u/Pale-Grape8953

Man I wanna paint walls soon

Last version of this specific ouch! piece.
This time without the character because some of you wanted to see this with just letters. I’m unsure if I should outline the name with dark blue again to make it pop more against the red splatters or if that would add too much color.
Hopefully I can put this on a wall or a freight train soon 🙏

This doubles as a style study of the artist harry frost. Obviously no copying since the subjects are my surroundings. Learning to draw with pens after being a graphite artist for years so please be nice.

Practicing clean letter structures and consistent size and spacing rn but I feel like my letters are unreadable.
The C next to the H looks too much like the O. I tried tilting the letters as seen but I’m unsure if that improves it or hurts the letter structure more.
I really want to get better at handstyles so I would appreciate genuine advice more than comments just telling me it looks like shit because I am already painfully aware of that.

second color version
some of the lines aren’t exactly straight and line up 100% but I tried my best
any feedback is welcome

I’m not 100% satisfied with the U and I’m not sure on how to do shadows for this one tbh
Also I feel like it lacks character but that could also just be the missing color and shadows
Advice and feedback is very appreciated!

Would fit nicely on four electrical boxes i spotted recently but I don’t think I’m ready to paint in the streets yet so this is just a sketch

gonna get put up in the nearest big city today
constructive criticism is welcome
I also gotta ask what markers are used on stickers, because my acrylic markers haven’t been covering well at all
these are done with a chrome solid and black uni paint marker
might buy more supplies today aswell so drop your recommendations aswell!

The shit I’ve filled half a book with already doesn’t seem to help with improving flow or developing a handstyle and I’m kinda stuck here.
I’ve probably consumed hours of tutorials on how to develop a tag and flow but I don’t seem to be improving. This community has been incredibly helpful and kind to me so I wanted to ask for advice with my handstyle. Are there any exercises I can do? I feel like I am missing some part of the fundamentals but I don’t know which one. Compared to everyone else my tag looks too stiff but I don’t know how to fix it or how to improve.
Going out and hitting up walls to practice pieces just to throw the most toy tag underneath is humiliating in a way lol

I am not very satisfied with this tbh so I will redraw it soon and change a couple things like only using yellow for the fill (and white for the teeth) and only red or a dark orange for all outlines and the blockfills. This second version will probably also be posted but I would appreciate any feedback on this one too!

Something I was also made aware of is that a commenter here is already using this name in Philadelphia and I’m honestly unsure of what to do now.
I live in an entire different continent in a small town with a dead scene and the chances of me ever going to america let alone writing there are basically zero so idk if it’s okay for me to keep the name anyways. I don’t want to be disrespectful but I’ve honestly gotten quite attached to the name so advice in this regard would also be greatly appreciated.

been at ts for only a week so any advice is welcome
mainly trying to develop a tag rn