40 Years of Madness - BlusterOne Birthday Bash

aaaahhhh and now I know why Mike Brady had a den, not to get away from Alice or Carol but rather to have a place for him and his peoples to build....respect the architects. Peoples, come down and celebrate my 40th with me as well as we celebrate my Piscean cohorts with their earthstrongs, Michelle W. & Brett. ---- BlusterOne FC

Style History with the 5ive

The good ole boys from The Cool 5ive have contributed a lot to the game we call graffiti. Check out the the showcase they are having at dirtypilot.com. I grabbed a few samples to get you open but to peep the techniques check here.

Doves

Cycle

Dontay
Web

Black Book Session

The weekend that just past was a dope black book session Gets threw. Unfortunately for me it was the end of the month which meant a time for people to move. My frustration was due to their lack of consideration since these people decided to park their moving van blocking my driveway for hours. I mean seriously, people have lives and on top of that my wife is due to give birth anytime now. That would've made me lose my mind. Trying to get that sucker towed was also another mission especially since towing companies won't tow a vehicle unless the cops gave it a ticket. Yeah well at least the fellas documented that night so here's a snippet from that night.

Black Book Sessions, In The Back Cave with Dontay TC5

I'm a bit late pulling the trigger on this one. Last weekend Sye, Dontay and myself had a black book session at Dontay's crib. We had jokes the whole time there. I would say during these cold winter days this helps keep us within the right state of mind when it comes to pieces as well as being an outlet for us to get together and just build. Here are a few pics from the session but believe me when I tell you this, Dontay is a beast when it comes to this. He is able to do pages so effortlessly that it make me cringe. Watching him and Serve FBA get busy, dear lord Dash calls likes to call him "rain man" because he does it in a state of like unawareness. Like no thought just coomes with the most ease. I seen Serve nearly complete half a black book within a couple of weeks. This is truly an art form that is under appreciated and like all else, practice makes perfect!!

Yes Japenese Denim with Crogs...Dontay is always stylin'...WTF????

The operating kit. Special tools of the trade do detail to characters.

Aside from Dontay being able to burn on walls and in books he can burn for real...he hooked us up with the grub!!
Quick Pic of him doing his thing. Here's also a video SyeTC5 put together. For more check out TCFive.com

Blackbook sessions: Dontay from Sye.TC5 on Vimeo.

Quick pic Wilm by Dontay TC5

Wasn't to sure what to do so went with trippy mind power

Finished product

Why ask why??

Here's a mini video from the previous post "das boot, painting excursions", that were trying to shoot while we painted. Not an easy thing to do while trying to focus on your piece. Regardless it's a short movie. maybe it'll help some get an idea how labor intensive a piece can be.

Das Boot, Painting Excursions

I have been fiending to go and paint. Been really wanting to pull out a 2 man production but just not prepared enough to make it happen this time around. So for now this is enough just to get my feet wet before diving in. Linked up with Sye early this morning and started on our painting adventure. With what ever scraps I had I was able to pull this together. Got to pull out my "get busy" FC gloves.

The roughs all set up and ready to go. He got all crazy with his kung fu technique.

Sye, fast as lightning bro.

Just trying to stay at a steady pace

Complete and ready to go. I had to laugh cause Sye did white highlights (had him up against the ropes). A rarety for the man. We really wanted to add a character but didn't get a chance to beat the clock.

Tardy for the Party

I might be old fashioned when it comes to driving and not feeling the need to rely on modern technology to help me navigate through the streets of NY but I learned a lesson this day. I set out for a painting excursion to meet up with Sye, Keo and Fargo. I had a couple of ideas I wanted to execute but some how took a left turn and ended up in Cheboygan, Albuquerque (as Keo would put it). I don't think I've ever been this frustrated with driving. Needless to say by the time I showed up I felt like heads were almost done with their pieces and I had to play catch up. On top of that I wanted to add some characters but of course due to timing I wasn't able to.

Keo working on his piece

Sye Working on his

Fargo getting busy
Had to focus and put time in
Keo close to finishing
Finished product Stab (Fargo), Black (Sye), Plague (Keo), A-Game (Vins)

When I was kicking it with Keo he let me see the Part TDS book that came out. When it comes to Part there aren't that many dudes that have been so consistent and burning on top of it for so many years. If you don't know get a coppy of the book and you can get a small peak into his career. I also recently just got a copy of Deal CIA's book called Graffiti New York which I came out in. It was the Super Mario Bros (aka Super Fame City Bros) that Sye and I did. It's part of the Crews section and a small highlight on FC.

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