Lets face it, if you know anything about graffiti and the type of people who are really out doing it then you know there isn't alot of money in it. It always cracks me up when someone who isn't a writer and doesn't suffer from this juvenile addiction that we all share comes into the scene (or at least the edge of it) and expects to make a quick buck after being turned onto Banksy, and some "STREET ART" by one of their more "art-savy" colleagues who tells them this is the next big "emerging art form" and you know what, that might be true for that kind of art, after all, the middle aged conservative people who once were infuriated by what me and my friends did with our paint are now trying to show how hip and accepting they are because they like street art, and it just a little edgy, just little political, and just goofy enough to not be threatening to them . Once this "street art" fad is over, graffiti writers will still be doing there thing and once again be only supported by other struggling graffiti writers, this brings me to this "FRESHLY PAINTED #1" video i saw the other day online, its basically meant to be a 25 minute long video version of a graffiti magazine,which have basically disappeared due to the lack of money in supporting real graffiti and the Internet.Now these days its not hard to find a video online of a extremely talented writer painting some wall in a promo video for some company that is sponsoring them, and that's all good to me but the only problem is its always the same 5 or 6 guys, and to me, watching someone sit in front of a wall and do a huge all day long, time-lapse piece is pretty fucking boring.I WANNA SEE BOMBING, and if you feel the same way as me you need to watch "Freshly painted". It gives you 25 minutes of just that. big name, legit street bombers hitting high risk street spots and even painting domestic clean trains, both things that are rare to see in graffiti videos and both things that can quickly end you up in prison these days.And yes, there is people painting pieces in the video too, but its mostly by writers that don't usually get any shine or new up and comer's. they also explain in the video that they are going to be putting more of these videos out(for free) for the exact reasons I've mentioned, no one else is doing it. and i for one and pumped on it and have to give a big shout out to "FRESH PAINT" and OINKARTLTD distribution for putting this together using writers who paint just to paint, not to get rich, just to decorate the streets with good old fashioned bombing!! So thanks guys for sticking to the type of stuff that gets people pumped and inspired. I cant wait to check the next instalments. keep em coming guys.
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so after watching this i went to OINKARTLTD art and checked out this paint.. i was blown away by the price.! i haven't used it myself, and I'm sure some people will say "oh its no "Montana 94" and that may be but the fact is that its made in America, they rep the type of writers i really dig, and i don't know about you but i never used to even pay for paint when i was active, let alone pay $9 a can. This stuff sells on their site for $3 bucks (at least at the moment) and to me that goes along way, but like i said, i still haven't tryed it, so if and when me or any of the homies do try it ill be sure to do an update post. But if you are into buying paint online right now id say at that price it couldn't hurt to give it a shot.But all the paint wars aside, put aside 25 minutes and watch this video
