How to Draw Graffiti Letters

Graffiti lettering turns the common alphabet into a work art. Learning how to draw graffiti letters will allow you to create some awesome word pictures and message. Starting with the letters of a name or brief message, graffiti artists give the lettering angles and curves to make the letters flow together, overlap and sometimes join together.

Bold outlines, gradient shading and 2d shadow techniques and style to the letters and help them stand out from the surfaces on which they are drawn or painted.

Graffiti is very personal and expressive in nature.

The graffiti drawing lessons in this section will give you the basic techniques for drawing some awesome letters, and you are encourage to experiment and develop your own unique flair and style of writing. Developing a “Tag” or short nick-name or handle to sign your art is part of the graffiti artist culture. Artist often create elaborate paintings based on their tag. Sometime the letters we come so abstracted or “wild” with the addition of arrows, cracks, flames and letter extensions that the letters become unreadable to those who are not very familiar with graffiti. When used as a signature, Your tag should typically be unique and something easy to sign quickly.