meeting of styles is one of those events that if you follow graffiti at all, in any way, you know about meeting of styles...the event travels around the world and is hosted by different presenters in each country...london is hosted by end of the line....probs....
living in cornwall always made the journey up to london a bit of a mission, untill last year i had never attended...and i was blowwwwwn away...the showcase was incredible bom-k and his crew leading the way...since which i have set myself a goal to paint alongside these giants of the spraycan world....
photo nabbed from http://ridicalous.tumblr.com
i emailed the organisers and was replied by interets in finding me a spot to paint..i was so excited and slightly nervous to say the least...then the riots kicked off and the event got resheduled..and that was the last i heard from the organisers...i emailed several times and used my contacts to poke the reply...eventually i got an email back from matilda, she had me a space...yesssss...back on track...
i was given this block which actually fitted the design prey well...false and linda turned up and we found them a spot on the other sides of the cube...so it kinda ended up being a crew paint...
although this looks staged it wasnt..i found it online..nice shot...thanks mc tunshie
ive been wanting to get to grips with the fabric patterns in my paintings and i think that this is a starting point in the right direction...
im happy with what turned out in the end and i managed to get it all done before it got dark..even better...below is some close ups of the finished painting...
so happy with the pencil...
one of the hardest part of the painting was making the eyes, springbok have got really long black eyelashes and really big dark eyes...all on a black background, bollocks...think i managed to pull it off, just about...and the photos dont really show how it looked in the end...
lola had more photos taken i think this weekend than the artists painting, as per usual then...thanks mc tunchie for the photos
after an event one of the first things we seem to do is get home and browse for photos..its not like i ever remember to take photos whilst im painting and if lindas painting too.... yeah... there aint no photos so thanks to this person for these amazing night shots..love em..thanks advers media...
linda went back on sunday to finish of her paint...nice end result...especially since she wasnt expecting to paint..nice one letty for getting her to spray...
nice up that man false...using the corner nicely there....
most of the photos below are quite abstract shots im more interested in documenting my favourite bits of a final piece...for full shots follow the link here to the flickr for the event and ull find tones of cool shots...
so..... signed and sealed with the approval shot from lola...check out my website for more info on other work...from there u can join my facebook, twitter etc...
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