Learn drawing techniques and understand letter structure from a graffiti writing context to enhance your type and lettering work. This workshop focuses on graffiti pieces and the rich subculture of graffiti writers—a tradition of letterforms that originated on New York City subways in the 1970s. Through drawing exercises, history lessons, and demonstrations, participants will learn how to adapt ideas from the graffiti world while respecting the artform and its practitioners. You’ll work on a series of drawings, developing one idea into a lettering piece, drawn alphabet, or foundation for a new display typeface. Kel will help you see the graffiti around you in new ways and leave the workshop with fresh ideas and a deeper appreciation for graffiti work. No prior experience with graffiti writing is necessary—just a type or lettering practice and curiosity for other forms of letter making. No computers are required for this workshop.
Graffiti Concepts for Type People
