Graffiti

Alright, which one of you did this?

>>691 Where is this

>>691 Aw that's nice. I wish there was some Lain art around my city aswell. I can't do graffiti so I might use up some of my Lainchan stickers instead.

It's spreading..... Yes.....

>>691 I suspect you did :) nice work though.

>>691 "LAINIS LOVE" lmao oops Makes me think of using "lainist" instead of "lainon" as a demonym

why does this look like a bunker in alaska or something

>>873 well, maybe because it is in what appears to be a quarry the northwestern US 44.405772, -117.309133 618 US-30 BUS, Huntington, Oregon, USA

whoever did it should post the stencil

>>915 That makes me wonder about the possibility of the guy not browsing lainchan and that even so he still praises Lain in meatspace.

Nice. Already into graffiti and stickers, but I guess I'll be making Lain stencils for my city as well now.

>>966 i've always wanted to get into graffiti, but my artistic capabilities and a fear of getting caught have kept me out. any general tips?

>>966 Can you share some more stencils?

>>968 Don't overcomplicate stuff early on. Just come up with a name and tag soykaf up to get comfortable with feeling noided on the street, later you can get into simple throw ups and 2-3 color pieces. And don't procastrinate. just go out with cans, even if you'r not planning on tagging. You'll get to doing it anyway. first few times I got friends to keep me company/look out. That helped too But I'm very much still a toy so you will probably find better tips on the net. >>969 Haven't done stencils yet, but will post some stickers

I was going to paste a bunch of homemade lain stickers around /cyb/ locations like deep woods, abandoned buildings and sumps etc. Places where people explore. I made a thread about it some months ago. But I only put up a couple and then I got really high on ketamine and lost them one day - in my room - where the fuarrrk are they i have looked everywhere I honestly think they entered a time warp because I looked everywhere. And photo paper is expensive. Anyways, I still really like the idea of advertising in obscure meatspaces. Once I get more photo paper I'm going to repring those..

chicago lains?

>>691 Holy soykaf this actually made it onto the wired... never expected it up so soon. Did you see the blue ones too? I know I put up more than just the one color, but I can't remember what other ones I used. >>696 Guess I'll have to put up some more? >>698 Thanks, I made the stencil in about five minutes using some construction paper, a pencil, and an exacto knife. >>867 Yeah I'm still mostly new to the freehand tagging thing... >>915 Sadly the stencil was trashed along with others and about half of my paints. I was interrupted by some guy who didn't see me right away and I thought he was local police, so I ditched most of the disposable gear before going over to chat him up, and I left just as I remembered that I had abandoned about $30 worth of paint... Turns out he was just a motorcycle guy who was fascinated by the graffiti. Oh well. Tomorrow though I will post a remake along with the source image for everyone to see. It was fun to do. >>916 Nah mostly I just lurk >>966 Let's all love lain! >>968 Bring tape, stencils, only the colors of paint you'll need, and a buddy. Gloves if you don't like paint all over your hands, and snacks are optional but recommended for a good time. Stenciling is super easy. If you can pick out hard lines and trace them, you'll do fine. Remember you'll only have a one-color contrast. Also earn to fast-talk, come up with a good excuse beforehand that isn't necessarily legal but isn't as bad as vandalization. Most people won't like you sticking around their property but as long as it seems innocent, like having a smoke somewhere private or getting lost, they won't mind too much. Further, admitting to something you probably weren't supposed to deflects attention away form what you were actually doing. People trying to hide everything they do are more suspicious than people who give up a little bit of guilt. >>969 You weren't addressing me but if I can find any old stencils I've left lying around, I'll post those too >>970 This lain has solid advice. Stickers are pretty neat too. Any other questions I'm happy to answer, I'm just glad the community found my tags.

Any Los Angeles Lainons want to get together to give this a shot?

>>966 OT for graffiti, but I liked your motive and printed some stickers today.

>>983 who designed the floral lain stickers? They're so lovely

>>984 I think Kalyx did. I remember the thread when the floral sticker was anounced. But I'm not sure

>>983 what paper do you use?

>>970 >>980 what are some good materials for making stencils? i bought a bunch of paint for 1$ a can, but I don't have a stencil and I suck at freehand, I thought cardboard might be good, because you can fold it, but how does it hold up? is there something you would recommend as a good stencil material?

>>990 old record sleeves work well for small pieces

>>991 nice, is there a way to conceal them while going to location i want to tag?

>>992 Empty pizza box, if you're somewhere where it'd make sense to be carrying one. Just make sure you hold it upright and remember to pretend there's pizza in it.

>>989 The paper ist called "Avery Zweckform Etiketten". The quality is pretty meh.. but ok for random sticker tagging. >>992 I made a portfolio with 2 pieces of cardboard and some tape. Works pretty good, but the ink sticks to the cardboard after spraying, which is a bit anoying.

My first stecil, I actually sprayed on something. Pretty happy with it. I felt extremly good after spraying it. It's fuarking addictive

>>998 Congrats Lain! It came out great. Let's hope that euphoria wasn't mostly from being near spraypaint fumes in a non-ventilated area!

>>989 Generally, you want to use very light and extra sticky paper stickers if you print at home. If you use glossy paper or such things they come off more easily, don't rip when someone pulls on them, the colors fade quicker and with all those downsides they are more expensive. The Print itself looks better of course but if you plan to spread them outside your goal should be longevity. If you absolutely need glossy stickers order offset printed ones online. Again choose the lightest paper as it is harder to remove and annoys whoever has to do this. I started with streetart around 15 years ago (no kidding) and some of those paper stickers are up for 10+ years. However all the glossy and offset soykaf is gone after a year without a trace. Your decision. If you really want it to last there are other means as well, but it'll be expensive and high volume only (like 1000+). Look up "egg shell stickers" then, unless someone demolishes the whole fuarrrking building these will easily outlive you.

>>1015 Those egg shell stickers look amazing. Will be ordering a bunch when I have some more disposable income. Good tip, fren

>>987 i still have the original saved

>>691 Ok, guys. I was looking for the lain graffiti but haven't found anything. I'm so sory for those subhumans: https://vk.com/wall-79804601_2393

>>1025 Holy soykaf

>>1025 perhaps take image like this, Photoshop the background out, make it black/white and then print and cut out only the black or white sections leaving a good shape to paint

>>1019 I made these, IDK if the qr code works, but it is supposed to link to the lainchan homepage, also a stencil

Made another sticker/stencil design you can use. Also got myself some 80cm * 120cm cartboard so I can put this up pretty big if i get such a big stencil on location. Thinking of repeating the stencil through a tunnel, alternating my writername and LAIN above each one

>>1030 you have an xcf or anything?

here are two variants of the same one, have fun

>>981 do it fellow LA lainon.

I have the next couple of days off work... It's been a long time since I dabbled in graffiti but this thread has rekindled my interest.

>>990 legend says that your old x.rays are the best for stencils

>>1030 Nice work! I will probably make a stencil out of the 1st image and print some stickers with the 2nd.

>>1027 I think you confused me with someone

I can't for the life of me find the source image I used... Oh well. >>990 For small stencils like the one in the OP, which is not much bigger than a hand, I use sheets from a book of stocky construction paper. They're durable enough for a couple uses, can easily be drawn on and cut out with an exacto knife, and the book they come in keeps things looking innocuous. I find cardboard difficult to work with because of how bulky it is, but it's not as limited by size. Also I fuarrrking love all these stencil and sticker designs, I didn't think so many people would be into lain streetart but in hindsight it's so obvious... Maybe I'll see some of you out on the streets!

Holy soykaf, I should have come back and checked this thread sooner. Didn't think it would have garnered such a response. I stumbled across this place on my way home from a trip to the pacific northwest, recommended to me by a guy in Seattle. Just a massive abandoned plant of some kind that's pretty much fallen apart. I wish I had tagged this, but at the same time it just makes it that much cooler that I didn't. Made me feel connected to something more than myself....

>>980 Hahaha, oh my god!! I should have read the whole thread before that last post. I'm so happy to have been able to find your peace and share it back with the community. <3 <3 <3

>>1051 looks a lot like >>1027

I'll keep up the spirit and go out tomorrow night and tag a few places, prolly freehand "lain is love" or something like that, second option is the same deal with cut-out characters. If someone spots that one I'll probably cry.

>>1062 Yeah really close, it's from one of the early episodes of her at class but damn if I'll ever find that cap again

might be a cool sticker idea, i don't have any good patterning skills though, so I cant make it colorful

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>>1663 >>1664 No sedders :/

>>691 I would love if there graffiti of any interesting value at all was around my community. Nice find or work if you're the one who did it.

>>1030 I love your design, I'll probably come back to this once i get some better materials and i get better with the exactoknife

>>990 This guy >>1046 knows his soykaf. Any thin stiff plastic will get you the most durable stencils without sacrificing precision. Great for small soykaf you want to get a lot of mileage out of. If you prefer working with card I recommend manila file folders. Decent paper and they are easy to carry around.