General Chat / Off Topic

[Phazr]

Figured we needed a place for general conversation. Day to day chit chat and that sort of thing.

With that said.. I want to come out of semi retirement (im old) and at very least start catching some tags again here and there, but want to do so with a new name as what I allegedly used to write is now tied into my content creation.

These are what I'm thinking. Let me know if there is an OG that uses one that I hadn't thought of.

KEZR
ZERK
KERZ
REZK
REKZ

Mainly just cause they're good letters. Hope yall are well

 

[SATIRE]

Just keep in mind that if you are trying to keep it a secret, while the forum is invite to join, the posts are still visible to the public.

That said, my general rule on name picking is what letters and letter combinations you can do, and enjoy doing. I see letter choices as influencing style. Your choices are going to be very angular, which is fine. Aggressive even. In my opinion, it is harder to work with letters that have a flat right edge as the first letter. But on the flip side, R is one of the best ones if you are going to do that.

EDIT: I guess "K" is too for the same reason. You have that middle bar that kicks in, and are free to do a lot of extensions off the left side of the top and bottom without really messing up the legibility of the letter. So, all those variations are pretty okay. If it were me, I'd pick "REZK," partly just because you get that symmetry. You can probably flip the "E" to be like a mirrored "Z," which I love doing stuff like.

 

[Phazr]

Yeah thats solid Input, I like those letters for tags for sure. You're spot on about them being angular and aggressive though. Which I also like because it will allow me to experiment with a new style a bit more.

My current piece style is like a weird cartoonish style with the letters being character like, some would call it Euro-style-ish lol but I'd like to practice with a bit more technical style as well.

 

[PASC]

Im drawn to ZERK for some reason. Just sounds awesome.

 

[Andy B]

I just want to say, props to Satire for setting this up. It's a lot smoother than the other forum. With the invite only, there will be less mess.
With that being said, I've about given up on the other forum. Since the announcement of this being a possibility, I've been off and on being able to log into the other forum. This is the error I get when I can't get in. Then I might be able to get in on a different day.

 

[Phazr]

Agreed on the props. Hopefully we can all keep it growing as well. BS was great back in the day. Dunno what you would have been banned for, have you tried a VPN lol

 

[JUNO]

How long does it take you to finish a battle entry on this forum? Just curious.

For me, it usually takes days if I do one letter a day. That works for me because I can pace myself. I use to do it one sitting but it felt like I was rushed.

 

[SATIRE]

How long does it take you to finish a battle entry on this forum? Just curious.

For me, it usually takes days if I do one letter a day. That works for me because I can pace myself. I use to do it one sitting but it felt like I was rushed.

I work on like six or seven things at a time so I usually am putting the finishing touches or feel unfinished even on the day the battle is due.

 

[Tenix]

How long does it take you to finish a battle entry on this forum? Just curious.

For me, it usually takes days if I do one letter a day. That works for me because I can pace myself. I use to do it one sitting but it felt like I was rushed.

2 days 1 to decide what I’m doing the other to do it

 

[JUNO]

I'm not sure if you guys follow any famous YouTubers such as ten hundred, kiptoe, slew, smoe nova, or doke. They announced that they are going to be doing a meet and greet from 12-3PM on May 4th at the Haymarket brewery in Brigdman, MI

 

[JUNO]

Haven't seen a thread where you can list Graff books/magazines that you owned or have read and would like to share with others...

 

[SATIRE]

Haven't seen a thread where you can list Graff books/magazines that you owned or have read and would like to share with others...

Not sure what you mean? Also, do you not have the ability to make new threads?

 

[JUNO]

Not sure what you mean? Also, do you not have the ability to make new threads?

Yes, I can make a thread it's just knowing where to put it in the corresponding category. "Graffiti books/magazines"

What I meant from my previous post, if people want to share the title of books that they have read related to graffiti or share titles of collected magazines.

 

[SATIRE]

Yes, I can make a thread it's just knowing where to put it in the corresponding category. "Graffiti books/magazines"

What I meant from my previous post, if people want to share the title of books that they have read related to graffiti or share titles of collected magazines.

Okay... I ask because it sounded like you meant .pdf of old books.... and I have quite a few myself, honestly. I don't think the size permissions would allow that, and my host might get upset. I use Dreamhost and have a sizable GB allotment (250 GB I think) but I also host my own personal website on this domain and through them, and have a sizable .mp3 collection of my own music already there:

Index of /music

And sound collages here:

Index of /music/wb

If you want to make a new thread, general talk seems as good a place as any. Feel free to post up books and flicks of those books.

.pdf files, not so much... ha ha...

Which is a shame. I have a ton of old-school graff mags from 1990 as .pdf. I bet people would appreciate seeing them. I also own a sizable collection of books myself and magazines from early 2000 like Stile File. Easily an entire shelf of my bookshelf is nothing but books and magazines...

But I'm an old fuck. I turn 50 this July. For realsies. So the time-frame is mostly late 1990's to 2010. These days, I see flicks mainly online so books kind of don't really push my buttons anymore. But it is nostalgic to go back and flip through, say "The Art of Getting Over" or "Graffiti World" for instance.

 

[JUNO]

Logging into Bombing Science forum is like seeing tumbleweed in the desert lol. That forum died out since everyone transitioned here. Thanks again @SATIRE for setting it up and seeing less spam.

 

[SATIRE]

Logging into Bombing Science forum is like seeing tumbleweed in the desert lol. That forum died out since everyone transitioned here. Thanks again @SATIRE for setting it up and seeing less spam.

I appreciate that, but honestly, I'm just glad to see people on here and keeping the community alive. I DO wish we could add more members, though. I try. Feel free to invite people.

 

[Phazr]

Logging into Bombing Science forum is like seeing tumbleweed in the desert lol. That forum died out since everyone transitioned here. Thanks again @SATIRE for setting it up and seeing less spam.

Bro I was just looking at it lol, it's so bad now a days.

 

[SATIRE]

Bro I was just looking at it lol, it's so bad now a days.

Well it's nice to have you back!

I am glad those of us still here are here, but I really want to see the forum grow to the glory BS and 12oz and even PureGraffiti used to have. I just wish we had more new members who actually contributed. I would love to see this place teeming. I used to go to the forums and it was an inspiration. It was a constant flow of ideas and an exchange of community. That's most important to me. I know Instagram has sapped a lot of that away, but I never felt a sense of community there.

I hope to have something like that here. Hopefully, we are just starting.

 

[Phazr]

I think for us to be able to grow it more quickly, an additional way to invite new members would be a plus. Getting people's emails to be able to send an invite makes it tricky.

I think as long as we have an active moderation team that can delete/ban people we could open it up a bit more. Like a link we could message people, I wouldn't post it publicly necessarily but it could help streamline the process.

12oz and BS grew because you could just find it and join rather easily. And back when BS has an active community and mod team it was kept in line just fine.

 

[SATIRE]

I think for us to be able to grow it more quickly, an additional way to invite new members would be a plus. Getting people's emails to be able to send an invite makes it tricky.

I think as long as we have an active moderation team that can delete/ban people we could open it up a bit more. Like a link we could message people, I wouldn't post it publicly necessarily but it could help streamline the process.

12oz and BS grew because you could just find it and join rather easily. And back when BS has an active community and mod team it was kept in line just fine.

The only problem with that is this is exactly what bots use spiders to scrape websites and sign up for.