This is this man’s business card. It is no joke. Google “Bad Ass Mother Fucker” and Evan Ross’s personal blog is the top related search. Awesome bragging rights supports some brilliant work. His project, Graffiti Analysis, is an extensive ongoing study in the motion of graffiti. He connects a light, a camera and a pen to captures the gestures expressed in the moment of creating a tag.
Custom software designed for graffiti writers creates visualizations of the often unseen motion involved in the creation of a tag.
Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
This summer he is using his motion capture studies of graffiti for an online interactive project.
Graffiti Analysis v3.0 – Trailer from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
His interest in the motion of graffiti is expressed through a series of sculpture projects. He has even created a complete taxonomy.
Graffiti Analysis: 3D from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
He is amazingly prolific.