We had some fun customizing our own graffiti umbrella. Romeo came up with the idea of painting an umbrella in graffiti style a while ago. Since it was raining we couldn’t paint outside, so we decided it was about time to pimp the umbrella’s. We never did see a graffiti umbrella before so it was a nice experiment to try.

We even made some footage of the final result.
Click here for a short clip of Romeo’s umbrella or click here for a short clip of Mega’s umbrella.

Graffiti is all about getting your name up… We started in 1985 and back then we could only dream about making big murals. We didn’t know how to do it and also didn’t have the paint to do it… So we started with small pieces. During the years we got a lot of experience and figured out how to get things done…

We thought it was about time to do an extra large style piece of our names. We did paint large pieces before, but this time we wanted to make style pieces, which are a lot harder to make on a larger scale. The total length of the pieces is approx. 4.5 m high x 45 m long. An extra handicap was that the wall wasn’t flat (see sideview pics below) and there was a canal in front of the wall, so we could not easily check the proportions of the pieces.. All in all we spent 1.5 days on the wall. We’re satisfied with the endresult…. check the total wall here… > click <

We dedicated this wall to King Robbo… Get well soon!
To learn more about Robbo check the online documentary here > click <

After the Exchange with the very talented Nemo from Sarajevo we also recieved some sketches from his partner in crime ‘Mosk’… We wanted to go all out with these killer sketches and decided to paint them along the railtracks somewhere in Leeuwarden. This spot is one of our favorite spots to paint but we hadn’t been there since a while…

We had to do some serious gardening to get rid of all the reed and other plants which stood in front of the wall.

The back of the cans come in handy when removing old paint from the wall.

Romeo spend quite some time to get the sketches on the wall. Since both sketches had a different flow, we tried to balance them a bit. He pulled it off very nicely though.

Meanwhile Mega painted 3 b-boy characters next to the pieces and after that we worked together on both pieces.

Eventually we had to rush because it allready was getting dark, but we finished the wall just in time to get good pictures. Thanks Mosk for the killer sketches and we hope you like the outcome… We sure did… check the endresult here after the jump

Thanks Molotow for the support. Expect something in return soon…

We we’re asked to do a piece for Afrika Bambaataa. The piece was used as a backdrop during a live dj set with the man himself. He was very happy with the piece.

For those who don’t know who Afrika Bambaataa is: Afrika Bambaataa (born April 19, 1960) is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the “Grandfather” and “Godfather” and The Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading hip hop culture throughout the world. On September 27, 2007, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(source: wikipedia)

The Battle of Sneek, edition 2010 was a great succes. Here’a little report with pictures of the event. The vibe was great and the quality of the pieces was very high. We had a hard time choosing the winner. Thanks to everyone who showed up and especially Ironlak for sponsoring the cans.

Here are the walls of the contestants:
(to watch the walls in full format use right mouse and open the images in a new window)

Chuck and Beast:

Cosh and Fetish:

Sign, Puaks and Sher:

Ick, Dr. Chess and Ces 53

We  also did a wall:

And the winner of this friendly battle is:

puaks! concratulations…

order your decals with graffiti for modeltrains here. Featuring works by Romeo and Mega.
We’re not involved in the making of this product but we we’re asked if they could use pictures of our work…

We were invited at the Loveletters and friends jam in Baarlo celebrating the release of the “Dieci does” can, a limited edition can with artwork from Does. When we left our hometown it was raining cats and dogs but when we arrived the weather was quite comfortable. There was a great line up of writers from several countries: Does (NL) Nash (NL) Chas (NL) Tumki (NL) Dater (D) Ozer (F) MadC (D) Ders (CH) Nychos (A) Puaks (NL) Romeo (NL) Mega (NL) Sign (NL) Storm (DK) Gebes (DK) Towns (UK) Vibes (UK) Amatic (B) B-Art (B). All in all we had a great weekend and lots of fun. Next time we have to return a favour to our friends from the south! Special thanks to Chas for organizing it… The final wall can be seen here > click <

We’re currently working on some shirt designs. It’s cool to have your own crew shirts.

We recently made a piece on several canvasses. We combined several techniques and fillins in order to try to make it look like some kind of collage.
This way the canvasses can be put on the wall separately or all together. The canvasses are for sale, so if you’re interested just drop us an e-mail. The size of the canvasses is 75 cm wide x 110 cm high. Check the collage of the canvasses here…