News Tagged: The Writers Forum

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Amaze, Toper, Rime, and Espo Throwback

    This is such an awesome flick from about 10 years ago with fill-ins by some of the best, Amaze, Toper, Rime, and Espo. Everything about this photo is awesome. It's cool seeing Rime's old KCW style and Espo in his street bombing days.

    ©12ozProphet - Friday February 10, 2012

  • Photo: That Shit Craze

    This shit is Craze. We can't even tell what exactly is going on. Is that a fire extinguisher tag outlined and turned into a huge piece? Maybe one of our readers knows what's up and could drop some knowledge in the comments below. Either way it's pretty ill!

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday February 09, 2012

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Storming the Freight Train

    Here is our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day. Not quite sure of what's going on here, this a a beautiful photograph of mobs of people climbing on a freight train while the sun sets behind them. This photo was posted in the Retarded Spots thread in the Writers Forum by LeadingEdge.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday February 09, 2012

  • Throwback Thursday: JA For Rolling Stone Magazine + Classic Video Footage

    For this weeks edition of Throwback Thursday, we decided to share one of our favorite Rolling Stone pieces featuring NYC bombing legend, JA. We also pulled some classic photos and video footage of the handyman at work.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday February 09, 2012

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Jurne Truck in Oakland

    Here's our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day. Jurne is golden and this truck he painted in Oakland is solid.

    ©12ozProphet - Wednesday February 08, 2012

  • Photo: "Oh So Fresh" Graffiti Blockbuster in Homage to "Mad Seen"

    This "Oh So Fresh" blockbuster is enormous! Just look at the two guys in the photo, it's gotta be 15' tall letters. The style of this piece is a clear homage to the old "Mad Seen" wholecars from the 80's. Definitely a fitting tribute to the Godfather of Graffiti, Seen.

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday February 07, 2012

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: This Ewok Piece is Fire

    This Ewok piece burns! Though the colors in this piece are quite simple the complexity of what's going on with his 3D are reminiscent of his old .COM days.

    ©12ozProphet - Tuesday February 07, 2012

  • Photo: Classic ESPO Gates from the Writers Forum

    Before Stephen Powers became a household name, he painted his moniker ESPO on gates all over the city. Under the guise of graffiti removal, ESPO painted over bombed storefront gates, often in the middle of daytime and always documented them with before and after photographs. And god forbid he got stopped by the police, he would tell them the...

    ©12ozProphet - Monday February 06, 2012

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Train Graffiti Utopia

    Here is our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day. This train yard is picturesque. Imagine a land with green pastures and graffiti on trains as far as the eye could see...

    ©12ozProphet - Monday February 06, 2012

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Old New York

    Today we're definitely rooting for NYC and this photograph conjured up nostalgia and pride. This bombed out white elephant train is overlooking a majestic city skyline with the World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty...

    ©12ozProphet - Sunday February 05, 2012

  • 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day: Vintage SoHo

    This is a vintage flick of one of the biggest intersections in New York City, Broadway and Houston. This corner is the gateway to SoHo, and is probably most commonly associated with the iconic DKNY painted billboard. This photo, however, appears to pre-date the famed advertisement.

    ©12ozProphet - Friday February 03, 2012

  • Photo: A Handful of Fresh Melbourne Flicks from Faux_Croc

    While looking through the Writers Forum for our 12ozProphet Forum Shot of the Day, we noticed Faux_Croc had been posting a handful of fresh flicks in the Melbourne Graffiti thread. We've selected a few shots that went up over the past week.

    ©12ozProphet - Thursday February 02, 2012