Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’

Vermont Graffiti for the Green Mountain State

Digg DiggIt was time again to knock off another state from the list of graffiti designs to complete. Vermont came up while performing a Google search, so I ran with it. I took a cue from Vermont.gov to get the color for the Vermont graffiti design. With that Vermont green selected, I created the spray [...]

Iowa Graffiti to Celebrate Your Own Black and Yellow

The state graffiti designs have been selling well, so it was time for the next state to get the nod. I looked at the map and saw Iowa. It’s a state that I did not yet do, so I got to work. I did some quick research and found that the University of Iowa’s team, [...]

Classic Cassette Takes you Back to the Old School

I grew up with records, 8 tracks and cassettes, but my love for music really evolved when tapes were the thing to have. It was only right that I pay tribute to the cassette tape. Even today, hip hop DJs release their tracks on mix tapes which are really now on CDs or MP3 files. [...]

Hoosier Daddy with Indiana Graffiti

It was time to for another state in graffiti style letters, so in comes Indiana, home of the Hoosiers. I used crimson red for the lettering for the land of the Indians. This really sets off the mood for the Indiana graffiti design. Once the Indiana graffiti was design was ready, I uploaded it to [...]

Stand up for Your State with Virginia Graffiti

One of these days, all 50 states in graffiti style will be ready, but for now it’s one step at a time. I literally chose Virginia by random to be next on the list to get the graffiti treatment. It was hard to decide on the color, but I decided on the Cavaliers orange. Looking [...]

Showing Off the Urban Side of Illinois

The time came for Illinois to get an urban design. It might be the prairie state, but there is a street culture that needs to be celebrated. I don’t know too much about the state, but I knew that residents would enjoy the graffiti style design. I gave each letter of LI the curvy spray [...]

The Pine State of Maine in Graffiti Styled Lettering

The state of Maine happened to be next on the list of states to get that spray painted look. I’ve learned a few new techniques, but I wanted to keep all the states in similar style. It was easy to get the basic design down, but I had a lot of trouble with what the [...]