skullone

skullone, a photo by CRUELVAPOURS.com on Flickr.

fresh new skullism by Rmer, rocking some phat cap funk at Trackside....

Posting some old skool flicks, Cru, 1986, (Trowbridge estate) by Fina 64, ( Leroy) Blue 202, Seco, Myself, back in 86, still remember this day well, first we met up at Robbo's,.. ( not King Robbo of London, but (blue 202).. House, Leroy and Robbo where older than me, Anyway The TV was on in his house, suddenly the next thing i know there was hardcore porn on the TV!..They where doing a particle joke on me, Saying it was Channel 4's afternoon slot, lol, them days channel 4 was a new channel infamous for the sex and violence who was blighted by Mary Whitehouse consented moans, letters etc towards all channels, esp channel 4, as they used to show more edgy  programs. Harmless stuff really compared to TV these days,

Mary Whitehouse

She was a silly old busy body,& religious bigot that was famous for her views on British TV..she'd be turning in her grave with the TV now, lol..
Anyway ofcause the porn was from a VCR, but they had me going for a sec, though, I was young and Naive. Anyway the was done in carplan paint, nasty shit compared to today, full of lead and chemicals, smell was overpowering too, the caps esp when they changed them to a male valve system, was terrible. though we did'nt no any different them days.
the style of these letters very minimal was so fresh back then, Leroy did the outline on some clothing too, was really ground breaking, style wise back then imo ofcause.... 

 Jazeo ( Fina) Blue 202, 1985/ early 86.. Trowbride

 Maeo, Trowbridge, 1989. Mao and Myself.

 Take one, Jodie, 1985-6

 Mao, Rak1, Mabe ( myself)

 AAD- Trowbridge 1988.

 Coma, 1988, trackside where the bridge goes across the mainline near central station

 CDT, (Community drug team) 1990's this was all dupi-colour, Mao, myself.

 Pissed up CSC 1990s, done one night after they made this box illegal to paint on, (Criminal Saints Crew) Myself and Mao,- St.Mellons estate.

 Maoh-Eaze, 1988, This was done at night..

Ghost fina blockbuster, 1985, with small stencils on top my Mao, we where using stencils back in the 80's, as where many writers across the uk.
It wasn't new to Graff, like some think..
I had to draw a blue line on top with photoshop, just think i should of left it now, it was a very early silver, in fact one of the first in Cardiff to my knowledge, though splott had writers/crews, and Ron was writing too, up Pontyridd/Valleys,...
To my knowledge, St.Mellons had the first Graff in the City, going back to 84, it had a healthy B.boy, DJ scene too.
DJ.Jaffa was a BBoy first then DJ. A lot of the old skool hip hop heads in the city whom are active or retired where from St.Mellons or used to hang around St.Mellons and Trowbridge Estate's back in the day!
I don't mean to come across arrogant though saying this but it was a healthy scene at this part of the city with many heads from and involved in the hip hop movement that time from here....

peace for now..

Trouble Makers

Rek one, A.A.D.. (art after dark)

Just a quick update, I'll post some new work soon..Just a few old skool pieces that was in a BBC documentary we did back in 1993. I cant remember why we chose the word Rek as a piece, At the time, Like a lot of other writers, We where changing and using other tags a lot back then, due to BTP using data on tags to catch writers out.

Also back in them days, a lot of writers used to paint random words, as a lot of walls where done all together, like someone was on outline duty's, someone else on fill and someone on background, and characters etc, it was quicker too, also we didn't have the fat caps that you get today,  you had to use the stock caps on the paint, also we would steal caps from other aerosol products from DIY stores, Halfords and other shops, .. etc

 

 Man I must laugh at how bad this character was, totally crap, lol

 Maoh, (mao) Eaze,(skroe) silvas, side facing (3D) blocking was a must back then, late 80's

 unfinished A.A.D, done on one of the coldest days ever, paint was freezing up, and hands where completely useless, every writer as been in the same situation, when your hands become so cold you cant press the cap..lol

Coma, trackside silva/throw up back in 88, Spectra chrome and red oxcide, This was done by my uncle, who was my mentor I guess, Him and Fina64/Finaoutline (twice) started painting in 84, basically I seen their pieces, tags all around the estate we lived in, I would catch their new stuff on my way to school, used to love seeing new walls thats where fresh from the night before.. This was before I ever seen subway art.
I remember this was a daytime wall, as he used to rack so much paint from halfords in town with a goose jacket on, often going back for second helpings, then it was only a short walk to the tracks to paint..
Though it was on the mainline to London, and very close to Cardiff Central Station, the trains ran real slow right by here, coming in and out of the city.. it was a good spot not too close to the track that you would miss it, or to far away..he used to paint all his pieces big and fat, perfect for tracksides.. This wasn't as big compared to his larger throwups/ chromies or dubs as some writers call them, due to the spot being a little closer to the tracks trains..
If a spot was a bit further back from the lines, it was nothing for him to fill the whole inside of a bridge, making us use ladders to paint above him..
These where great days, when you're young and carefree, Graffiti was more of a full time activity and obsession back then..
A lot of graffiti back then wasn't photographed by us, not like today where everything is ducumented by writers or people that like graff with cameras on phones, geez the phones back then where huge brick like, and extremely expensive, we never thought that in 20-25+ years in the future there would be the internet with blogs, websites etc.
The flicks we did take or where shot by other people where lost over time or where took in raids by BTP we never seen them flicks after the court cases, I'm told there's a vault or something where bties keep  albums/blackbooks etc from writers,imagine all the flicks they have..

nice one..

Some Random Mons pieces from a few years back. This One was at a city jam

A R-mer piece in the making, at the same city jam..

A what a call "nice" painting for my Gr Aunty Viv.. 

 Kicking piece and  for BBOY/GAL Jam, By Hoxe and Rmer cvk

 A Rough sketch for man like Foe cvk..

 A Hoxe (hoe) on this old dreg killer..

My start on a Mons

 A rather drunken view of the piece

 Basically finished here

 And here..

Anthor Mons with Crew members..Hoxe..

 Mons

 Rmer on character duties..

 Hoxe, with an older a Mons silva in the background, part of two silva's one hoxe and one mons..

Bode Rmer stylee!

Bode taking form..

 Looking real funky, Cant go wrong with Bode, esp when writers add there own personal twists on the characters, That's what its all about putting your own flavour on what your painting, be it a Character, or Letterform, straight letter to interlocking wildstyle lettering, its just adding your own twist on things..

 Mr Solve dropping his flavour

 Mons basically done, though colours are over exposed

mr Hoxe, Rocking as usual!!

 Mr Foe on the tip..

 Don't ask me how to stitch flicks together!.. Me and P.Shop and many other software programs i just cant manage to pick it all up, My attention span including my short term memorys and dyslexia makes trying to learn even simple programs ends up confusing me, simple things become appear difficult.My memorys fades away its difficult to explain...

Well I'm Thick!!!!!!! It must be true.. : )

Another feast of the BADA BOOM, BBOY, By Rmer..

Some Music for the Bode Guy, Some fucked up tunage..This is the original version of "Gamma Goblins" (from the 1996 single "Deranger") mixed together with "Gamma Goblins Part 2" (from the 1997 album "The Lone Deranger"). By Hallucinogen.

Enjoy..
pZ..

 Just some Random flicks...

 Tina,.. Methaphetimine has many names and forms, but its prob the very worst shit to put in your body, Stuff is stupid, thats the Nickname you should rember, Tina or Ice Terrible shit..!!!!!..

R-mer sketch, with character of skeme from subway art..

 a wip yardshot

 Another yardshot thats W.I.P.

 Old painting Ive been reworking, this is an old photo, New one should be done and completed soon!

Added Trap straight letter to Yard shot flick, Its dedicated to the old skool writers that the Vandal squad would try to Trap, in yard. Just at the time the VS where middle aged donught eating Squad that where tripping to get young agile, fit street wise writers on busts, From Imagination so not sure if this is the correct setting at the time, in the Yards in NYC.
I further completed this with rain etc..

An hoxe from a few years back..
 Old Mons dregs killer from years back..

 Loved this Hoxer,I might use as a reference,  for a painting on a canvas as part of a idea i have, it Hoxes cool with it..

Elm street its ethier Raining, like a wind tunnel, the natives are frendily most of the time, though Thats when there high or just scored

 ols sketch from years back, notice the tobacco, which i gave up well over 3 and half years back!

Old Mons from city jam a few years back when painting was pain but still bearable Anyway I might post flicks of the day next..

Nice one,
pZ..