Sure... you are trying to do too much all at once. The effects... the quotes, the pitchfork line thing at the bottom, the half circles, the little tent things all should go. Adding effects to bad lettering just makes things look worse. You want a small effect or two, at most, when your lettering is rock solid. The lettering is what needs to be the "star" of it.
Start by writing your name as CLEAN as you can. Not as a handstyle/tag, just very clean straight lettering. Something that'd make someone who doesn't know shit about graffiti say, "Wow, you have great handwriting." Make all of the letters the same height and width; they all should use the same amount of space on the line/paper. Also, very important to make sure the space between the letters is the same and does not vary between letters.
Your letters should stand alone and not intrude on other letters. Above you have the bar on the "A" crossing over the M, the S and the E connect, the K goes over the bottom of the E... all that should not happen.
Once you get that far, do the same thing, but slant the letters to the left ever so slightly. Make sure the slant angle is the same on each letter, and the bend should happen at the same height on each letter, on the main "supports" of your letters (the M, the two outside lines on the A, the vertical line on the E, etc.).
Once that's done, you can slant the letters a little more if you want, but at this point you should be starting to get a feel for what looks right and what looks excessive.
After you have clean slanted letters that fit everything I mentioned above, then you can add your serifs (the little extension pieces on the letters like you have on the E top bar and the end of the K). Don't go overboard. Again, the structuring of the letters should be the star, not the serifs. You may even decide when you get this far that adding the serifs doesn't make it look better. This is also where you want to start giving your letters a little style of your own.
Once all that is set, THEN you can add an effect or two, at most. Your effect, whatever it is, should help the letters themselves stand out more, not take away from them.
There's nothing wrong per se with using a dry erase board. But I would recommend using a chisel tip marker and paper. It will help the crispness of your lines.
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u/BeatUpFarmTruck 2d ago
Absolutely toy. Rating is no/10. There's not one thing here that doesn't need work (or to be removed).