Theres not that many writers in my area, Me and ma boy probly have the most ups in our particular 3 city area. Dallas is another story though. But as far as lookin up to someone theres no one around that really does anything nuts. Theres a guy Neroh with some pretty tight peices but ive only found 3 by him.
Shiva-- plenty of people use mission or mish,its slang for goin bombing or doing a hardcore piece or sumthin big/crazy/special...you live in the fuckin burbs or what? anyways...for me its prolly either this guy Kaesr who was in my art class an inspired me or my man PAIN..let me into his crew when I first started,taught me how to bomb,how to be careful,spent MAAAD hours chillin an sketchin after school,put up with me after I quit his crew to start my own,hooked it up with paint on my birthday,introduced me to other writers,kept my head from getting to big...hes a stand-up guy,big ups to ya man. o wow,that SHiva post was old,my bad,lookin on the wrong page >_<
banksy actually got me into graffiti because i started making stencils then stopped for a bit and started doing proper graffiti, kush also got me into proper graffiti because just round the corner is 3 electrical boxes in a row near a main road and he hit them all up, it was like a showcase or tryptych (sp?) kush, ceaz, young, vesiar, q bert, okhey, cu, ckone, ckid, ames, xr, pm, junky, kpc, sickboy, mortal kombat, venue, revs ( i know, hes quite good though),cuser, cm used to kill it. i'll see if i can get a pic of his absolutely huge simp
your not from enfield are you? i was talking to that RIOT guy last night and those EVAN throwies are from the same guy
rize, hes up all over from CT to harlem, and he's just one of the dudes ive seen around here most so hes inspiring.. Jick is the man, nothing new around here, but his old stuff is around. talked to him a few times. hes dope. EXIST is tight, he's gotta few things around, and then i dont have flicks of SOZ and his brother celo (rip) who i never met.
my local heroes are jist, rakose, and giraffa. because they are everywhere around town, and they have really unique style.
my local hero is spade4 (from cape breton) because seeing his stuff is what got me interested in graffiti.
PAC- even before i was into graff i remember seeing some of his stuff and being like, "wow, i wonder who did that.." But not that im into it and see more of his stuff, i realize how small i am compared to him, and it would be sikk if i could paint with him
local heros here, are flak & relish from winnipeg, not so much into spraypaint but with oil bars... met them both, two of the coolest stoners ive ever met
my local hero, im in denver, so KOZE in TKO because he is always up, always has something fresh, and i cant go anywhere in denver without seeing something of his. others i like - WALDO, ACEE, and others from sws,rtd,and tko in denver
if you fucks are bitching about not having any writers in your town, how about you step up and become a main influence? i've gotten a few kids into graffiti. i just sent them to the toy forum on bombingscience and told them to go to the new to graff thread. shit works for real man. now they are stickin' to the books like it says they should and i practice with them in the backyard on plywood.
Teras and Uno, Teras for his unbelieviable clean pieces full color and always BIG. Uno for his dope characters and his big murals.
my local hero is TITS crew their shit is tight i jus look at it and it inspires me to draw when im on a bad day