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At MOCA

I had to take care of some business downtown, so I thought I'd shoot a few photographs while there.

Wanted to check out the latest collection at MOCA, but I forgot that it's close on Wednesdays. Maybe tomorrow, when its FREE - four letters I understand well.

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Can graffiti be art?

Some graffiti in Highland Park

What do you think about graffiti? Can it be art?

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Urban art update - Rate your street art

Building art

Check out this art in Old Town Pasadena. You can see a great view of it from Colorado and Raymond. A lot nicer seeing a nice big piece of art, rather than some advertisement.

Seen any great urban art lately? Show us.

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Street Music - Rate your experiences and photos

Live music rocks

Caught this act of live music on the sidewalk on York Blvd in Highland Park. Probably illegal, but it was awesome! Made my day.

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Rate your funny photography

Silly photos

A silly face. Bed head. A bad haircut. One too many drinks.

What do they all have in common?

Great content for funny photography, for silly photos of your family or friends.

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Sick photo of the day

Sidewalk crap

I know this is disgusting. I wouldn't have even gone there, but this is common on my sidewalk. Some sick bastard does this regularly.

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Street art on my grocery store

The way to sell meat and produce?

Would you visit a grocery store with this kind of branding?

I would. You know they probably have good ranchera preparada, or carne asada. Plus, you can't beat some good chorizo for breakfast.

Anyway, is it a good idea to have street artists and graffiti artists help brand your company, even if you live in an urban neighborhood? Or does such branding inevitably bring rival taggers?

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Can this kind of graffiti make you famous?

Or just dead?

Now we're famous, well, at least to the kids walking this block home from Franklin High School, but does that really make you famous? What's the allure?

Listen, taggers, if you want to get famous tagging up the streets with your crew's tag, make it cool. Put some art, some effort into it. This isn't art!

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Urban art for your garage

Check out this guy

I found this urban art painted on a garage. Would you hire a graffiti artist to paint art like this on your garage or house?

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More crazy car art

Or truck art

I see this truck in my neighborhood a lot. Ever see that HGTV show 'Design on a Dime'? I'm pretty sure this is his truck.

Gotta love artists.

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Urban art on Figueroa

I took this picture with my camera phone this morning, but I might go back for another shot with my regular camera later.

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Modern cave art

Have we really progressed?

Here's some cave art I saw this morning.

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Cool graffiti lettering

Better than tagging

A piece of cool lettering on the wall behind Mr.Ts in Highland Park.

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Here's one of my latest pictures.

Is it bigfoot or a surfer? Just kidding, but this image makes me think about bigfoot, isn't that odd?

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Example of cool tagging?

At least its artistic?

I've been pretty clear about my thoughts on tagging. Nonetheless, at least this kind of tag is artistic.

Have any cool tags? Show us, but show us on a canvass or piece of paper - not only public or someone elses private property.

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More urban art

The life of the graffiti artist

Here's the latest urban art upload.

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Rate your favorite urban art

Everyday I walk down the streets of my neighborhood, and I see cool art everywhere.

Advertisements. Bus stops. The walls of stores. Sculptures. Water features. Even some cool graffiti here and there.

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Rate your mobile phone photography

Rate your camera art

I shoot a lot of pictures with my phone. Its not that I consider myself a photographer, I just like taking photos and it's easier to carry my phone, rather than a camera. Yet, a phone camera is very limiting. Still, life is full of great shots. Shot any good pictures with your camera lately?

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Tagging: Graffiti for those without talent

Art for idiots?

In my Notheast LA neighborhood, graffiti is a part of the local culture, and there are some fantastic graffiti pieces throughout. Unfortunately, most of the graffiti is just tagging.

Now much of the tagging in my neighborhood is gang related. Gangsters claiming their territory. While I don't condone, at least there is some warped rationale behind their tags.

Yet, there is far more tagging than just that from gangsters. Countless taggers are seeking fame from scratching their tag in as many places as possible.

Finish: Tagging - Graffiti for those without talent

Rate this sidewalk art

I know that feeling

Check out this chalk art on the sidewalk in Pasadena, CA.

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Rate your photography - College

College themed photography

We're looking for pictures that symbolize, even define, the college experience. This picture pretty much summarizes my college experience.

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Rate my beard, or rate your art

So, I've been away from the Rateyours.com blog because I've been working a on new Rateyours.com. The goal is to get you involved. For example, you can rate my beard or upload a picture of your own beard for others to rate. Or, you can rate some art, or upload a picture of your own art for others to rate.

And, even better, this is just the beginning. Once we finish getting the bugs out of the new Rateyours, we're going to be hosting a number of contests and looking for bloggers.

So, stay tuned, and in the interim, rate my beard or rate some art.

Unique car art

Are you a car artist?

Are you an artist that uses your car as your canvass? I saw this car this morning while taking a walk - kind of a collage thing going here.

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Why does moondancer make me feel so sad?

So, I've shown you head art from Deborah Blanco Flores. Well, here's a painting - I think - from her Taco Special Exhibit called moondancer...

There is something about the sadness in this painting that I think is really intriguing. It just seems so real and genuine in such a nonsensical expression.

What does it all mean, Deborah?

Still, I think this skulls picture is my favorite. Just a bunch of skulls, it seems, wondering what the hell it means to be dead. 'Dude, do you know what just happened? Are we dead? I don't know. Maybe.'

Or, maybe its just life. Deep inside we're all just a bunch of skeletons staring out at the world anyway, right?

I say, thanks for making me feel happy, Deb.

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Head art by Deb

A little day of the dead influenced art. How is that for head art?

Unique art by Deborah Blanco Flores, a great artist that also pulls a great pint of Guinness at the 35er. More of Deborah Blanco Flores' art.

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Ghetto art or garbage? - YTsWorld

Rate this art in my neighborhood

OK, I'm not calling this art. In fact, I think it's as stupid as all tagging is - f'kn poser!

If you're gonna tag up the wall, make it a piece.

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