Why is graffiti good or bad?

Is my graffiti style good or bad?

• http://i34.tinypic.com/33fanna.jpg (dats one) http://i33.tinypic.com/2ntwm6w.jpg (messed up on the N a lil) http://i34.tinypic.com/2zso6qb.jpg (its one of my favs) http://i35.tinypic.com/k3lixc.jpg (meh) http://i38.tinypic.com/29wknp.jpg (and finally a backwards piece) So how good/bad am I? (PS My tag is BONE if u ddnt know.) Also please dont post the "graffiti is illegal" shyt here. Obviously if you didnt notice I did it on PAPER. So yea all I want to know is how good/bad I am and how I can improve.

• Answer:

  i think you have a good start, but nothing really pops out a me. right now i think that you're characters themselves are fine, but more color or design. take each letter or the whole word and play with the hues of it, what you can make out of it. things seem sorta flat and...well, nothing special. personally, i think the most defining characteristic of graffiti is not the letters themselves, but what image you can create out of them, the background, the color, the shape as a whole. I hope this helps, but please keep in mind that i don't actually have experience with graffiti (on paper or otherwise) and this advice comes from my knowledge as an artist and what i know about miscellaneous, modern, and "graffiti" style art in general. for some ideas or just to look around, here are some of what i think is well done graffiti: http://xaosone.deviantart.com/art/GRAFFITI-33002405 http://vega0ne.deviantart.com/art/Jungle-Boogie-74524594 (this one's actually quite complex) http://graphicstreetracer.deviantart.com/art/Smirapograffy-40853132 http://yraahov.deviantart.com/art/graffiti-62885319 i don't know if that's what style you're going for, but browse around. I hope this helps, but please keep in mind that i don't actually have experience with graffiti (on paper or otherwise) and this advice comes from my knowledge as an artist and what i know about miscellaneous, modern, and "graffiti" style art in general.