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Keeping this going with images alone...
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Very, very nice.
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Quote: Wallpaper has been going around on the net the last few days:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/gliko/aka_repeat_1280.gif
looks damn fresh aswell.
is the site up yet atall?
Fucking hot.
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Whoh, this got bumped. Nice update, phase.
And nice gift, edwin.
I've read that atlas uses a weed sprayer thing like this: http://altura.speedera.net/ccimg.catalogcity.com/220000/225500/225560/Products/9126202.jpg.
Could be wrong though.
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02 silver blue Passat. Stock everything and loving it.
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Yeah, I second the last post. Most custom jewelers will be able to help you out. Just find someone you trust and know does quality work.
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Ah, this thread got up'ed again. Here's some random graffiti to keep our juices flowing:
Fucking nuts.
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^^^
I think all we know is contained in this thread. So, no, no idea on a release date.
Back to general commentary on writing, who was everyone influenced by? I'm from the south, so it's generally a bunch down here: DAMET, JADE (both Aussies, actually), NEKST, DIST to name a few.
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Just came across this:
http://www.jerseyjoeart.com/Pages/exchange/SESSIONONE.html
Quote: The Exchange was started in 2005, with six participants from different areas of the United States.The six participants have each paired off into three groups of two, trading names and personal styles through sketches. This step is repeated until everyone in the group has traded outlines at least once.
Revok sketch by Rime:
Revok's interpretation:
Fucking ill!
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Another image posted in ^that thread^, apparently from the book:
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Quote: Hey Red Face -
Mind dropping a link to where you got that news from? Were there any other photos or a release date?
Red Face. Ha.
I actually found it on the 12oz website after doing a search for aka:nyc. Here: http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=62464&st=40#
Those images you posted are fucking ridiculous. They've seriously gotten me amped to paint again. I have to take a cold shower now.
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You got me digging now. Just found this:
Quote: BECAUSE WE CARE ENOUGH TO BURN FRIENDS...The 12ozPROPHET crew is back. We’re back because graffiti’s legacy is in danger, and because we’ve lurked in plain sight for far too long. While graffiti culture floats happily along knowing full well that it only shines in a struggle, graffiti ‘cool’ continues to contribute significantly to the foundation of today’s street culture industry. After a hiatus of several years, 12ozProphet is now back to stir things up in the name of the common good. Join us as we welcome a misrepresented movement back to relevance, and once again return it to the spotlight it deserves.
12ozPROPHET Magazine was launched in 1993 with the goal of raising the bar for the graffiti world and integrating it’s distinctiveness into the wider world of street culture and design. Though there were graffiti magazines before us, we presented the mayhem with an elegance and attention to detail never before seen. We were the first to package top notch graffiti, innovative design, exceptional printing and intelligent thought provoking text. We ran the most extensive interview that Barry McGee (Twist) has ever given. We wrote the first in-depth article about graffiti on the Internet, and also broke Os Gemeos and the Brazilian graffiti scene to the world. In other words, we set the pace. After 12ozPROPHET, graffiti magazines suddenly had to appeal to a wider world of culture whose interest we had piqued. Articles had to be intelligent and well researched, design had to be not simply expedient but artful, and print quality had to be superb. Graffiti was all of a sudden relevant.
12ozPROPHET PROUDLY PRESENTS ALSO KNOWN AS...
Graffiti and the hybrid cultures surrounding it all need a big kick in the ass, and there are few that are more qualified to do it than us. ALSO KNOWN AS will be a 190-page, full-color, perfect-bound, graffiti-obsessed, street culture bible released twice yearly. The focus will be nothing short of dear, dirty destruction; the glorious variety of fuck-you graffiti that offers no attempt to make friends. Absolutely every page will be pure unadulterated content, without room for advertisements or nonsense. We’re also supplementing this first release with several inserts including a kiss-cut sticker sheet, a special fold-out poster, vinyl die-cut stickers, and an exclusive pop-up diorama featuring characters by Reas. Likewise, the print production orgy we’ve got planned for this volume includes alternating several sections of the book to one of a series of carefully selected specialty paper stocks, as well as produce each section with one of several spot colors and varnishes specifically chosen to highlight the content we’re showcasing. Though each volume of ALSO KNOWN AS will be limited to a total edition of 10,000, some copies will be more exclusive than others by way of a tiered release identifiable by one of three distinctly colored foil stamped covers, each individually inscribed with a unique edition number. Multiple paper stocks in the same publication? Several different spot colors? Various types of varnishes? Multiple covers that are individually numbered? You can’t do that without an entire print house at your beck and call. But we’ve got that covered. We’ve got a high-end printing press and bindery shop in our back pocket, and we’re ready to flip this completely unfair competitive advantage into the most elegantly filthy graffiti and street culture publication that the world has ever seen.
Our intention with ALSO KNOWN AS is to deliver an overwhelming sensory delight at first glance and new visual, tactile, and intellectual nuances on the hundredth. We look forward to making other publications look clumsy, and to once again reset the standards of the culture. With 12ozPROPHET, we provided the handbook for an entire generation of designers, marketers, apparel companies, publications, and hipsters to bite from, and bite they did. With ALSO KNOWN AS, we’ll drop another set of
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Quote: Anyhow, getting back on topic, does anyone know whatever happened to all the graff magazines? What ever happened to Video Graf? For a while people we're saying they were going to start it back up, but it's been years since I've seen anything from them. Last decent video I saw was State Your Name which came out kind of recently. There's been a few books out, but it seems like mostly stuff from Europe .... Anyne know whatever happened to that Vapors Project magazine. Now that was a fresh graff magazine with potential. Never saw a second issue though.
I agree. As someone in this thread said, with all of the old writers hopping into graphic design and other visual industries, I figured there'd be an influx of new *better* books, magazines, etc. But it hasn't happened yet. But this reminds me, I came across some information on a new book getting put out by 12oz Prophet. I think it's called "AKA: NYC." It linked to their website, but nothing's on it yet. www.akanyc.com
After searching through the 12oz site, I came across some concrete info on the book. It's supposedly almost 200 pages of coffee-table-book quality. The NYC book is apparently the first book in a series covering different cities (I think?). And I found this on the 12oz website:
"there will only be 10,000 copies printed of the first volume and all will be specially packaged. each will be individualy encoded on the cover with the edition number. the first 500 will have a specific color combination on the cover and some extra stuff included in the package. the next 2500 will be a different color combination on the cover, and the remaining 7000 copies will have a third color combination on the cover. there's few stores that will be getting them and definately not newstand or chain stores. when we get a little closer, we'll post something about it and release the store list so everyone knows where to look for them."
Anyway, hopefully this comes through. It looks dope.
Edited by Awesome Rad Face on Jun 16, 2005 at 07:13 PM
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This thread finally convinced me to end my lurking days and register for a name.
I stopped writing a couple of years ago, after I had been at it for almost 5. I just reached a point where I felt the risks substantially outweighed the enjoyment I received. While I was (and still am) sad to have left that part of my life, graffiti continues to influence my day-to-day life. Hell, I'm still convinced that I'm going to total my car eventually while staring at either side of the freeway and driving 80 mph. I love being able to drive next to a train yard and peer inside for glimpses of pieces or streaks, and the sound of a train rumbling by in the night sends me back to nights in the yard.
I still try to stay up on the scene as well as I possibly can by visiting graffiti websites and purchasing the occasional magazine (still can't be beat IMO as pooping-n-reading material). I know someone in here mentioned Subway Art as a favorite book - I echo that sentiment. ESPO's 'The Art of Getting Over' is also up there. As far as magazines, 12 oz Prophet has always been my favorite, as they consistently knocked out top-notch shit. I haven't seen anything from them recently, but hopefully they haven't stopped completely.
phaseCOMPLETE asked whether graffiti will ever legitimize itself like skating has. I doubt it. I see the current 'trend' of graffiti as just that - corporate America latching on to another 'cool' 'hip' fad that they think teenagers will associate with. This too shall pass, if for no other reason than the fact that true graffiti is usually a felony.
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Graffiti Saved My Life
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So does this mean that only 10000 are being produced? Total?! Damn, I guess I won't be picking this up at my local Barnes and Noble. If anyone figures out where these are available, please don't hesitate to post the information in here. Thanks.
And I wonder how much those 100 hardcover copies will go for on eBay.