Writing our names & doin' Graffiti on the Wall! Check Out another installment! DOPE Graff Wr

Any passerby in an urban cityscape has observed the colorful, provocative, illegal "eyesore" that is graffiti. Although many consider the spray-painted pieces a nuisance, graffiti has been gaining recognition from the art world more and more as a legitimate form of art. Here in Colorado, The Graffiti scene is Alive and Preggo, in the 303.. I've been getting some great feedback from my bothers and sister's I've been covering on my BLOG. I gotta continue to bring my writer homies some shine. Thank you for checking out my BLOG. If you like, give it a 'Share'. Lets take a look at The 3rd installment of #DOPEGraffWritersinColoradoUNeed2KnowAbout

-SHEWP-RTDK-

I can still remember when I met this homie on the BUS, the year was 1993. He was scribing his name, with these huge block letters in the back, and he'd stop and get off at his stop, come back and work on it everyday. This happen for about a week and he introduced himeself to me one day, "SHEWP,1 RTD, Feu, What's Good, You Write!?" As a young graff head coming up in the Denver City, RTD, SWS, or NC, DF,FOK, X-Men, where the TOP notch crews to be. There were crews that were up heavy like WAK, DSK, MHK,NSK, and other's. But RTD, had a larger then life rep, in the graffiti world. Every where you were at, you saw them up! Come to find out, this dude was one of the founding fathers of this ridiculous crew they called "Rebels-Till-Death". Brother Shewp is a madman with the paint. ILL styles, DOPE Colors and flava for days. He's a loyalist to his his Crew and fam! ! He's helped established, one of the hardest working graff crews in the scene! From Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, coast to coast this Crew reps heavy! I got kicked down with RTD, 1996, a MC in the mix of Raw Artist's. This dude is a huge piece to the puzzle and a major player for the crew. He's the one who had the structure. Meeting's with the crew to discuss the politics of the graff world and how we can continue to take over the city, painting on everything! He'll will never STOP, just like We will Never Stop and he's always heavy at it!. Big up to mi compa! BIG SHEWPER!! Rebel till Death!

characters by: JOLT

-SUAVE-TKO-

This DOPE, decade friend of mine, was one of my very first bombing buddies coming up. The year was 1995 and him and I and our brother SOPE (RIP) would hangout every day at SOPE's house and do art, and eat peanut butter and jelly, We'd go rack paint and get ready for the mission in the early morning hour's. He taught me about what tip's to use when going bombing, helped me with my can control and made sure I always had Nerves of Steal, while out in the streets crushin! Suave is always around catching spot's. Reppin the TKO Mob, my brother is around a bunch of innovator's of The Art. A Hip-Hop dad who loves his crew, family and ART. My brother is a down dude with a good heart! Check his styles!

-ELVIS-KD-

My nutty Northside homie, Elvis!! The Action packed, Dad who Loves to paint with his crew, smile, and sip a lil brew. Reppin for The KD Crew, brother Elvis is always active crushing a wall around town. With some much styles, he loves to burn and get down! A student of the game, with a humble heart, he's on TOP of his Art, always growing, learning and soring in grand directions.He's very involved with the youth, empowering them with graffiti art, always helping, molding them into a style monster. He's getting better by the day, check out how my boy sprays!

-NICE-Tetra Crew-Pyramid Gang-

I go back to the 90's with this brother. He's always beeen involved with Denver Hip-Hop Scene. A Good hearted, Hip-Hop, beatmaker, graff writer professional! NICE Beats, gots that Drive to get LIVE and paint the streets. He's far from a newbie, with Clean, sharp, simple but Funky steelo. He flex's DOPE impactful styles, you'll be checkin for awhile! Always smiling and down to freestyle in the cypher, he plays his position within the graff scene. He get's love from all writers on the bench,.He's in Denver, rockin steady and on point to Represent!

-VOGEY-RTDK-CREATURES-DF-

One of My Fav. writers reppin the crew! This Vicious Vandel reppin out of Pueblo, C.O. is straight murdering the scene. He sets up funeral services for all the letter's he Kill's, dude is crazy with skill. I've been following his movement for the past few years, and he's reppin lovely! From Full blown productions with the crew, to his nasty letter combo's he presents. On Freights, Walls, blackbooks, stickers, the world is Vogey's canvas! He's not about to stop, payin dues and collecting props!

-DaILLest-KD-

Da ILLest and REALest out of Colorado, my brother is a Hip-Hop family man, creating in the hills, to come down to the city and get ILL! Crazy passion for graffiti and Kung Fu flicks, he plays his position to the fullest. A man of few word's, he lets his colors, and letters, characters transform to express for him. Super clean, precise, butta styles with incredible shades and shadow's. Trust me, yall don't really wanna battle my mellow, a DOPE, down to earth, COOL Fellow. A true Hip-Hop purist reppin our graffiti scene with classic material.

-TINZ-Inner City-

My homie TINZman- a true blue b-boy to the heart. A passionate, fun loving dude in the city, who teaches graffiti to the youth and is always somewhere, around town, getting busy. Apart of The Hip-Hop movment in Colorado. I Love his Classic TINZ, B-Boy character he flex's. Letter's are solid and original, color's always poppin! I'm always seeing him around town, from blackbook sessions, to b-boy sessions, he' in the mix, and gets respected from the Best of The Best in the city! Don't Zzzzz on my man my mellow, TINZ is a COOL Fellow!

- Mr. FOBIA-SIK FAM-Grime bros-

My boy Pisto hipped me to this cat. I seen a lot of his work around the city and I've always admired the originality in his style. Mr. Fobia has a style of his own. Twisting, turning, creating letters and faces,symbols, imagines to Create his Name. Looking at his pieces, very abstract and insane. I love the way he used his environment and objects to incorperate in his productions. Turning a simple Metal pole into a cigarette, witty and clever things stand out on his murals. With his sidekick, Gropes rockin with him on most of his pieces, these two Grime Brother's work great together. Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for their next Production. The SIK Fam is gettin ILL on the walls.

-GROPES-SIK FAM-Grime Bros-

My boy Gropes is so SIK wit it, he got Chicken Pox Twice! The other half of The Grime Bros. You can catch him and his mellow Fobia, murking the streets with their ghoulish production! This Graffiti monster master artist is very talented, besides giving you the ghouls on the Wall, he also dabbles in Video Editing, Filming, Painting; canvas and other*, Fabrication, Sculpting, Mold making, Fiberglassery, amongst other types of illness. The SIK Fam is out here, creating some ILL stuff for the masses, Don't ZzzzzZ on 'em! Check out some of his work!

Letters by: Fobia

-PULP-ICR-TAF-

My bro PULP has styles like Teen Wolf, and kinda looks like Teen Wolf as well, lol. If you know my bro, you know, he's kind hearted, wild, funny, and very talented with the spray can. Big Pulp, has been murdering your block, and freight yards for years now in Colorado now with FLY colors and flava. Reppin with the ICR/TAF crew, you know they do damage with the murals and productions. A active member in The Colorado Crush movement. He is very consistency with his pieces and canvas work, very sharp and precise, big bold letters, clean fillin's always getting the job done! I heard he is currently dabbling in the Tat2 world as well. My boy is one HELL of a artist!

Much Love to: Anarachivist Photography for the use of some of these flicks. and Amy Ashford Photography and Amy Ashford