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As reported last post, I’ve been painting up a storm lately. Been writing too! One would swear I was smitten lol. Somehow I can’t stay away from graffiti art for very long though. Haven’t been hitting the walls for lack of paint, but I totally got back into painting the good ole 80′s style graffiti jackets!  Every writer and graffiti fan was rockin these things back in the day and I so missed painting them that I had to do a few so off to the thrift store i went and picked up a few good Lee and Levi jackets. I was painting in no time! Got two finished so far, one on the way and another primed which is what this post is really about!

You see, one of the jackets is a Ladies Medium size and well, I dont wear those. I couldnt pass it up though because I wanted to buy as many as I could! I initially had someone in mind to be the recipient, but I don’t any more so I’m giving it away!  Well, sorta. This awesome, black denim jacket, soon to have original graffiti art on the back is now the subject of the……

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME??? Graffiti Jacket contest!

Here’s the deal.

As a young scribbler in high school wearing my ever-so-badass graffiti jacket to class in the fall, it wasn’t unheard of to get numerous requests from the ladies for some artwork.  The demand was high enough that I couldn’t keep up with half of it(which i suppose is a good thing). Anyway, with demand so high and my only having 2 hands and 24 hours in a day, it became an auction of sorts. Sometimes for money, sometimes for goods, sometimes for an exchange of art. So that’s how I’m gonna do this one.  Your name or whatever words you want, by my hand and brushes for …..whatever you can think of!  Whoever comes up with the best offer gets the jacket.  You may or may not wear it, but trust me, you want this. It’s a one of a kind that may never happen again which makes it ridiculously collectible especially on the eve of my first gallery opening in ages!

So that’s that. Hit the contact button or drop me an email at contest@forceduprise.com with whatever your offer may be(you’d be suprised what may win so don’t be afraid to be creative) and I will get in touch with the lucky winner when the best offer has been offered! There’s no real time limit on this one, but best to hit me while the inspiration is there.  The last one of these I did custom was a $450 investment for the buyer so this contest is a great way to get something for a price YOU determine!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Gone84

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Been a minute since I posted on here so I thought to share some insight on the life the Gone 84ster. Since my last post, I have put three new coats of paint on my favorite wall in Altoona. Would love to get a monster production up, but I just don’t have the resources at this point.  I really need to buy a ladder hahahaha.  All-in-all, I will consider today’s effort a success in that it was all done with dollar cans and still came out looking pretty decent.  I only have one shitty pic of it because it was pretty dark out, but if it’s still up next week I will add a few to the gallery.  In the meantime, you will have to deal with the shitty blurred pic with the saturation cranked up.

From time to time I get a small audience gathering as I paint and lots of questions, which is a good thing. More often than not its things like “how do you do that” or “can you write my name in graffiti” or something of that sort.  Every now and again I’ll see the one or two inspired kids that really want to learn how to do it but past experience has shown me that they usually go their own way when they figure out that it’s actually art and takes work.  Some will roll off and do just enough to impress their friends or girlfriends and never actually learn anything but what they can copy off of the internet.  They buy the expensive paint online, load their pockets with caps and then proceed to make a god-awful mess of their neighbourhood in the effort to impress those who don’t know any better.  I am sure you have seen them around, the fake gangstas speaking some foreign language they presume to be “street” and just wreaking of “wannabe”.

Well today, after two years of beating on this wall, I have found a new audience, or rather they have found me.  A few of the local kids popped up and sat there…watching.  Asking the good questions, talking about their blackbooks and how they have to refine their letters.  This to me is an inspiration. It’s one of the few reasons I haven’t retired from the sport yet.  The craft needs to be passed on in all of its forms.  The LIFESTYLE just as much as the techniques that make us writers different from most of the society that comsumes our art. Could it be, that there is a real future for graffiti art in this town?  Is it really possible that there are some local kids who don’t equate writing graffiti with snoop dogg and crippin’?  One of these young cats was even bold enough to show me one of his drawings.  I was amazed to see simple, clean letters.  No arrows, no 3d, no chips or none of that shit that the fakers like to do as soon as they pick up a pencil.  This young man may very well have the right idea.  A notion of concept that escapes those who are in it for the wrong reasons.  I am not going to say that they were very good letters, definitely not the work of a skilled craftsmen, but the beginnings, if pursued of an enlightenment offered only to the true seeker.  I never did catch their names, but I was sure to extend the invitation to stop out with their blackbooks any day when I am out there.  Its been a really long time since I have witnessed kids that were as dedicated to this vocation as I am.  It takes a certain kind of insanity, it really does. But I am hoping they continue to pursue this and will forward this tradition in any way possible.

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Here ya go! Another new shirt design(just click on the picture or THIS LINK). Trying to do some without letters on them for awhile. For some reason I have been inspired to do more drawing. Painting season is pretty much over out my way so plan on seeing alot more of the online projects and drawing showing up here. I have been doing alot of work on graffitimassive and trying to get it moving. Starting a new graffiti forum isn’t the easiest thing. People like to join but no one wants to start the conversation lol. Either way, I will be adding new graffiti pics to both galleries and starting some serious work on tutorials of how to draw graffiti letters. Needless to say, I am still doing custom tshirts so get your orders to me in time for the holidays!

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Just added a new shirt to the shop! For those of you who know me from bboy.org you will recognize this one. It’s available in hoodies and plenty of other styles and colours of shirt so go check it out! Just click on the pic and you will be directed to the shop where you can get more authentic graffiti tshirts and other delicious original items! I am still taking custom requests also so message or comment if you want something you can’t find.

For those that haven’t been following, I set up a new site recently called graffitimassive.com. Its awesome really. All the goodies, forum, gallery….etc. Well, just as people are starting to join and post and all that fun, boom…down it goes. It’s been down for the last couple hours so hopefully the people that signed up find their way here. I am assured by the service people there that it will be back up in a few hours, but I am not trusting it for a minute. I need to scrounge up a few bucks and transfer it over to my own hosting. This is ridiculous…Anyway, that’s my rant for the day. Hoping for some good weather tomorrow so I can go PAINT

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