Blog #4: From Spray Can to Light: Graffiti Revised.

I chose this street graffiti because I think it's unique. It is different from the typical street graffiti that we normally see in the streets. The artist used the same graffiti techniques, but just put it in 3-D form. In this graffiti, it shows an illusion of two people going white water rafting in a river with an alligator standing by. The artist used many of the Elements (line, colour, size, shape, value, etc.) and the Principles of Design. The size of this graffiti starts of with being narrow at the far back and gradually gets wider as it gets to the front. Intricate lines and shape are used to make the outline of the artwork look realistic. The yellow raft is emphasized from the rest of the art work to create an illusion of two people white water rafting in this "river". The artist used a lot of shading to give this masterpiece some value and texture.

I chose this piece because the palm trees instantly reminded me of the beach and how I would used to go there all the time whenever we have family gatherings. In this photo, we can see that the artist used variety of lines to produce this image since we can't fill in the whole picture with colour. The dark background helped show the different levels of contrast in this piece of art. The colours' level of brightness adds a lot of value in this  There is a lot of repetition with lines in here, especially with the wavy lines as one represents the grass and one is the sky, I believe. 

Both light graffiti and street graffiti allows the artist to express their emotions through their work in a creative and artistic way. They use the same techniques and concepts, but they are shown differently. Light graffiti artists uses LED lights or any light source and editing programs such as photoshop to create their work. They use the atmosphere as their canvas and let the movements of their whole body and imagination do the whole work. Special effects are added so that they can add value, contrast, and extra details to the picture and make it much better since they are only drawn using lines. As you can tell, light graffiti's usually have a lot of negative spaces because the images are usually not filled in. Light graffiti is the type of graffiti that is legal since they are not "painting" on a hard surface area and are only captured using a camera which makes it only temporary. Street graffiti artists uses different type of paints to create their work. They use walls, trucks, or any choice of their location as their canvas. The artist uses intricate lines and a lot of painting to make their artwork very detailed and realistic. Street graffiti is illegal since it involves vandalism, however, it can be legal unless you ask permission from the owner of the location you are trying to use as a canvas. Eventually, both types of graffiti uses the Elements and Principles of Design.