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  2 0 The old Tubs building on the corner of Roosevelt and 50th in the U District is covered in graffiti. It's an impressive display. Also check out the wall across from Value Village on 11th on Capitol Hill. It's one of the best postering displays in the city. Marty Unger answered in Whatever 7 months ago | Report 4 comments by Sonicgal, Marty Unger, and sublevelthree… 1 0 PERFECT! We passed by the Tubs bldg today and got some gd shots, thnx to yr answer we were prepared w/camera on hand (phone camera really not great). THNX everyone, great suggestions! Sonicgal commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 Awesome! I'm so glad you got pics of it. It's been like for years. I have no idea what or when they'll do something with that building but the graffiti is insane. Marty Unger commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 Do you have anything to use other than a phone camera? You'll have more options for print outs and manipulation if ya do. Try loading the ones you got and making a print before going out again so you know what your limitations are. It's better to do that and see if she likes it while she has time to reshoot if she's unhappy with the output. I see alot of students get bummed when they realize it's not as crisp when they print and you can't add information that the camera didn't capture or was too small a file. If you don't have another camera but you can set the size or quality of the pic place the settings at the highest capacity before she starts snapping sublevelthree commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 Well, give that man a mushroom for pity sake! O my captain commented 6 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 You're probAbly going to have better luck in the more industrial areas of town, trains in Georgetown, areas of Ballard up on capital hill there are some nice wheatpaste pieces. That kind of work is gonna take some urban exploring. Is the project specifically on graffiti or is that what he's chosen? Since he's in school I'm not gonna go into the high art it's been do e to death rant that I would if he was ten years older. The main thing is to EXPLORE. It's about coming across cool stuff not really finding it on the I Ferber and then driving and taking a pic of it. Pass on to try and find his own vision of it, not just take a document of it. Play with focal depth and cropping. It's someone elses work so approach it in a way that is changing it through context or composition. Otherwise it's just ripping off someone elses creation. If it's a colorful piece maybe doing stuff post production like oversarurating the colors in Photoshop or combining elements from several different pieces. The trick is to find something new or close to his vision, which is sometimes hard for new photographers. Graffitti is kind of this generations pile of interesting rubble. Everyone does it at some point but how do you make it your own. What about it draws him in. Is it the imagery, is it the color, is it the drippy paint is it the immediacy of it is it the social context? Clarifying some of those questions and going out with a plan can help him find what he's interested in saying with the photos. Also I don't know his age but if you don't wandering around by himself maybe you can send him out with a buddy or class mate and if he doesn't have a phone loan him yours for the outting. And maybe go over some basic trespassing 101 with him , dont enter abandoned buildings, be careful if in areas with train tracks and be AWARE in general to his surroundings. New photographers can get into the camera and forget to pay attention to the world outside the lens sublevelthree answered in Whatever 7 months ago | Report 5 comments by Sonicgal, sublevelthree, and Sonicgal… 0 0 WEll thanks for yr feedback, however as my kid (daughter) is only 10 y.o. and she's just dabbling with a weekly after-school class in photography/photoshop, I'm not sure we need to take it quite so seriously. Yes the exploring part would be cool but given the time line and that she's not wandering anywhere outside of our immediate nabe, I thought it would be helpful to find 1 -2 areas w/cool graffiti that I can take her to - she walks around and takes photos and thats it. Then learning phptoshop and messing around w/the context as you note. So any heads-up as to where some interesting graffiti is to be found in the city (I prob just havent noticed it) - that would be great. Thank you. Sonicgal commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 Somewhere that would be good for your daughter ( sorry about the assumption, the subject matter is something I see in alot of teenage boys) that is in your neighborhood would be the vera project at the Seattle center. It's kid friendly, indoors and there are several graffiti murals inside. They're open from 12-5 tues thru sat. I think it would be good for someone her age since it wouldn't be wandering around on the streets. They're just south of mercer in the nw corner of the center, near th construction on 1st. It's a fantastic space there are at least 4 murals there, and they'd let her wander around the building snapping. And with the weather the way it is this time of year she'd get better pics indoors anyway. On a side note I think she'd get a kick out of the installation I have there currently, it's a 20' x 30' wall drawing based on sleeping beauty. It's up till the 27th and there are some pics of it at http://toryfranklin.com/fairytalefabrications/brier.html. She's definetly in the demographic I try to inspire to think grand and not to stop dreaming sublevelthree commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 FANTASTIC! That is an excellent suggestion, exactly what I'm looking for. Rt nr our apt. and it would be v cool to intro her to Vera space. I will be sure to point out yr installation and she will love that I had contact with the artist. THank you so much Sublevelthree! Sonicgal commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 It's a good org for kids, they have classes in silk screen if she wants some more creative outlets later as well as sound classes. It's all volunteer Run and the classes are $30 bucks which is super cheap for that kind of stuff. They also host. Tons of music show sonwhen she gets a bit older and wants to start seeing live music it's a safe inclusive environment that's predomantly run by teens. Some of their concerts are free as well and they host all kinds of events ( my sister who is also in the show that's up is organizing a small press/ zine festival there nov 12 if shes into comics it might be worth stopping by, it's free and she can meet the authors that will be tabling. It's organized by a bunch of kick ass lady comic artists who wanted a forum for self published works that wouldn't have a heafty entrance fee for the displayers or the audience. There willbeven be a screening of local animation at the event) sublevelthree commented 7 months ago | Report 0 0 Thnx for the info on the classes and Zine fest - yes in fact she is into comix and drawing her own, etc, so this will be super-cool. Gracias. 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  0 0 There's some cool stuff one block west of The Paramount on Pine. But that might count more as a mural than graffiti. Arkham answered in Whatever 7 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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