shining some Light on Graffiti

Light Graffiti: The artist of this light graffiti intended a direct message to represent the city of Toronto. The artist of this piece incorporated many elements and principals of design. The line usage defines a very bold outline of the skyline of Toronto: overlooking the symbolic CN Tower, proportionately scaled, and positioned in the centre to emphasize what it represents, and of course the Rogers centre that partners beneath the tower. Its background compliments the light graffiti because the colours similarly match. The value of the lighting used in the artwork is very dim to show a night filled scenery. Finally, the harmony used in the wavy lines in front of the outline of the city, is used to define the electric feel that generates the night scenery of Toronto.

Traditional Graffiti: In this panoramic view of the graffiti artwork, it appears that this piece is a mural because it is applied to a wall. The lines appear to describe a worded message, although it is very difficult to read. Text that is conveyed into graffiti terms sometimes becomes very complex to understand in some, like this one. In other cases, only the artist of the piece can tell us what he or she is really expressing. According to the artist of this graffiti, this piece represents an art crew: 6pack and Spot IMF crew (you didn’t expect that, right?). This is the type of case when the artist is only able to read. The texture of the graffiti appears to be very sharp due to the pointed line incorporated in the text. In addition, the three-dimensional rips below the text gives it a rugged appeal.

Comparing and Contrasting : Light Graffiti and traditional graffiti appear to be very different, but they still carry very similar values. Light graffiti is an artwork that is meant to be intangible, virtual and futuristic, applied by natural light. Contrarily, traditional graffiti is applied via physical paint that is meant to be tangible, real, an applicable to physical objects. In addition, traditional graffiti, in some cases can be considered as vandalism when the artist has not been given any authorization, while light graffiti uses light, of course. The factor that makes light graffiti and traditional graffiti similar is that they always carry the elements and principles of design in all the areas of its artwork.