Graffiti looks chic when it is done up right. If graffiti is not solicited to be put on buildings and walls then it is illegal to do. More and more building owners are seeking out graffiti artists to draw pictures and advertising on their otherwise bland building walls.
Word
The exaggerated letter and form drawn graffiti word is the easiest to draw out of the many types that there are. The letter exaggeration starts off with a word that is printed and then the letters are detailed. You can make a word with every other letter large and every other letter small. When starting your letters they should be a distance apart to leave room to go back in and detail. Start by drawing a silhouette around the letters leaving room in between the two lines to do some detailing. Go back and put some small dots, crosses, or hearts in between the two lines that outline the letters.
Abstract art
Graffiti figures are drawn by paying attention to rough detailing. Rough means that the detailing does not always have to stay inside the line. It still needs to have a concentrated neatness to it without being perfect. To draw a graffiti cross you would start out with making a cross shape but do it with a wavy line for the silhouette. Next you would closely follow that line and do about ten more wavy lines around it as if they were more crosses radiating out of the cross. Next put some small details in this drawing such as many smaller crosses that connect and make a cross itself in the middle. This is the type of abstract art that is needed to do graffiti
People
Exaggerated faces of people from all walks of life are an easy graffiti to draw. The people need to have larger-than-life features such as a big nose or gigantic ears. Any accessories that they wear need to also be exaggerated in a large or small way. An example of this would be a man with a large nose very small glasses and a large brimmed hat. Exaggerated graffiti points out the obvious by calling attention to it by skewing the size and shape. A runner might have a tiny waist with elongated legs and running shoes that are half the size of him. Hats, glasses, shoes, facial features, and any accessories that people wear should stand out by being too large or too small. You should put equal parts of small and large in an exaggerated graffiti drawing to make it complete.
