graffiti more
ngl if someone did graffiti on my property I would be proud of them lmao it would just be a free paint job XD
wow already 800k subs D: lets gooo
When i startet Back in the days i liked the paradox Feeling of being famous but nobody knows my face you can call it anonym popularity
Real interesting bro 👍
Hey im Greek and these things aren't taught to us at the Arts class😂