“Art.”
You know how many tips that takes, right? Man those guys are dope! Just like you know, without looking, dikes, side cutters, strippers... man those guys have a freezer size ziplock bag FULL of tips, anywhere between 50-100 depending on the piece. Each one does something different: spots, circular, horizontal, vertical, thin, thick, etc. and they know, by touch, what each tip does!
My favorite is the 5th one down, correct me if I’m mistaken anyone but I’m pretty sure that says Revolver.
Awesome shots @brothersplatts. Thanks for sharing. I love this stuff.
That's why the miscreants do it in isolation or at night. They may be talented but marking up private property officially makes it graffiti. Businesses have to pay to have the railroad stock repainted, so there is a social cost to the vandalism.
Imagine finding that all over your truck one morning.
The vandals may have talent, but it is still vandalism.
I agree it is both a form of vandalism and art. They are in fact defacing someone’s property.
I think the railroads should encourage it. Adds a little flair to the plain Jane rail car 😉 as long as it isn’t vulgar of course.
We love street art!!! Around our city are so many talented people. There are murals and paintings on almost every building side. Most of the time it’s art. When the artists start tagging up each others creations it turns into vandalism. Great post!
As long as owner of the property being painted of fine with it, then it’s all good. But the random ‘tagging’ on every little thing is crap!!
Street art is awesome and in my mind adds a nice touch to the side of any building.
I couldn't tell you if this happens all the time, but generally, when you see graffiti that is all letters, it tends to be the name of the tagger, or the gang they run with. So, while it can look cool, it's more of a calling card and a dare.
Whereas street art or murals tend to have a story or a purpose, even political messages. They are trying to beautify or call attention to certain things they feel people should know about. They can instruct and inform or just dress up what would otherwise be a drab looking facade.
Taggers, though, are defacing property. They are rarely asked to do it, making them vandals and low level criminals. Street art is generally planned out in advanced, probably requires some form of permission or approval, and is generally commissioned. In other words, an artist will get paid.
I agree with you that the railroads should actually talk to some artists and say, hey, liven up our rail cars for us.
This is a part of an ongoing and growing disregard for other people's property. They don't care if they're trespassing, and they don't care about the hours or resources needed to clean their unwanted mess up. They just have the need to tag, and flaunt their criminality.
Amazing talent. But it's one of those cases of, imagine what they could do if they weren't out breaking the law every day. I guess it could be a failure of opportunity paired with a rebellious nature.
I knew a guy who bought a box truck in San Francisco to start a moving and disposal company. He had to re-paint his truck so many times he finally just gave up. I know I'd be pissed if it was my stuff getting painted on.
They are artist and do amazing art but it is just channeled in the wrong direction.
The hooligans just running around painting the little names and such with one color paint are the ones I truly hate. They just make a mess and spray paint on all kinds of random stuff.
“Art.”
You know how many tips that takes, right? Man those guys are dope! Just like you know, without looking, dikes, side cutters, strippers... man those guys have a freezer size ziplock bag FULL of tips, anywhere between 50-100 depending on the piece. Each one does something different: spots, circular, horizontal, vertical, thin, thick, etc. and they know, by touch, what each tip does!
My favorite is the 5th one down, correct me if I’m mistaken anyone but I’m pretty sure that says Revolver.
Awesome shots @brothersplatts. Thanks for sharing. I love this stuff.
Edit: Make that Evolver with the ‘R.’
Vandalism.
That's why the miscreants do it in isolation or at night. They may be talented but marking up private property officially makes it graffiti. Businesses have to pay to have the railroad stock repainted, so there is a social cost to the vandalism.
Imagine finding that all over your truck one morning.
The vandals may have talent, but it is still vandalism.
I agree it is both a form of vandalism and art. They are in fact defacing someone’s property.
I think the railroads should encourage it. Adds a little flair to the plain Jane rail car 😉 as long as it isn’t vulgar of course.
We love street art!!! Around our city are so many talented people. There are murals and paintings on almost every building side. Most of the time it’s art. When the artists start tagging up each others creations it turns into vandalism. Great post!
As long as owner of the property being painted of fine with it, then it’s all good. But the random ‘tagging’ on every little thing is crap!!
Street art is awesome and in my mind adds a nice touch to the side of any building.
Agreed.
I couldn't tell you if this happens all the time, but generally, when you see graffiti that is all letters, it tends to be the name of the tagger, or the gang they run with. So, while it can look cool, it's more of a calling card and a dare.
Whereas street art or murals tend to have a story or a purpose, even political messages. They are trying to beautify or call attention to certain things they feel people should know about. They can instruct and inform or just dress up what would otherwise be a drab looking facade.
Taggers, though, are defacing property. They are rarely asked to do it, making them vandals and low level criminals. Street art is generally planned out in advanced, probably requires some form of permission or approval, and is generally commissioned. In other words, an artist will get paid.
I agree with you that the railroads should actually talk to some artists and say, hey, liven up our rail cars for us.
This is a part of an ongoing and growing disregard for other people's property. They don't care if they're trespassing, and they don't care about the hours or resources needed to clean their unwanted mess up. They just have the need to tag, and flaunt their criminality.
Amazing talent. But it's one of those cases of, imagine what they could do if they weren't out breaking the law every day. I guess it could be a failure of opportunity paired with a rebellious nature.
I knew a guy who bought a box truck in San Francisco to start a moving and disposal company. He had to re-paint his truck so many times he finally just gave up. I know I'd be pissed if it was my stuff getting painted on.
They are artist and do amazing art but it is just channeled in the wrong direction.
The hooligans just running around painting the little names and such with one color paint are the ones I truly hate. They just make a mess and spray paint on all kinds of random stuff.