Sever + Grime + Fate in San Francisco

Here is another production from our San Francisco trip. This was painted in 2004 by Sever, Grime and Fate MSK AWR LTS in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Sever, Grime and Fate MSK AWR LTS

Mister Cartoon X Chunk MSK X Sabotaz Paint X Oink

Mister Cartoon visited Oink Headquarters in Texas a few months ago. He was joined by Chunk MSK. This video is recap of them using Sabotaz spraypaint.

The War of Art - Group Art Show - September 18

September 18, 2010 - 7-11PM

I Wuz Here and Bad Seed Gallery Present The War of Art

Bad Seed Gallery
4431 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90004 (directions)

Featured Artists:
Haste, Jarret, Joker, Kemos, Mers, Nicnak, Ohgier, Pastime, Pose2, Satyr, Vows, Adee, Andres, Axis, Chip, Defie, Dment, Dytch, Elk, Etsetra, Eyeball, Fish, Groty

Los Angeles Graffiti Gems From 20 Years Ago

Before the interweb, before digital cameras, before graffiti was cool, there was Can Control. Can Control was one of the first graffiti magazines. It was the first that I saw that had pictures of Los Angeles graffiti. I studied every issue of Can Control like it was a bible. Can Control did not only feature Los Angeles writers, it also had writers from all over the country and sometimes from outside the country. Can Control was the first time I saw works of New York writers like Ket, Cope and Tkid. When I visited New York in the early 1990s, I was already familiar with their work.

So, why all the talk about Can Control? The following pictures were taken by Power, the creator of Can Control. These are true gems that I do not think anybody has pictures of. I believe the Strip, Risk, Nes were painted in 1989 and the Sleez, Chaka, Hex were painted in 1990. Be sure to check out Can Control's website where you can pick up back issues.

Strip + Risk + Power

Video + Review: Street Art Cookbook

Street Art Cookbook aims to do it all. It claims to be "the complete do-it-yourself guide to street art." I was excited to see a book that helps aspiring street artists with their desires to create art in public spaces. But can it really do it all?

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Street Art Cookbook is a nice hardcover and is compact. As soon as I got it, I delved right into reading it. I was very impressed. It covers a lot! You get instructions on how to make posters and also your own paste for wheat pasting. It discusses the right way of creating stencils from start to finish. It shows you how to do screen printing, make your own stickers and even how to make your own markers.

Not only does each section have instructions and visuals (i.e., pictures of stencils), it also has commentaries from street artists involved in that medium. Street artists from around the world, including France, Brazil, Sweden and the United States, share their insights. This book is made by street artists for street artists.

The book delivers as promised. You can pick up Street Art Cookbook on Amazon.

Street Art Cookbook


Street Art Cookbook


Street Art Cookbook

Disclaimer: GraffHead.com was not compensated for this review. However, Dokument Press was nice enough to provide us with a copy of the book. Dokument Press is a Swedish publisher focusing subcultures including art. We have previously reviewed one of the publisher’s other books: Cholo Writing: Latino Gang Graffiti in Los Angeles.

Fear + Kofie Production

Here is a brand new production painted by Fear UTI DCV and Kofie UTI RF in Los Angeles. This is part of a larger UTI wall that was unfortunately covered. I will be going back and taking more pictures.

Fearo UTI DCV + Kofie UTI RF

Back in the Day - Xpres CBS

This character by Xpres CBS was painted around 1993-1994. This was the era before the fancy European paints. This was most likely painted with Krylon paint.

You can see in the background a dragon piece painted by Mear. To the right of the character are letters by Anger and Xist spelling out CannaBiS. This character by Xpres and the Conart piece painted by Mear were two of my favorite works in the early 1990s.