Graffiti Cookbook by Björn Almqvist

Author:Björn Almqvist
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789185639601
Publisher: SCB Distributors

Pixaçâo artist signs a book. São Paulo 2012

MARKERS AND INK

A 20 mm flow pen for meaty tags, a shoe polish marker for the right flow, a silver marker on a black background, advanced colouring with Pos- ca pens, a double-edged felt pen for the greatest calligraphic effect or ballpoint for simple everyday drawing. Most graffiti writers use markers in many parts of their work. Markers have developed a lot during the last ten years, and the range is nearly infinite.

There are pens for special effects, with special paints and pens adapted for different foundations. Markers have a longstanding tradition in graffiti culture. Previously, you got what you could find in the shop and modified it at home. Or you built it entirely yourself to get it just the way you wanted it. It would be a mop, a squeezer or a flow pen. It is from this tradition that many of the new, graffiti-adapted pens come.

The same applies to paint. Previously, a writer would sit at home, cooking text paint or experimenting with solvents. Today shops offer everything from acryl paint, marker ink or various alcohol-based solutions for invisible ink and fluorescent paint.

But in the end, it’s not which marker you use, but how you use it. Getting the perfect letter requires a lot of practice, the right flick of the wrist, and not least, a style of your own.

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