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Monday, January 31, 2011

Testosterone Theory on Graffiti Vandals


The Graffiti Eaters Approach to
Graffiti Control Theory on GRAFFITI Vandals 26th of June 2006
Some Basic Statistics
Source Queensland Police
Most likely age of graffitist 15 to 24:- few over 30.
Most likely sex is male 85% only 15% female.
Increase over the last 25 years at 7% per year.
What is the route cause of Vandalism and Graffiti? 
Source Rodney Mackenzie Business Development Manager: -

Rod has spent 17 years working in the reduction of graffiti. The problem is Testosterone - the male hormone This is a concept that you may find hard to agree with but give it some thought as it may be the answer to how you control Graffiti. Graffiti is similar to any other form of vandalism and can be associated with other forms of anti social behaviour, Street racing and Burnouts in cars. The rout cause is the same. Testosterone!
We need to go back to the days when males were the providers (hunters) and females the carers. To day most males enjoy the excitement of the hunt. For some it is fishing others shooting and for some chasing wild women.
Most males love the excitement of the adrenalin rush, which is nature's way of increasing performance and protecting them. Adrenalin in the blood increases the senses and performance by increasing the heart rate and hence the blood to the mussels and brain. Is it coincidental that the average age of graffitist is 15 to 24?
Around the Age of 15 (puberty) the Testosterone builds up in the male until around the age of 24 when it levels off and starts to reduce over the following years. 85% of Graffitists are male only 15% are female and females do have low levels of testosterone.
Most graffiti committed by females is in association with males. It does not give most females a thrill, in fact they wonder why males would bother to do graffiti. The fact is some graffitist get excitement from the risk of being caught. The majority derive success from the recognition of their tag bragging rights and the number of tags they can get up.
They are out there trying to prove themselves to society as individuals trying to be different and noticed. While this is a theory and it is dangerous to generalise it all makes good sense. The public outrage increases their enjoyment and encourages them to do more. We know that as part of the graffiti adventure some graffitist do things with increased risk like train surfing and tagging very dangerous places like roofs of moving trains, bridge faces over road ways and signs high in the air.
There are many different forms of graffiti from the idle writing on a school desk and messages left on toilet walls right up to the hardcore political statement graffiti. These are all the result of different motivations. When we look at the testosterone theory we are looking at the chemistry that causes us to react in a predetermined way, for most young people they do not understand why they feel the way they do. So what does this tell us?
The testosterone theory tells us that we will never eradicate graffiti and that we should concentrate on managing and reducing graffiti incidences. How then do we reduce Graffiti? Apprehension and police intervention The aspect of apprehension and charging through the courts very rarely happens. There are penalties in place in some states and fines of $1500 fines or three years maximum jail. Courts rarely impose high penalties in some cases because they see repeat offenders turning to other crime like theft to pay fines. Police are then encouraged to use diversionary programs to take graffiti offenders off the streets.
This is fine for first offenders who are concerned about a conviction being recorded against their name, but for repeat offenders this has little or no affect. We have carried out successful programs with the Police which can remove offenders from the streets, but there is always some one else coming along behind them putting up graffiti. For the costs incurred by the community, the resulting effect on the problem is minimal. Publicity Some organizations believe that press publicity will help reduce graffiti but in fact the reverse is the truth. Press may assist in getting the non graffitist local community behind a graffiti program, but in doing so can stir on the local graffiti crews. The quiet, coordinated, well organized approach is the way to go.
We have been involved in many campaigns with councils and other groups that have advertised, had news articles published and in most cases we have seen an increase in graffiti before any gains were made with the program. Education Most graffitist know that graffiti is wrong but this does not stop them. In most cases it adds to the thrill. Removal, Graffiti clean up Removing graffiti is the best known strategy we have at the moment, the Graffiti Eaters believe that maintaining an area graffiti free is the best approach and that is why we recommend our maintenance program. Regular patrols that seek out graffiti before the client even knows that the asset has graffiti are the most effective tool against graffiti. Because the graffitist comes back for his recognition and it is gone. He soon becomes disinterested and goes some were else to play.
We have many examples of assets that the owners were unable to keep clean, and with in weeks of being placed on a Graffiti Eaters Maintenance the assets had greatly reduced incidences of graffiti. We currently have many assets maintained graffiti free by our Maintenance Programs. Examples of this would be shopping centres, Highways, Commercial buildings, Council Toilet blocks, Sporting pavilions, office buildings, schools and Railway stations that for many years were covered in graffiti and now with our program are graffiti free. Quality of graffiti removal When removing graffiti it is no good just obliterating the graffiti by over painting leaving patches or shadows. In fact the aim is always to remove the graffiti so that you would not know that there was ever graffiti there. How often have you seen a patch on the wall with new graffiti placed back in the centre of the patch? What happens here is that the graffitist is attracted to the patch.
He sees a challenge and places his tag as this patch in defiance of the attempt made to remove the original graffiti. We are aware of defence lawyers using the fact that the asset has previously been graffitied as a defence. They make the argument that the graffiti there client placed, had not incurred the damage as damage had already been done. It is always better to return a substrate back to its original state were this is possible. A natural brick wall for example is less likely to be graffitied than a painted brick wall. If the wall is painted it is best to repaint the wall if the graffiti can not be removed in a very closely matched paint so that it doses not look like it has been repaired.
Quality removal not only looks better it also reduces the incidences of graffiti. Central reporting of graffiti We believe that this is a good way to go and the best way to get the community involved, this enables graffiti to be identified and removed in an organized way. Should graffiti be removed with in 24hours? Many people believe that graffiti should be removed with in 24 hours as this is the key factor in reducing graffiti. We believe that it should be removed quickly but does not necessarily need to be with in 24 hours as in many cases this creates additional costs. Does street art reduce graffiti? When you look at street art there are two basic styles that are considered; graffiti mural and conventional murals.
The theory is that graffitist does not graffiti street art they respect it. Some believe that you should allow graffiti style murals as this gives the graffitist the opportunity to express them selves with legal art. Our experience with street art is that you are better to put up conventional murals as they are respected by all quarters of the community and they do not attract graffiti. Graffiti style murals usually get small tags along the bottom, often by another graffitist (tagger) trying to take credit for the mural (piece). Graffiti style murals only encourage graffitist. Conventional street art does reduce graffiti.
Legal Graffiti walls and sites The idea of a legal graffiti wall is that the graffitist will put there graffiti up on the graffiti wall and not on surrounding areas. Our experience has found that this strategy does not work. The graffiti soon builds up and runs out onto other surrounding locations. Graffiti walls only encouraged more graffitist to come to the area to put up graffiti. What should we do for our young males? We should provide them with safe activities that give them the similar challenges and thrills that they gain from graffiti. Skate parks are fantastic. They provide our youth with challenges and an environment that allows them to get the thrills that pump the adrenalin around that body, while at the same time getting recognition from their peers. Other sporting activities also suit many young men and we are confident that sporting clubs play a large part of the solution. Areas that do not have organized sport and few sporting grounds tend to have larger incidences of graffiti and other anti social behaviour.
An example of this is the Gold coast in Queensland; the area was developed with a lot of water canals and few sporting grounds. They have a lot of small parks that are suitable for young children with there parents but are not big enough for teenagers to kick a football. This area now has some youth concerns and many people looking for further developments to be more focused on sporting fields and not canals. Campbelltown in NSW has a lot of sports facilities and a large youth population. It also has significant graffiti concerns that would be much worse if it was not for the sporting facilities provided. The Graffiti Eaters is proud to be apart of the graffiti reduction strategy for these councils.
Conclusion The challenge of combating graffiti vandalism is one social issue that governments do not have an unlimited budget to work with. It is therefore imperative that any tax payer money invested is cleverly targeted to achieve maximum benefit back to the tax payer. This will be achieved if the community sees graffiti being removed as soon as it is put in place and there is a sense or order and security in our streets. The message that graffiti is wrong has been well promoted. Those engaging in it know it is illegal, but with current court rulings and penalties the challenge and thrill far out ways any threat of conviction. Based on the Testosterone theory, apprehension and police intervention can assist in reducing graffiti, however has shown over the decades to be a very slow, costly exercise that fails to leave impression on the community of any success being yielded. A diversion for our youth into sporting activities or competitions that offer a thrill and a challenge with recognition among peers is very important. Combined with a programmed coordinated removal strategy is the only proven method long term to maintain assets graffiti free.
The Graffiti Eaters offer a service of underwriting the risk of graffiti vandalism under one of our maintenance programs which systematically manages the site and controls the incidences of graffiti. The opinions expressed in this paper are formed from working in the graffiti industry for over 17 years and are based on the trial and error of working on many graffiti reduction programs.

16 Types Graffiti Fonts

Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
To this day we will feature several types of graffiti fonts. Exactly 16 graffiti fonts best. In 16 different types of fonts that you can see various forms of the type and character of a graffiti fonts that have long circulated. (by - http://guardian-graffiti-alphabet.blogspot.com)

Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
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Graffiti Alphabets "ROPE CREATION"

rope creation, graffiti alphabets
Rope is a form of the elastic, then the creation of many formed. One example as to create graffiti alphabets above.

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Graffiti Alphabets "ROPE CREATION"

rope creation, graffiti alphabets
Rope is a form of the elastic, then the creation of many formed. One example as to create graffiti alphabets above.

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Frame Graffiti Alphabets

graffiti alphabets

Graffiti Art| Frame Graffiti Alphabets

Graffiti alphabets was placed on the frame with a small box-shaped, and arranged in chronological order as a large frame. Still with the classic look at the effect of this graffiti.

Graffiti Alphabets "TRAILER CREATION"

trailer creation, graffiti alphabets
Illustrations appear on the graffiti is really interesting, in a trailer truck body at the back of the graffiti is made with a specific model and a particular position, you may be interested in graffiti alphabets with the inspiration to create a more brave than this.

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Graffiti Alphabets "TRAILER CREATION"

trailer creation, graffiti alphabets
Illustrations appear on the graffiti is really interesting, in a trailer truck body at the back of the graffiti is made with a specific model and a particular position, you may be interested in graffiti alphabets with the inspiration to create a more brave than this.

Via

Frame Graffiti Alphabets

graffiti alphabets

Graffiti Art| Frame Graffiti Alphabets

Graffiti alphabets was placed on the frame with a small box-shaped, and arranged in chronological order as a large frame. Still with the classic look at the effect of this graffiti.

Graffiti Font by Bayu Idea

Graffiti Fonts,Fonts Graffiti
Graffiti Font by Bayu Idea

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Re-Writing Your Rulebook


Recently I encountered a very interesting take on the idea of rules whilst watching Stephen Tomkinson's Australian balloon adventure on ITV1. In Melbourne there is a road called Hosier Lane where many graffiti artists work. The mere thought of graffiti signals anarchy to most people or perhaps fond memories of Banksy.
Hosier Lane is completely covered in graffiti and it was intriguing to note that there are 'rules' that govern the whole process of applying graffiti. First of all there are real regulations about who can actually spray paint (you need a license), what types of paint you can use etc. then there are the unwritten rules. For instance, who decides when it is allowable to paint over existing graffiti?
It seems that the rules make themselves. If a work is greatly admired then it will survive for a long time, if not and other tags or drawings encroach on it then that is the signal for some urban redecoration. It is also allowable for existing works to be enhanced by adding to them, perhaps a butterfly tastefully applied.
Now let us step back in time and imagine what sort of discussions took place when the graffiti was first put there. All of the existing rules would have been applied in rapid succession to see if a) there was an applicable rule b) it was possible to ban/remove graffiti if the need arose. I can imagine that various regulations covering hazardous substances (paint), planning, safety (crowd control, police) were pored over before someone realised that Hosier Lane was actually a tourist attraction.
So if this street was a street artist's canvas, what rules can/should be applied? The answer is of course ones that apply to the graffiti itself and those who put it there, subject if course to normal rules regarding decency and other the rights of others not to have graffiti in their street.
So when your organisation decides to embrace creative thinking you will most likely encounter new situations that you need to deal with. Don't be alarmed, just involve the appropriate people and do not try to make your existing rules fit, they will restrict your creative output.
Derek Cheshire is an expert, speaker, consultant and facilitator in the areas of Business Creativity, Innovation and Idea Generation. He is creator of the Innovation Toolkit, and co creator of workshops such as Bite Sized Creativity, Creativity as a Business Tool and The Idea Factory.

33rd Graffiti Art

33rd Graffiti Shop
Graffiti Art Mural. Subway graffiti on Auto Body Shop, 33rd Av & 12th St, LIC

33rd Graffiti Art

33rd Graffiti Shop
Graffiti Art Mural. Subway graffiti on Auto Body Shop, 33rd Av & 12th St, LIC

33rd Graffiti Art

33rd Graffiti Shop
Graffiti Art Mural. Subway graffiti on Auto Body Shop, 33rd Av & 12th St, LIC

33rd Graffiti Art

33rd Graffiti Shop
Graffiti Art Mural. Subway graffiti on Auto Body Shop, 33rd Av & 12th St, LIC

33rd Graffiti Art

33rd Graffiti Shop
Graffiti Art Mural. Subway graffiti on Auto Body Shop, 33rd Av & 12th St, LIC

Example from Graffiti Playdo - Graffiti Letters "Guardian"

Graffiti Creator,Graffiti playdo
Example from Graffiti Playdo

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Graffiti Playdo

Graffiti Playdo,Graffiti Creator
There are many ways or solutions to create a graffiti even for someone who is learning to also to do so easily and without any fear. This is because art is a freedom without any true value or not.
The solution of this problem is to create graffiti with the way online. There are many online applications that provide, for example Playdo Graffiti, graffiti creator. But this time we set aside for graffiti creator first because we will discuss graffiti playdo.
First you try to visit the website graffiti.playdo.com, then you will be taken to a menu or the media to make a graffiti with a spraycan. There you will be given the choice and freedom in choosing the color you want used. For more details, you should immediately visit the website to better know as clearly. (by - http://guardian-graffiti-alphabet.blogspot.com)

Graffiti Playdo,Graffiti Creator


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Ghost Graffiti Alphabets

graffiti alphabets, graffiti art
Graffiti Art || Ghost Graffiti Alphabets

Ghost may very frightening for children, but I believe graffiti alphabets is the children will not fear but will be happy to see the humor and the graffiti.

Ghost Graffiti Alphabets

graffiti alphabets, graffiti art
Graffiti Art || Ghost Graffiti Alphabets

Ghost may very frightening for children, but I believe graffiti alphabets is the children will not fear but will be happy to see the humor and the graffiti.

Sweet Black Graffiti Alphabets

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Graffiti Art || Sweet Black Graffiti Alphabets

Letter written to the thin white, the color black with background little ornament that resembles fruit with red graffiti alphabets seen this very sweet.

Sweet Black Graffiti Alphabets

graffiti alphabets, graffiti art
Graffiti Art || Sweet Black Graffiti Alphabets

Letter written to the thin white, the color black with background little ornament that resembles fruit with red graffiti alphabets seen this very sweet.

Custom Graffiti Alphabets

Custom Graffiti Alphabets

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graffiti alphabets
graffiti alphabets
Graffiti Art || Custom Graffiti Alphabets

Work of graffiti alphabets are so great from a woman named andrea, who are living in new york, he is an artist an art school in the area that produces works so adorable, graffiti alphabets an art that can be inserted into an art anything that makes art more interesting and profound.

Custom Graffiti Alphabets

Custom Graffiti Alphabets

graffiti alphabets
graffiti alphabets
graffiti alphabets
Graffiti Art || Custom Graffiti Alphabets

Work of graffiti alphabets are so great from a woman named andrea, who are living in new york, he is an artist an art school in the area that produces works so adorable, graffiti alphabets an art that can be inserted into an art anything that makes art more interesting and profound.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Graffiti Tags | Alphabet Graffiti Archaeology


Graffiti Archaeology is a project devoted to the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The core of the project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers over a span of several years. The photos were taken in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and other cities, over a timespan from the late 1990's to the present.

Graffiti Tags | Alphabet Graffiti Archaeology


Graffiti Archaeology is a project devoted to the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The core of the project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers over a span of several years. The photos were taken in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and other cities, over a timespan from the late 1990's to the present.

Graffiti Tags | Alphabet Graffiti Archaeology


Graffiti Archaeology is a project devoted to the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The core of the project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers over a span of several years. The photos were taken in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and other cities, over a timespan from the late 1990's to the present.

Graffiti Tags | Alphabet Graffiti Archaeology


Graffiti Archaeology is a project devoted to the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The core of the project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers over a span of several years. The photos were taken in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and other cities, over a timespan from the late 1990's to the present.
Graffiti in u'r Body