The art of graffiti has become, over time, a form of artistic drawing. In another article, I have captured the main features of fine art in more detail, but let’s do a quick review here.

We know that graffiti art is typically loud (i.e. brightly colored), has a 3D look and feel, and looks primarily stylish. Graffiti art could even be classified as contemporary art. Everything related to graffiti is an expression of the culture of some group or country.

Although graffiti art is better known as art drawn by vandals on public walls with spray cans, the same term can be extended to represent art with characteristics similar to those mentioned above.

You might be drawn to drawing graffiti names because graffiti art looks classy with its bright and attractive colors, and that goes for graffiti texts as well.

To start drawing graffiti names, you need to prepare the following drawing tools. You need a lightweight pencil, preferably HB, and a set of permanent magic markers with a variety of colors.

Next, you need to decide on the style of the texts. There are literally thousands of styles to choose from. Just take a look at the thousands of types of fonts freely available on the Internet for download. You may want to visit one of these websites and choose a font design that you really like. You will use this as a reference. Some websites even allow you to create a preview image with the selected font type. Just save the image to your computer for reference.

Start drawing with your pencil on the surface. Draw lightly at the beginning so you can erase any mistakes you make. Sometimes your texts may be too large or too small, and you can easily rectify this by using a dust-free eraser.

Once you are satisfied with the look of the graffiti name, trace the outline with a fine magic marker. The forms will begin to emerge now. Then start to fill in the different letters with colors. Be bold and creative here. These are graffiti texts, after all, so you want it to come out attractive, bold, and stylish.

Use a different color to create some shadows just inside the outlines. This will create the illusion that the texts are 3D. If you are familiar with using Photoshop or any image editing software, this is similar to creating the emboss effect.

Drawing the drop shadow is optional, but if you want your graffiti name to look more vivid and realistic then by all means give your graffiti name a light shadow underneath.