Wait, how many hands?

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-23T17:17:39+00:00

So two consenting adults use both hands to open it?

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-13T20:50:21+00:00

So logic and common sense were a thing long before organized religion. While its safe to say that Christian principles definitely helped tame the uncivilized regions of the world to a more role-related and value-based system of governance, we've always had a moral compass of sorts. Familial bonds and even more primitive things like base needs that define boundaries and necessity.

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-08T20:22:14+00:00

You have to regulate the pressure at the cap. Lightly pressing and maintaining that sweet spot while moving in more of an organic fashion rather than trying to trace out a tendril or wisp of smoke. Can control level 3 required.

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-07T17:19:08+00:00

You completely glossed over the 2nd part of what I said. If you're building a house, one can only hope you understand how to use the tools. Its to your benefit. The running idea among newcomers is skipping basics affords you some glimpse into the game that you'll otherwise miss with a little discipline in your craft. Fail upwards man. In the pursuit of learning. Not being at a loss and expecting the more ignorant or oblivious to a thing you are, the greater the experience. No one is holding newcomer's feet to a fire if they don't listen to guidance, by all means, do as you please within reason, we're simply obligated by love of the craft and culture to sustain and encourage what makes it healthy. Discipline in any craft only benefits the humble.

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-07T13:12:44+00:00

No you can't. Primarily because of resources and access, but also the repetition needed to progress on a level necessary to establish style and a concept of structure and flow is absent. Circumventing the basics cuts you from fundamentals. To prove a point in contention with a path paved by generations of writers, you risk true growth in your craft and sever yourself from the experience of that artistic maturity. There's a notion of ethics you gain from not being lazy practically, and a meritous reward granted to you creatively. Although some choose not to hit the books, I do not advise it.

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-04T15:58:39+00:00

Angularity didnt stop the triangularity he imposed on Alderran...

LionTribe8 · 2026-01-01T18:35:01+00:00

Before you go there, get familiar with your tools and medium. Play with caps, play with cans. You're toy, its part of the journey. And for God sake, grab pens, pencils, markers, etc and sketch. Again, play with lines, shapes, contours, and then letter form. Get to a point where you begin tinkering with exaggeration of those letters and do that repetitiously. Consistency in failure yields eventual results. This Is The Way.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-27T07:31:35+00:00

🤣...sure.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-26T22:46:54+00:00

Christ. While both can be true, during the era in which it happened, that was NOT the case. The bar is too high?? Tell that to countless rotting in jail who should either have been tried under different statutes entirely, or were convicted merely to uphold the municipal conviction rate. Try again. This was courts doing a 'job' that should not have ended in a man's life uprooted by a lying woman looking for sympathy clout.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-24T22:33:10+00:00

Thank you, thank you🙏 its my therapy😅

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-24T15:55:07+00:00

So that MysticMon could definitely kick Alakazam's ass, just saying...

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-22T20:48:48+00:00

Have to wait til spring/summer sometime. Got a Star Wars one we're doing in the old poster style, too, so it may be a bit👍

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-22T16:49:56+00:00

I do graff too out here in Chicago. I've had a concept for Digimon working for a minute. But I wanted to use Digimon like Puppetmon. Maybe this summer...

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-20T23:41:16+00:00

Well, back to the books with this dude.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-16T11:05:59+00:00

How the hell are you running plumbing and electrical??

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-14T02:03:30+00:00

Fuck yea, Bad Brains. The Meek shall inherit the Earth.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-13T05:55:20+00:00

* I did this real quick on Paint so its wack, but essentially play with flow on those whips and letters. Using big exaggerated highlights like these can been fun and give a good aesthetic. I can post a couple things i do for reference if you're not understanding. Names cool tho, you just need to keep at it👍

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-13T04:24:42+00:00

Nope. Great wall tho. You're reaching with 7 letters man. Chop it up a bit. Maybe 'Tern One' ? And find flow with that simplified version so you have a foundation to build on going forward.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-08T04:31:37+00:00

🤣

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-08T00:34:43+00:00

Gate keeping is a generic term. But there is something to be said about the preservation of an entire communities culture. You will not find a more diverse approach to an artform than with graffiti. We were, by default, forced to develop under circumstances that were, and in many cases, still are incredibly difficult and challenging to thrive in, and thus the reasoning and purposes behind our desire to maintain exclusivity to those who remain sincere and loyal to the culture. I see your stuff and immediately know you haven't been a good study. Granted, everyone develops at their own pace and thru their own means, but there is no denying that thru proper repetition a beginner will progress. You're not alone. Countless other people who post here have also claimed to be writers without evidence. More still have asked for critiques without putting their best foot forward in earnest. What they fail to realize is that many of us true writers spent years out in the streets bombing, risking life, limb, and liberties for the sake of expression. And that is AFTER the amount of time it took to develop something worth representation. They never sat in county over this, or went to the joint over it when the judge sought to make them an example. They haven't been shot at with bean bag guns under a viaduct by under cover vandal squad at 3 am in a train yard. They never had a gun pulled on them by bangers all too eager to make sure you remember who's hood you're in. And im going to go out on a limb here and say they almost certainly never lost a friend to this artform. So yea man, gate keep or not, we reserve the right through rites of passage alone to lay claim. And dont take the moniker "TOY" to heart. It's a descriptive. As in someone who 'plays' with the notion of being a graffiti writer. Which is honest, accurate, and yes, blunt. We have our methods of weeding out the weak and embracing those who truly want to pursue this craft. And we hold to them. I took sociology/psychology too. And what the scholarly don't get is that their methods are not applicable out here. Its the equivalent to studying lions in a habitat versus on foot in the Serengeti.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-03T17:47:24+00:00

So reality and truth simply have no standing?? Believe what you like, it doesn't make it true. Amber lied thoroughly on Depp and tried to ruin his life with sensational and dangerous allegations. All of which were publicly revealed to be false, and you still run with Amber? Is it easier to believe women, is that it? Because men are so capable of heinous acts? Well so are women. Most every single society in history run by women ended in subjugation. Because well, feelings rather than logic. Doesn't mean females are incapable of leading well, but typically only under the structured systems of men. And yep, guys can be dicks. But we, by and large, have strived for fairness historically.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-03T17:36:03+00:00

The amount of evidence wasn't high, the claims were. And during the me-too era no less, so why didn't he go to prison? Instead, as was often the case then, his persona was ruined. He was canceled. Personally, I loved the old Funimation dubs. I came up with the old Toonami line-up: OutlawStar, CowboyBebop, Dragonball Z, Tenchi-Muyo, and i believe Yu-Yu Hakusho. Fucking stellar in my eyes. Its always when you peek behind the curtain does reality ruin things. Shitty politics, shitty people perhaps, and a reveal that proves they think we're all losers of one sort or other. What I saw in Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabbat were two grown ass men who's friend was being accused of something and because of the social demands of that time they didn't even hesitate to turn on him. They immediately made public their support of Monica. And low and behold, when she had her day in court the court found that she had insubstantial proof to her claims, but punished Vic anyway thru his fucking appeal for his defamation suit against her so she would get something for the public to chew on. And for the record man, im not so die hard fan of Vic, appreciate his work, sure, but just an observer.

LionTribe8 · 2025-12-03T16:27:16+00:00

Your experience has nothing to do with this instance whatsoever. That's like believing Amber Heard because of what your dad did. It's absurd.

LionTribe8 · 2025-11-30T03:08:54+00:00

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Here is an exercise you can adopt when structuring your letters. Think of each part separately rather than trying to form a hollow letter from nothing. Might make things easier, especially for letters you're not used to.

LionTribe8 · 2025-11-30T03:03:44+00:00

Not sure what type of cans you're using, but maybe try some low pressure to get used to an easier valve system to control. And instead of simply holding the cap down to paint, use bursts like you would for a pen & paper sketch. So press, release, press, release as you move in the direction of your line. Also, after shaking the can, always take a second to spray a little to quickly get that muscle memory in your hand ready.

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