Meck came hard on this billboard doing a tribute to ANEMAL aka Smokey. Smokey the bear is chillin on this billboard promoting killcops.com haha. Props to Meck. Oakland, CA.
This is the 5th installment to Omnigraff Magazine. This issue features interviews with NORM, PDOG, AND TENZR. While keeping graffiti the main topic we feature shoemaker, The Shoe Surgeon, and Rebel8 photographer Kingston.
Jam Packed with 44 pages this is a must to collecting a piece of history. Get yours now.
Photos: @theevilgeniuss
Smell that? Smells like some beef getting roasted on these tracks. Twigs going over IRAK member Wonk, for who knows what reason. Anyways to say the least I look forward to seeing more roasting going on.
Hype and Sacr killing the trucks. Old photo from about a year ago but still a clean photo. Shout to BTM.
Graffiti legend MQ goes one on one with BazookaFilms77, in the streets of San Francisco, to produce this bombing edit. No bullshit, grimey, 100% bombing. MQ stays at it after years of work on the streets.
Duel: I was writing under another name I wasn't happy with from 84-86. I also ran with like 10 aliases. I basically wrote out the alphabet and circled all the letters I liked and came up with the name based on flexibility.Omnigraff: Duel, how did that name come about?
Omnigraff:How long have you been active in the graff game?
Duel: Thirty one years total as of next month (October).
Omnigraff:How has RIS been family to you?
Duel: They've been great. We like family. It's a small crew and everyone is super tight.
Omnigraff:What part about your mother's painting sparked your interest in art?
Duel: My mother was an art teacher. She rocked with oil paints. She made me practice still life drawings a lot when I was real young. I'll admit, I wasn't feeling it. I loved what my moms was doing but I think it was for me. I wasn't into graffiti either. It just happened. Ha. It wasn't till I was much older till I really started to really appreciate my mother's art and other art forms. That's when I went to college, I started taking art classes. I learned a few things but I wasn't really focused. It wasn't until a few years ago I started taking it more seriously.
Omnigraff: If you were to reminisce on the subways what would you say about it?
Duel: Wow. I ain't that old. Haha. I wasn't into graff back then. But I did ride the train to visit my dad at work. I do remember the trains were trashed. Inside and out. I just remember most trains were busted, smelled like piss, and my mother telling me not to touch nothing. Haha. Crime was also really bad at that time. My earliest memory of transit graffiti was being able to read a Flame TPA piece. But that was early 80s.
Omnigraff: New York City is filled with many spots, cutty and open, which would you say has been the craziest spot you have hit?
Duel: Craziest spot. Don't think any spot in particular was really too crazy. Maybe getting to a spot or a particular time a spot was hit might have been. Which led to chases that were crazy. Haha.
Omnigraff: Graffiti and Commercialization. Do you think that's a good combination?
Duel: I guess it's good. I think graffiti should be more accepted in the art world. But that might just be my thought process in my old age. Lol. I'm sure if I was a teen again I wouldn't care, I'd do it just to get up.
Thanks for getting down with us and giving the readers info and opinions on different topics. See you up in the streets! September
Throwing it back with this flick of Anice crushin the LA streets. Anice has come a long way since this picture was released. Keep a look out for some of his new work in the next upcoming issue.
Linking up with photographer, Oddio, we are featuring a Portland set of photos in the upcoming issue. Photos of many writers including Hour, Wizard, and Niets. Keep a lookout in the next issue.
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Gyer rocking straights out in Oakland, in the west to be exact. You can find this one and many others laying around the city. Keep a lookout for the newest issue dropping in about 2 weeks.
Villainist is a San Francisco based photographer and we are excited to feature some of his work coming up in this next issue. On his recent Paris trip he came hard with the photos. Famous landmarks and scenery were involved and of course this porsche. Keep a lookout for his feature in the next issue.
Throwing it back with Aerub rocking this fill in over some unfinished work.
Dominic Chambrone is The Shoe Surgeon, Los Angeles based shoemaker and designer, is all about making custom kicks. Frustrated by seeing the same shoes being worn by the masses he decided to paint his own shoes. It's not only his daily work but his lifestyle.
Omnigraff Magazine gets an inside look of the work of the surgeon and how he does his work so well.
When it comes to handstyles, they take practice and patience. It can take years to come up with a saucy hand. This video, by BazookaFilms77, features Jeans from BTR rocking several handstyles on different mediums. More than likely you are to catch these hands running around the Bay Area.
I definitely look forward to seeing more content from Jeans, BazookaFilms77, and Oakland Terminal. They know how to get down and make great visuals. Peace.
I definitely look forward to seeing more content from Jeans, BazookaFilms77, and Oakland Terminal. They know how to get down and make great visuals. Peace.
