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baby taggers
Feb. 7th, 2013 10:49 amOne of the fun things about walking to school is that the trail goes through a few spots sheltered enough to nurture people who are just starting out in the graffiti world. Less visibility means you can practice how you want to write (and spell) your handle without getting caught the first time you're out with a spray can. In general I support graffiti when it's not destroying anyone else's art, which means tagging on murals makes me mad, buildings are case-by-case depending on how interesting I find them, and advertising or construction barriers are A-OK. (Sometimes I think it's a good thing I'm not responsible for anything legal in this world.)
Some examples:
Lots of these are on the promotional banners over the construction fence by new dorm construction, which have photos of current and past students. Some graffiti reference their placement: The message "wanker" probably refers to the Benedict-Cumberbatch-looking kid on the poster, rather than being a handle, though I'd like to see someone tagging with that. "Nyarlathotep Fthagn" probably does not. This area is notable for curly Daliesque mustaches that in most cases are unusually well chosen for their subjects.
Perhaps as a commentary on the sheer volume of tags in that corridor, a little orange-striped warning sawhorse has "I AM A VANDAl :)" painted on the back.
Taking an alternate route the past couple of times, I've been newly amused by seeing "Czek" in a place or two, and then once where they clearly had to balance atop a fence to do it, "Czek up."
And, of course, some of the images are great too. There's a wonderful sketch, in approximately two unbroken lines of what looks like black oil-pastel, of a startled daruma on the concrete bridge near Hall Hall. Plus, these little guys have been adorable for upwards of a year; hopefully everyone finds them as appealing as I do and they won't be overwritten for a long time.
![[Cute little blobs!]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/4e4d0ca25926/678086-552819/underhill.hhhh.org/~igg/graffiti-chars.jpg)
Some examples:
- Rogue Soul, who had not yet decided whether the abbreviated "Roso" was appropriate
- OBESE, pleasingly rotund of letter as well as concept
- endless, in ethereal cursive, seemed to find that one time tagging was enough
- overt OVERT overt overt OVERT on the concrete bridge railings, so many times it's collaged on itself
- My personal favorite, furlough, couldn't decide on style or spelling, so there's FURLO with a spiral in the O, a few other variants, and then FERLOW with a backswept arrow on the W -- I've actually seen this one in a few other places in the area, so they've left the nest!
Lots of these are on the promotional banners over the construction fence by new dorm construction, which have photos of current and past students. Some graffiti reference their placement: The message "wanker" probably refers to the Benedict-Cumberbatch-looking kid on the poster, rather than being a handle, though I'd like to see someone tagging with that. "Nyarlathotep Fthagn" probably does not. This area is notable for curly Daliesque mustaches that in most cases are unusually well chosen for their subjects.
Perhaps as a commentary on the sheer volume of tags in that corridor, a little orange-striped warning sawhorse has "I AM A VANDAl :)" painted on the back.
Taking an alternate route the past couple of times, I've been newly amused by seeing "Czek" in a place or two, and then once where they clearly had to balance atop a fence to do it, "Czek up."
And, of course, some of the images are great too. There's a wonderful sketch, in approximately two unbroken lines of what looks like black oil-pastel, of a startled daruma on the concrete bridge near Hall Hall. Plus, these little guys have been adorable for upwards of a year; hopefully everyone finds them as appealing as I do and they won't be overwritten for a long time.
