Author Topic: Graffiti Ruins Mario Art (Read 19903 times)

Super-Jesse · « **on:** May 08, 2008, 02:56:56 PM »

What a shame. Look at that wall; it was a boring ~~slice of vertical concrete~~ boxcar until one brave gamer gave it life. Then, someone came and tagged. When will people learn the fine line between art and vandalism?

In all seriousness, I can't tell if the Mario art was meant to incorporate the ghetto-tag, but it still looks cool!

Link: kotaku.com

Thanks Louis!

SushieBoy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 08, 2008, 03:02:00 PM »

Well, it is on a wall, so you do have to represent and put some graffiti on it too! I think it looks good. And It's not going over anything either.

missingno · « **Reply #2 on:** May 08, 2008, 03:19:17 PM »

That looks awesome.

MaxVance · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2008, 03:35:43 PM »

Quote from: Super-Jesse on May 08, 2008, 02:56:56 PM

In all seriousness, I can't tell if the Mario art was meant to incorporate the ghetto-tag, but it still looks cool!

It is. Look more closely at them.

Super-Jesse · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2008, 03:50:04 PM »

Quote from: MaxVance on May 08, 2008, 03:35:43 PM

It is. Look more closely at them.

*bangs head against monitor* Oh yeah I see it now.

missingno · « **Reply #5 on:** May 08, 2008, 04:31:42 PM »

If I was a graffiti artist, I would definitely do art like this.

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 08, 2008, 05:15:51 PM »

It's cool-looking. More gamers [with art talent] need to graffiti.

Kidding.

BP · « **Reply #7 on:** May 08, 2008, 05:26:47 PM »

Kidding? Imagine what that wall/boxcar looked like before, or what it would've looked like with boring old gang-related graffiti on it. Like a big heap of trash. Now people who pass by can look at it and smile. It's Mario!

missingno · « **Reply #8 on:** May 08, 2008, 05:58:14 PM »

He was probably kidding about the idea of promoting vandalism, since it's a crime. Though seeing this, I don't think it should be a crime, unless it's some stupid gang related tagging.

Super Caterina! · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2008, 07:59:59 AM »

Quote from: missingno on May 08, 2008, 05:58:14 PM

He was probably kidding about the idea of promoting vandalism, since it's a crime. Though seeing this, I don't think it should be a crime, unless it's some stupid gang related tagging.

Graffiti are vandalism, but not those like this! These are pieces of art!

...Then it gives a lot of colors to that place! =)

*We had also some trains fulled with graffiti, but this was an idea of our region, because it gave much more color to thos old and grey trains. I hope they will draw something like this in the future! XD

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2008, 11:16:25 AM »

Quote from: missingno on May 08, 2008, 05:58:14 PM

He was probably kidding about the idea of promoting vandalism, since it's a crime. Though seeing this, I don't think it should be a crime, unless it's some stupid gang related tagging.

Exactly. Although if they have permission to "spruce up" ugly old walls and such, go for it!

missingno · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2008, 11:26:29 AM »

Quote from: Super Caterina! on May 09, 2008, 07:59:59 AM

Graffiti are vandalism, but not those like this! These are pieces of art!

...Then it gives a lot of colors to that place! =)

*We had also some trains fulled with graffiti, but this was an idea of our region, because it gave much more color to thos old and grey trains. I hope they will draw something like this in the future! XD

Unfortunately though, the law doesn't see it as art. :(

BP · « **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2008, 03:25:48 PM »

The world is too rigid like this. It's a mural, in a league completely different from marking gang territory. The artist(s) probably didn't have specific permission to paint it, but if whoever owns that boxcar has no problem with it, then there's no problem. Painting something this large for anyone who looks to see is no more a crime than street performances. Besides, it's not like it's on a department store's wall or something. It's on what was once an eyesore, probably already tagged at least once.

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 09, 2008, 03:43:43 PM »

Not that I disagree, but paint, unlike street performers, is permanent.

missingno · « **Reply #14 on:** May 09, 2008, 08:41:06 PM »

Though, to be honest, if someone spraypainted that onto the side of my house, I'd thank them, it'd be awesome.

Robert · « **Reply #15 on:** May 09, 2008, 10:44:31 PM »

I think people should be a bit more pacifistic when it comes to Graffiti; it's like a splash of color and surreality in an otherwise reality-bound world. But if you don't want it all over your house, that's fine. I wouldn't object to Graffiti on my house as long as our landlord approved it and as long as it was creative. The only graffiti I don't like are excessive tags and swear words (kids see that stuff, you know!)

That picture is a great example why I don't like to see excessive tags. That was a great piece of Mario until some jerks went over it. For those who care, I used graffiti terminology there, but it would be interesting to have a piece of Mario. Y'know, to find out what Mario tastes like.

Glorb · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2008, 03:30:11 PM »

Looking at it, especially since the main parts of the picture aren't covered, I'd say that the tags over it are actually part of the design.

Also, is that Jill Valentine over on the right?

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2008, 07:46:33 PM »

All I've got in my town is Mexican gang grafitti, your usual elaborately-lettered made-up words on the sides of trains, a profanity/crude doodle or two, and that one weird kind of grafitti that's like in a gray, thin, unintelligible scrawl (anyone else know what I'm talking about here?).

BP · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2008, 08:17:57 PM »

The graffiti at my high school consists of "SUR" and "NORTE" (South and North, what creative gangs we have), usually written in Sharpie on locker room doors (what scenic territory to mark). Disembodied male genitalia is also a common subject. Very rarely is anything spray painted on school walls, and when it is it's just as plain as the Sharpie. No fancy design or color.

I'll add a big S in front of "Norte" if no one gangly is around. I've never had the chance to edit a "Sur," but if I do I may add "fboard" or "gery" to the end. And once I saw everyone's favorite word written on a wall in the wood shop last year, but the fool forgot the C. I turned the K into an R, and wrote a finisher to the message underneath. It then read:

FUR
Cats have it.

Am I just as bad as the original vandals? Or am I making light out of filth? You decide.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #19 on:** May 11, 2008, 02:00:19 AM »

Funny is better than marked territory.

Bag of Magic Food · « **Reply #20 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:18:36 AM »

You should start a FURRY gang.

BP · « **Reply #21 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:34:25 AM »

I'll leave that to DeviantART people. :3 ^^

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 11, 2008, 10:23:19 AM »

It's better than what was there before.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #23 on:** May 11, 2008, 11:12:16 AM »

Quote from: Bird Person on May 10, 2008, 08:17:57 PM

The graffiti at my high school consists of "SUR" and "NORTE" (South and North, what creative gangs we have), usually written in Sharpie on locker room doors (what scenic territory to mark). Disembodied male genitalia is also a common subject. Very rarely is anything spray painted on school walls, and when it is it's just as plain as the Sharpie. No fancy design or color.

Same here! (but I've just got SUR--or SUR 13, actually) You live on the West Coast?

Since no one who works at my school seems to have any inclination to clean up grafitti, I've taken to carrying around a large Pink Pearl with me to do away with it myself. There was a particularly sizable depiction of an... ahem, oral act in one locker room stall (which someone kept gradually adding to. I was always conflicted between disgust and genuine curiousity to see what new feature would be scrawled upon it) and SUR 13 grafitti in the other. It took me a few days, but they're gone and haven't come back. Also, "ho" was written in large, underlined font--plain as day--by the art room. It's not 100% gone, but I did my best. It just... feels good to help out like that. Kinda reminds me of Super Mario Sunshine, really...

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 11, 2008, 01:36:53 PM »

In that a dark version of yourself wrote all the graffiti?

CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 11, 2008, 02:03:21 PM »

No, in that all the inhabitants of his school have palm trees growing out of their heads and give away vital life-sustaining artifacts to anyone who wins their squid races.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #26 on:** May 11, 2008, 05:08:28 PM »

This year's ASB officers (left to right: secretary, president, treasurer, vice president):

CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 11, 2008, 07:11:20 PM »

The secretary's outfit looks a little revealing for an office setting. You can almost see her midriff!

Captain Jim · « **Reply #28 on:** May 12, 2008, 12:07:58 AM »

Bwuhbuwhbluhblubhbwuh!

Bag of Magic Food · « **Reply #29 on:** May 12, 2008, 01:04:40 AM »

Hey, I think I just realized where Ziggy comes from!

Super Caterina! · « **Reply #30 on:** May 12, 2008, 01:01:50 PM »

Quote from: Captain Jim on May 12, 2008, 12:07:58 AM

Bwuhbuwhbluhblubhbwuh!

Pruapppappaprua pappaprua, blulahblulablouh, blouh! pruappappapruappaappa....=(

Deezer · « **Reply #31 on:** May 12, 2008, 02:30:39 PM »

Muhguhmuh muhhhh-huhguhmuh!

Shyguy92 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:02:59 PM »

People drawing on walls = graffiti

People drawing Mario on walls = art

Suffix · « **Reply #33 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:15:01 PM »

Note that by this argument and the logic of sets, drawing Mario on walls is still graffiti.

Turtlekid1 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:28:48 PM »

Quote from: Suffix on May 12, 2008, 04:15:01 PM

Note that by this argument and the logic of sets, drawing Mario on walls is still graffiti.

And so is art.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #35 on:** May 12, 2008, 06:33:47 PM »

What is art but framed grafitti?

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #36 on:** May 12, 2008, 09:25:25 PM »

Usually something someone made to do more than try to get attention. Until the 20th century, anyway.

Glorb · « **Reply #37 on:** May 12, 2008, 11:33:49 PM »

Drawing on walls = Art
Drawing willies on walls = Maybe art
Peeing on ~~palls~~ walls in front of everyone = Performance art

Yes, these are fairly common occurances where I come from.

Regarding disembodied male-specific anatomy (penises!!1), at least I have the sense to add some rocket flames coming out the back of them, or, if I'm in for an extended duration, an entire rest of a person. It's the least I can do.

missingno · « **Reply #38 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:21:54 PM »

People pee on walls in public where you live?

NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:25:27 PM »

No, they pee on "palls."

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #40 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:29:03 PM »

Here, they pee on Pauls.

missingno · « **Reply #41 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:58:06 PM »

What the heck is a "pall"?

Glorb · « **Reply #42 on:** May 13, 2008, 04:58:02 PM »

An important part of our inprastructure.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #43 on:** May 13, 2008, 09:36:32 PM »

"Batman's in the kitchen, Robin's in the hall..."

boooooooosa · « **Reply #44 on:** May 31, 2008, 06:11:03 AM »

it says in the title"Graffiti ruins Mario art" but I think it is great!