Hawaii Graffiti OG Production in Hayward, CA

This production is by East3, Kraze, Bam and myself. These are all Hawaii graffiti writers from the '80s and '90s. Thanks to Kraze for offering up his wall, and for doing a great comeback piece after not painting for 8 years!

Character concept - Bam, character rendering - Estria. This is Musashimaru, the great Sumo islander, kickin' it on his day off.


Clockwise from upper left: Kraze, "Buntz" by Estria, Bam, East3


"Howzit! You get da kine?" This is my all-time favorite character I have painted.


Kraze, 808 Giants


East3, 808 Giants


"Buntz" by Estria


Bam

Hawaii Graffiti OG Production in Hayward, CA

This production is by East3, Kraze, Bam and myself. These are all Hawaii graffiti writers from the '80s and '90s. Thanks to Kraze for offering up his wall, and for doing a great comeback piece after not painting for 8 years!

Character concept - Bam, character rendering - Estria. This is Musashimaru, the great Sumo islander, kickin' it on his day off.


Clockwise from upper left: Kraze, "Buntz" by Estria, Bam, East3


"Howzit! You get da kine?" This is my all-time favorite character I have painted.


Kraze, 808 Giants


East3, 808 Giants


"Buntz" by Estria


Bam

Custom Painted Adidas Auction Sat. 10/31 San Francisco

Shoebiz SF x Adidas x Living Word Project
Don't Sweat the Technique: Kicks & Cans

Graffiti writers from this past year's battles will paint 20 pairs of Adidas Shelltoes and Stan-Smith kicks for an auction to help youth in Oakland and orphans in Africa. Shoebiz will donate all proceeds to: YouthSpeaks.org & YouthAgainstPoverty.com

Participating Artists in Custom Painted Shoe Auction

Hawai'i:
Estria :: Eukarezt :: Katch :: Bam

Chicago:
Chucho :: Melon :: Rome Won :: Tsel :: Like DC5 :: Gloe

New York:
Cekis :: Queen Andrea :: Cern :: Wane

California:
Max Ehrman Eon75 :: Vogue :: Vyal One :: Twick :: Chez

12noon - 6:00PM

Shoe Biz + Adidas Concept Shop
1420 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

More info and photos of the shoes here: www.shoebizsf.com

Queen Andrea AOK, of New York City

Katch, of Hawai'i

Chucho DC5, of Chicago

Tsel, of Chicago

Eukarezt, of Hawai'i

Max Erhman Eon75, of Florida

Gloe, of Chicago

Rome Won, of Chicago

Chez, of the Bay Area

SHOEBIZ x Adidas is a proud sponsor of the 2009 National Finals in Oakland, CA. Prizes for winners and shirts were provided for all contestants.

Painting with Rome Won and Bam in Evanston, IL

OG Rome Won of Chicago took Bam and I out to Evanston, IL (aka, tha sticks) to get down after the Chicago battle.


Ninjas by Bam.




Letters by Rome Won.






I got there late after a meeting. This is all I had time to do.




OG Rome Won.


I'm making Mike Bam famous. Gonna get to his head, blogging about him twice in one week.


Weyland Southon happy after his first time painting.

Mike Bam of Hawaii

Mike "Bam" Tyau has been one of my best friends since we were 18 (long time, don't ask). He was one of my best bombing partners because if either of us got the vibe, we would tell each other and get out of there, no questions asked. We would scope out a place, and sit in the bushes like ninjas for 45 minutes before we would hit a spot, just to be safe. Needless to say I never got caught with Mike.

When we were young, Mike was an inspiration to me to get better at my art. He could smoke me at painting, drawing, and airbrushing without even trying. He had that natural talent. I didn't have that, but his talent pushed me to work harder on my skills to catch up to his level. For that alone, I will always be indebted to him.

We still talk almost every day, and he's become a vital team member of our Estria Invitational Graffiti Battles. Mike is the embodiment of loyalty. He is the kind of guy whom everyone takes an instant liking to. He loves his wife, family and dog dearly, and is an inspiration to me as a person.

For the last three years, Mike has rediscovered his passion for art, and man is he back with a vengeance!

You can see Mike's work inside and out at 1:AM SF Gallery now until October 10, 2009.

Visit his website miketyau.com

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089


Characters by Bam, lettering by me, during a live demo painting in Hawaii's battle, 2009


Spray Can Ninjas in Chicago, with Rome Won and I, 2009


Wave and Koi at Sand By The Ton party in Oakland 2009


'Koi Girl' by Bam and I, Oakland 2008


This was Mike's first character in San Francisco, gaining him instant recognition as a talent to be reckoned with. 1986


'Technostyle' by Bam, Man 45 and I. This is before we had phantom caps. 1987


Close up of Mike's chrome exploding robot. 1987


'World Peace' by Bam, Slick and I, at the Spray Can Art book celebration. Photo by Jim Prigoff 1988


Close up of Mike's section. Check out that skinny cap action! 1988


'Renaissance Men' by Bam and I. On the last day we got chased and never finished the background. This was for the battle between our crew, Together With Style, and TMF. This was arguably the most amazing battle between production crews in San Francisco. 1988


'Spray Can Man' by Bam 1988-89


'Fireman' by Bam 1989-90


'Geisha Girl' by Bam, probably his most famous piece in California. 1990?