Well known graffiti writer SWET has made the remarkable commitment to complete 100 masterpieces in 100 days without painting the same piece twice. There’s a few reasons this is so remarkable. 1 He’s an adult with kids and a good job (most people I know struggle to make it to work everyday and sneak in an occasional trip to the gym as well). 2 very few people can create new artworks daily without repetition.
While checking out what he’s accomplished so far (I think he’s up to about day 50), it occurred to me that graffiti in 2010 is much like advertising. It’s everywhere and pretty easy to overlook when you see the same stuff day in and day out. However if all you come out with is one awesome piece per year, that won’t make you famous either.
ultimately, to compete you need to find a way to consistently get new and fresh pieces out there on the streets, in front of people. Each piece will always have your flavour, you don’t need to start from scratch every time, but if all people see is the exact same piece or ad over and over it looses impact and may even work against you in the long run as people resent the repetition.
click here to check out Swet progress toward 100 pieces in 100 days
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