Blowing up the spot: 101
Blowing up the spot 101: A guide to ending your career (before it begins!)
Every dope artist knows that in order to have a good run, you got to blow the spots! Clout is everything so here is our guide to take you from Zero to Hero in just a few easy steps. Follow these rules and you’ll blow up spots for everyone in no time.
Social media ups
This is the most crucial first step. If you’re not up on all the social media sites and following the trends then how will you become the dopest graffiti writer the world has seen? Make sure that in order to effectively blow the spot, you got to post a MINIMUM of 3x per day and make sure you include landmarks and entrances that make it super easy for people to find your painting spot. You want to send a really clear signal to workers and law enforcement that you’re an active writer getting your all city cred (they're your biggest fans!) Bonus points if you geo tag your photos and upload them directly from the spot while you're still there.
DON’T clean up after yourself
Super important 2nd step to blowing up the spot is to effectively leave cans, garbage, bottles, beers and empty paint cans/gloves/caps behind wherever you’re painting. This is a surefire way to attract the cities attention and get them to come down and join your party too! Might as well let the workers in the yard know its open season, they probably like painting as well and want to get in on it.
You got to get DRIPPY MAYNE!
Break out your biggest roller and water down your paint so you can extend it and make it drip really hard. The more drips the better. In fact, you should even drip paint all over the rocks and ground below your piece so anyone else can see how much work you put in! The goal is to effectively let them know that YOU painted it right here and your work didn't just roll in from another city. You’re getting even closer to blowing the spot up for you and your friends… now isn’t this exciting??.
The party never ends
Ok so you’re older homie just put you on to a cool new bando/layup with some cool trains. Perfect. Time to hop on Canva and design a fun flyer because it's PARTY TIME! Grab 20 of your closest friends that don't do graffiti, have them all post the location and videos on their social media to enhance FOMO and throw the craziest rager you can think of. Break windows, throw paint on old pieces by dead writers (it’s not like they care. They’re dead!) and let the world know about your new supreme party location. Get as much attention as you can and be as loud as possible. This will make you be even better at blowing up the spot than all your friends.
It’s all about the bread crumbs
Writers are not smart at all. In fact many of them cant even find their own spots so once you find a good place to paint, youll want to make sure to extend that graffiti influence to all of the surrounding businesses and trail markers so that way you can be the undeniable all city king. Anyone else who wants to paint can just follow the trail of breadcrumbs right to the spot! How kind of you!
Bonus points if you catch tags or throw ups on the train engine and paint your piece over identifying markers on the train. The workers have boring lives so best to leave them with something to do during their shift.
Do it for the ‘gram.
Doing graffiti is all about the social media likes and virality. If you’re viral you get a ton of respect and clout and everyone wants to be your friend and love you. The fastest way to go viral is to bring your production camera crew and tripods to the spot and film everything you do (entering, painting/leaving) so that way people on the internet can really get a good look at your super interesting process! It's even better if you mention all the details on how to get in and the best parts of the spot you paint and make sure to get a really clear shot of your face while you do it, we all need to see that pretty mug! The police and city enforcement are huge graffiti fans so critically detailing and outlining your graffiti adventures really makes their jobs easy and you save them so much stress from wondering how cool you are. If you’re not posting, you're not up.. And if you're not posting REALLY crazy crimes, are you even an actual writer bro? Keep it real and post everything you can. Your fans are waiting.
Golden rule: Be seen at all costs
When going to a spot to pull off your mission, be as loud as possible. Drive your car straight to the spot, hop out and get to it. Make sure to bring a portable bluetooth speaker because what paint jam isn't complete without loud edm or hip hop beats blasting and providing the perfect vibe? Even better the louder you play, the more others will want to come and see your dope graffitis bro! Exposure!! Order dominos directly to the spot so you and your friends can eat when you get tired of being all city and wear super bright clothing that can be noticed from a distance. You’re a colorful artist, better act like one!! Civilians, workers should all know where you are going and why so they can get in the action too. Make sure to tell moms with their kids how they can get involved and best to check in with your local train workers so they know not to work while they're in your yard. By now you have so much clout and should be an all city king.
Ignorance is Bliss
Lastly, to blow the spot and have the best experience possible- You’ll want to ignore any and all local history and other crews that have been painting. They are old and washed up and jealous of you, so the more you circumvent their process the more spots/freights for you! Remember, you are the all city king and know best, so they should listen to you. After all, you learned everything from the internet so it's got to be true right?
Workers don't know anything about freights so go ahead and paint every car that's attached together. You're just so up by now that all of your pieces happened to connect in this one city. What a king. Your ultimate goal is to be as loud as possible and be seen, DO NOT BE A NINJA. They don't get clout and that's the goal here.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully blown your local spot.
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