SICK art Party

Killer weekend filled with graffiti and a perpetual chaos. I will handle a few things at once as I have little time to post, but this post is dedicated to the great sunday afternoon I spent out on SE 63rd with the Caedmonster.

Jon and I hit went to hit up an "art party" as they called it. They needed some graffiti artists, and little did we know they were lookin' to hit someone who had some lettering skills. Well, I had intentions of writing "sick" as... sick as possible, but wasn't expecting what we walked into.

SICK. is a big production dance party of sorts that takes place every 3rd saturday. I have yet to go to one of their events, but from what I can tell if you go, expect; Booze, Very Friendly People, Dancing, Mad crazy partying, some great Art, and some awesome Music. I can't imagine you'd want much more than. If you do need more, they probably have it.

SO, we arrive at this cool little green and purple house with extensive landscaping. We were instructed to walk into the backyard upon arrival. As we show up, we see portlands artsy finest working away. The back deck is filled with beer and people greeting us wondering who the new strangers are. Then we see it, right as we walk in. The sign. This panel was 4 or 5 feet tall by maybe 8-10 feet wide and said SICK in a very cool 3-D tag. Apparently they have used this for the last 6 months and it sits right in front of the DJ booth. With Beer, People, stencils and spray cans everywhere we were told "you can re-write that if you are confident in your capabilities that it will be on par or better."

"We'll make it happen." we responded.

Now you vote...which one is better? Truth be told, I really dig the old one and I'm uber critical of my own work. However, I still think we may have been better. I think the magic ticket for ours will be to see it in the dark with a bunch of light on it. I think then it'll really pop.

I also wanted to show a picture of one of the other spray artists' work. His claim to artistry was his characters.... and as all graff artists, the peice started out by worrying some of us, then all of a sudden the characters came to life.