a few weeks ago i decided to paint one of the many very cool sketches cecs had done for me. i wasn't very happy with my painting abilities the day i painted this, so i have been hesitant to upload it, but here it is! this is painted in an abandoned mental asylum somewhere in norway....next time i am wearing a gas mask for sure!
Welcome aboard! SWK already beat me to the punch but here you go. Your name was a ton of fun to work with, hopefully you'll find one you want to paint. Cheers!
Sorry for the hiatus dudes. I promise I'll get back on my grind. In the meantime here are some Kaput sketches.
Kaput:
Your name was a lot of fun to work with, especially the tags. Unfortunately I think one or two of those sketches may be a little too close to your style already, specifically the one with the cartoon shadows on the right, which kind of defeats the purpose of this thing I guess. I think I did some connections that you've probably done before as well, so if you're not feeling painting any of these it's cool. If you decide to though I feel like you'd nail any one of them.
I had fun sketching your name, Its easy to do many variations with less letters.."Ensoe" Has always been a tricky tag to write. I think working with all these names is going to make me a lot better. I did a few angled sketches for you, Because I noticed most of your work is bouncy and has a lot of swing to it. So I'm making you try something different. Hope you like 'em!
This the second CECS outline from the page of sketches he did that I HAD to rock. I mainly had to do it because I could see it on the classic NZ freight, the Space Runner. I think it came out all good too!
here's the first piece I've painted from the selection of sketches people rocked last week. We were invited out of town to Tauranga to paint and not knowing what to expect, took all the different sketches printed out so I could choose the most fitting to the surface. In the end I went with one of Cecs sketches.
As you can see, it pissed down with rain the whole time and I was painting on a corrugated iron wall. This made for an extremely pleasant painting experience, especially the waterfall like stream of water gushing down the left side of the A.
I like how the piece came out although I don't know if I nailed it exactly the way it was intended. For example, the lean on the A isn't gangster enough, the cross of the K sits a little high and I really struggle with such bold classic arrows. I found this piece really educational. I think Cecs draws on such a catalogue of classic NYC styles, the kind that look really simple but the subtleties are what really make them actually tough to paint!
I tried to do as many different styles as possible, including some solid black letters because I know you've been experimenting with those lately. It'll be interesting to see your take on any of these really. Can't wait to see the results.
