Introducing the new issue of the Stylefile Blackbook Sessions series, there is once again an update from the most diverse sketchbooks and desks in the scene. From simple studies to detailed full-pagers, whether analogue or digital, everything is included on 160 pages. For some, sketches are merely a necessity and a means to an end, while for others, they are an independent discipline in the field of graffiti. What all of them have in common, however, is that you have to deal intensively with the process of sketching in order to develop your own style. How wide the range of approaches is can be studied in this book. It provides exciting insights into the approaches of the most diverse types of writers. Insights that would remain hidden from most people even in the age of social media.

Sketches in graffiti have always existed. A white sheet of paper and a marker have been the starting point of every good style for years. In the beginning, sketches were only done with normal pens, but soon professional layout markers were part of the writer‘s basic equipment. This was then the measure of all things for decades, but in recent years, new possibilities have helped this genre take another relevant leap: With acrylic markers, it is now finally possible to work with opaque colors and no longer have to use only white paper as a background. But the leap from analogue to digital has also been made by now in the field of sketching in graffiti: Tools like Procreate have recently formed a completely new basis for a whole generation of writers to create works of art with letters. You can notice that for many writers, sketching has established itself over the years as a discipline of its own within the field of graffiti. Due to the expanded technical possibilities, the question of when a work can still be declared a sketch and where a canvas begins can no longer be answered with a clear distinction. For another part of the scene, however, sketches are still a necessity and a means to an end: to further develop one‘s own style or to have something for the next production on the wall or train. What all of them have in common, is that you have to deal intensively with the process of sketching. How wide the range of approaches is can be studied in this book. It provides exciting insights into the approaches of the most diverse types of writers. Insights that would remain hidden to most, even in the age of social media, and that we can now show to a large audience!

Line-up:
ACUT · AEMIR · ALOE · AMIR · AMIT · AMUSE126 · AROME · MR.BAKER · CHECK · CIDE · COPSA · COSMA · CROW · DATOR · DEJOE · DISKO · DOE · DREIST · DREY · EKSIT · ERPEL · FACT · FLASH · FLOR76 · FNACK · FRED · HOKUS · INKA · JEFF · JEROO · JONES · KACAO77 · KAHN · KIEs · LOCO · MAROK · MIND · MONKEY · OSBKUR87 · PAW · PLAQUE · PLAST · RAZOR · REK · RINE · ROLEX · ROLY · RTMONE · RUSTE · SATAN · SEIN12 · SEMOR · SEW · SEWER · SHAW · SLIDER · S.KAPE289 · SOFLY · SOME · SPENDA · SUNCHES · SWET · TOWN · TRES · TRUBA · TRUN · TWIK · VENTS137 · ZAILOR

27 x 16 cm, 160 pages.

A Beginner's Workbook for the Creative Art of Drawing Letters

Learn the basics of letterforms and styles, tools and materials, and practice eight different alphabets created exclusively for this book. With step-by-step instructions and exercises, this workbook will guide you through the process of learning the techniques and skills necessary to create beautiful, unique lettering.

Hand Lettering and Beyond suits all ages and is a great tool for advertisers, home stylers, school teachers, creative kids and adults alike.You’ll learn the basics of letterform structure, spacing and alignment, and progress to more advanced techniques where you will be able to design your own beautiful letters as well as creating letter images with composition and decorative embellishments that make your text stand out.

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your existing lettering skills, this workbook is an excellent way to release your creativity. Explore the medium, be creative, make an impact and immerse yourself in the world of letters, design and shapes.

Hand Lettering and Beyond is the fundamental guide for you to learn how to master the alphabet with style and finesse, letter by letter, until you are able to put together complicated words and messages, adding the colouring of your own choice.

Sofie Björkgren-Näse is an experienced lettering artist. She is a full-time freelance letterer who have created lettering work for numerous international companies and shared the joy of hand lettering with thousand of workshop participants.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your hand lettering to the next level!

Author: Sofie Björkgren-Näse

ISBN 9789188369802

20 x 25 cm

Graffiti Coloring Book Volume 2 — Characters

Characters are the most popular and easily accessible side of graffiti. They are the figures that stand beside the writer’s name and attract attention to it. They are brought to the fore in Graffiti Coloring Book 2: Characters.

The book features themes by the world’s foremost graffiti writers. Well-built b-boys and b-girls with spray cans, boom boxes and attitude, comic figures with cartoon features and realistic portraits. All are waiting to be rendered in glorious color. In graffiti culture, the black-and-white drawing serves both as a model for a graffiti piece and as a work of art in its own right. Similarly, this book is both a toy and an art history document.

With characters from world famous graffiti writers like: T-Kid TNB (New York), Tack FBA (New York), Part One TDS (New York), Wane COD (New York), Ezo TDS (New York), Zimad TD4 (New York), Too Fly (New York), Nic 707 OTB (New York), Revolt RTW (New York)

This title presents you with a simple and straightforward introduction to the basics behind graffiti characters. Easy-to-follow instructions of how to draw a classic b-boy or a fly girl, flying eyeballs, angry spray cans, happy Uni-markers and much more. Learn the the basic composition of the characters, and give them emotions, attitude and purpose. This book is the fundamental guide to learning how to master funky cartoonish figures with style and finesse.

56 pages, 20 x 25 cm.

Artwork by more than 50 of the world’s best graffiti writers.

Colour the world’s most prominent graffiti styles on marker friendly paper!Young and old all over the world love the coloring books published by Dokument Press. This new title: Graffiti Style Coloring Book features improved paper and format. Use your markers and paint on both sides of the page without bleeding.

The Graffiti Style Coloring Book covers a range of styles from naïve, playful lettering to razor-sharp wild styles. Cover artist is the legendary Copenhagen graffiti writer Cave. All illustrations are original artworks made by experienced graffiti kings worldwide.

The Graffiti Style Coloring Book is the real thing – it’s not copying a graffiti “style”, it’s real graffiti.This coloring book is an excellent way to start out in graffiti. Explore the medium, be creative, make an impact and immerse yourself in the world of graffiti. The Graffiti Style Coloring Book offers a relaxing approach to coloring at the same time as it is an informative art collection.

Featured artists include:

• Ader – USA

• Boogie – Switzerland

• Caster – Sweden

• Chino – USA

• Ego – France

• Egs – Finland

• Golden Green – Germany

• Izeal – Spain

• Kaput – Canada

• Kilo– UK

• Mina – Germany

• Nover – USA

• Opium – Italy

• Pako – Ukraine

• Sept79 – The Netherlands

• Skore79 – Germany

• Vents137 – UK

50 pages, softcover.

In The Graffiti Coloring Book, sixty of Scandinavia’s best graffiti writers have provided the outlines. You choose the colors. The graffiti sketch can be used as a pattern for a graffiti piece, but is equally a work of art in its own right. The book features drawings by legends such as Skil, Nug, Egs and Bates. The Graffiti Coloring Book is as fun for children as adults. Get out your markers and walk the path of the kings of graffiti.

Publication of recent travels plus some older ones. It was made in the time I was in Azerbaijan where currently one of our friends is in prison due to geopolitical reasons.

It includes many systems from around the world plus stories of incarceration in Tokyo due to a snitch, Sydney (paperwork) and being embargoed from leaving Baku.

• Hardcover Book with Spot UV
• 262 pages
• 157GSM Gloss paper
• ISBN 978 0 646 70740 2
• Signed and Numbered
• 500 copies only

The Story of Peril & Paris

Australian Hip Hop & Graffiti Art 1984+

Erupting out of an electric 80s subculture, Peril & Paris claimed their rightful throne as kings of the Australian Hip Hop melting pot.

B-boys to the max, ambassadors of style, they were part of it all - the breakdancing, the music, the art - but most notably built their names as Melbourne's premier graffiti duo, producing countless masterpieces that cemented their legendary status.

Peril & Paris commanded the spotlight, yet deep underground they operated through secret identities, going twice as hard and doing more than most. Their supreme dedication to the game earned them an unshakeable Claim 2 Fame.

With a rich personal archive of over 600 images, Claim 2 Fame is the captivating story of Peril & Paris, a steadfast partnership and Australian Hip Hop & Graffiti Art legacy that inspired a generation in its wake.

A book by Puzle

Hard Cover
220mm x 285mm
276 Pages – Full Colour Gloss
Over 600 Old-School Images
ISBN 978-0-646-72892-6