[Effel]

Id get into it, but its just another thing the dibble could do me over for. Although not once have i seen the almighty letters of 'Effel' anywhere.

[Sooper]

Oh i reckon round your way its probably different to where i am, they are probably a lot more clued up and have older friends/family who they have learnt from.

I do seem to recall Pure but my memory is rubbish , Im trying to thing of the big writers down my way were Dose, Rise, Ensine, and i cant think of the others which is gonna bug me now!

Theres a kiddy round my way that thinks Nitro is a unique name! Im sure no-one has ever used that before! I expect there are probably Seens , Lee's etc all over the place, no originality anymore.

[Effel]

One of my mates pieces read 'Fat Chris' within days it was 'Twat Chris-He cant spray for shit'

[Sooper]

I struggled with the spraying and was better at tags and left the tricky stuff to my talented mates who had a natural arty flair! It was a buzz doing the train yards and pieces, the adrenalin goes something stupid!

I can remember being chased out of Hastings yard by the Transport Police , Mr Toes was there , what a buzz!! This site makes me think too much!!

[Effel]

Back in the day when it could be done without getting twatted by a tube?

[mr.pure]

Funny cos I've never seen anyone writing Seen or Lee.
Seems that some of the information gets through.
Might have to use that as an example when I question this twat as to why he chose to use my name.
Arsehole !

[Effel]

Thinking about it wouldnt mind doing some stuff, how difficult is it in lazy twat terms?

[Sooper]

I think its very disrespectful to use another person id, especially if you are in the same manor! Thats just wrong! I can understand that there could be more than one person in the world using the same tag thats bound to happen i know my ol tag must be cos i cant always use it on some web sites which upset me a lot! I thought it was unique!

[mr.pure]

You just gotta keep your eyes peeled, suss out your escape routes, wear silicon gloves, get paint with no ball bearing in it, practice your styles and through away the paper, get a piece book and learn how to rock.
Not sure Effel's such a great name for graffiti purposes cos one lot of double letters is bad enough but you gots two.
I had about 5 names before I settled on Pure, 20 years ago this year.



Convicted and published.

[Effel]

So basically be inconspicuous?

[mr.pure]

Very muchly.
You gotta plan shit like a bank robbery sometimes.
But first you gotta practice, practice, practice.
You're allready into Hip Hop and trainers so go for it.
You'll never look back.

[Sooper]

Mr.P has hit the nail on the head, Practice is the key until you develop a style that you are happy with and i agree a new name that wont be an obvious link back to you. I would imagine it is a lot harder these days with CCTV everywhere and loads more convictions etc. I recommend (if you havent already?) getting Spraycan Art and Subway Art which show the origins and some pretty fine pieces too. I still think that TCA stuff is my favourite stuff, genius lettering and characters.

[mr.pure]

Pick up Graffiti World as well now.
Let's you know what's going on now.
Nice book too.

[Sooper]

I think i may have to get a copy of that so that i can see whats going on in the graff world these days.

[Effel]

hard to trace s it is, is quite unlike my actual name. I'll get some montanas and see what happens.