How to draw graffiti easy.

How to draw graffiti, the first step you need to take, is deciding, what you are going to write, are you going to write, your name or are you going to give yourself a handle, like many graffiti artists and writers do, all over the world, all of the time. If you want to get a better understanding of, what a handle is, then you can, by following this link to graffiti creator,graffiti art.

Now take a sheet of paper and write your name or handle on it, with a pencil, the way you would normally, write it and have a look, at how you write it. Write it again, only this time make it all capitals letters, with plenty of space between them, now try writing it, in as many different ways, as you can think of and don’t worry, about the end results, it is only the start of a process.

Please see my example ideas, design sheet, below.

3D graffiti design sheet of ideas drawn with a 3B graphite pencil.
3D graffiti design sheet of ideas drawn with a 3B graphite pencil, cool anybody can do this.

As you can see, I have used different types of letters, curved ones, square linear type letters, boxed, three dimensional letters and some, that are hardly readable as letters at all, the more you create, the better. If you find yourself stuck, after only drawing a few, then look for some ideas, in the news paper, a comic, magazine or anywhere, you might find ideas for lettering.

When you are happy, that you have generated enough ideas, then you can look over them and pick out one or two, that you like, for further development, it can be as many as you like, not just one or two, if you like them. Now, redraw these out on their own, in the center, of a clean piece of paper, try to fill the paper, as much as you can and make these drawings, more accurate, correcting or altering, anything that needs it, as you go. Try to keep your lines faint and not too heavy because they will be harder to cover later.

You can also look online, for lettering and graffiti art because there is an abundance of it, even videos that show some fantastic work, with it all being, a great source of ideas and inspiration.

You can create block lettering easy, by just redrawing your letters, over the top of each other, again but out of line, like in the example below.

You could trace your name or handle and then move it a little, to the left or right, up or down and retrace it, over the top, then fill in the area, where you can still see, the first letter outline in black, to create the illusion of shadow.

You can also overlap letters, so the second is hiding, slightly behind the first and the third behind the second, to create the illusion, of one being in front of the other, this overlapping, is a very common feature, in graffiti art.

Please see the example below, to understand this a little bit more, in a visual context.

An example of 3d box lettering using outlines over the top of one and other.
An example of 3d box lettering using outlines over the top of one and other.

Notice the black shadowing, created by moving the letters, up and the black outline, around all the letter shapes, you can also see that the colors have been added, any old how but are still effective because of the, well defined black outlines.

Now you can take some of your original ideas and try some of this, with them, below you will find some of my designs, taken from the first sheet of simple pencil drawings.

3D lettering example of how to use letters doubled over the top of each other to make box letters.
3D lettering example of how to use letters doubled over the top of each other to make box letters.

I have added color and black outlines, which is something you should now be trying, with your own designs, you could try many different combinations of color or black outlines, you could even try, colored outlines.

Now you can, further develop one idea and try it, as many different ways, as you can think of or combinations or color, see the examples below, for further development of ideas.

Images of earlier examples that have been further developed.
Some of the earlier examples that have been further developed.
Images of further development graffiti letter ideas.
Examples of further development with graffiti letter ideas.

The tools I use:

Paper or drawing pad, A4 printer paper is good and not very expensive but pads are better, you can carry them around with you, if they are not too big.

Soft graphite pencils, preferably mechanical, pop a point type pencils, 0.5, 3B, if you can get them.

Fine line permanent ink pens, 0.5 and Biro’s, in different colors.

Permanent marker pens, the more colors, the better.

Water soluble felt tip pens, the more colors, the better.

Colored pencils in various colors.

Quarter inch, flat brush and water.

Learning how to draw graffiti, is not difficult or hard and you can get, very good, very quickly, if you put a little effort in to it, honest.

12 thoughts on “How to draw graffiti easy.”

    1. Hi lilly,

      Stupid crap to you too, I took the time to put this information together in order to give the benefit of my experience to others, if you think it is not satisfactory or up to your very classy standard then please explain, not just make a nondescript comment, if you don’t really know anything please try not to blame my work for your own rude ignorance, just ask.

  1. I quite injoyed this web site and the content, I learned to draw graffiti. Thanx
    Hope to see more of your work soon!!

  2. wow i had no idea how to do any of this stuff untill i came to this site. you guys are going to be behind me getting an A in art class. thanx!!

    1. Hi baley, I am happy you have found this useful as that was/is the point and it seems you are not afraid to say what you think, I happen to think that’s an attribute although many will disagree with me. Another point I’d like to make seeing as you are not afraid to say something, please ask if there is something in particular you want to know or don’t understand and I will do my best to answer, never mind A’s let go for distinctions.
      Thanks, Gareth.

  3. and lilly…. shove a fork up yo big white booty! lol i got yo back admin. cool name by the way

    1. Hi diego, I hope you will be doing super good soon and thank you for taking the time to pass on your positive comment. Thanks, Gareth.

    1. Hi Sabrina,

      Bog is the handle I chose to call myself.
      A handle is an older graffiti term for name.
      If you was going to put graffiti on other people property then you wouldn’t use your own name, so I stuck with an older tradition by calling myself Bog, but I don’t do graffiti on other people property, my slogan is make money not trouble.

      Thanks, Gareth/Bog.

  4. Yeo lilly noe offence buh like even tho i dont noe da person dont b talking shyt and crap his ideas are made awsome. worse you da yu dont noe howda draw nuffin!

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