Thank You
For the Music

A celebration of music and lettering.

A Web Site Focused on Stylewriting and Music.

I love graffiti and how to represent letters with it. I am also a huge fan of music.
This here is a very personal project reflecting the relations between these two.

The Persona.

Graffiti writer and music enthusiast from Helsinki, Finland.
Author of coloring books “Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me”
and “Who Made Who | ACTON — Style Exchange”.

Bald and bearded person inside a room that is painted with graffiti.
Graffiti Writer

I love painting letters rather than cartoon-like characters or other representational art. Some call this stylewriting, and so do I. And that's what I've been doing since the early 90's, long before my transition to artist.

Artist

Artist, as in not everything I paint is graffiti. Sure, most of it relates to it, but the profession as an artist differs from writing graffiti. I am also a proud member of Artists Association MUU.

Designer

I am also a graphic designer, a profession I’ve pursued for nearly 25 years. But these two identities are not separate — they are deeply connected. One cannot exist without the other.

Graffiti Coloring Books.

This is not the first time I’m representing plain outlines. I’ve done two coloring books as well as published and contributed to one before that.

Coloring Book #1

“Leiskuva Graffiti Coloring Book” (2014) was the first of it’s kind in Finland. It had outlines from the best Finnish graffiti writers. Half of the print was reserved for educational purposes, the rest were sold. It was sold out in less than six months after it’s release!

Coloring Book #2

“Who Made Who | ACTON — Style Exchange” (2022) was related to an exhibition by the same name. There was two editions of the book, since the first sold out almost immediately it was released. The second edition is nearly sold out too.

Coloring Book #3

My personal project, “Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me” (2024), is a coloring book that presents various names of the devil in graffiti lettering. There’s almost thirty different versions. Cover art was created by artist extraordinaire KaiH.

Statistics.

Numbers! We all love them.

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Latest Reviews.

Product reviews related to the artwork presented on this site. More info about the reviews here.

A printer & scanner with the scanner lid open.

Printer & Scanner

Epson XP-8700 is the one I’ve been using since 2022. It’s a pretty decent device — I mainly use it for printing and editing sketches by hand, but even more for scanning photos and drawings. For a “cheap” printer/scanner, it actually performs rather well in that department. This particular Epson produces excellent black and white illustrations and text. I haven’t…

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A pen.

Pilot

Again, a pretty standard fineliner — but much better than their V Sign Pen. These have a slightly more generous ink flow compared to Pentel or Molotow, and the ink is a deep black. The nib is good and moves smoothly on regular paper. It dries fairly quickly, and once dry, it can be painted over with acrylics. The pigment…

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A pen.

Sakura

Some artists online rave about these. I don’t really get why. I assume they’re great for cartoons or certain styles? But for my needs, they’re just… fine. They get the job done — no complaints there. But once dried, the ink on thinner paper isn’t deep black — it’s more of a dark grey. And the ones I used didn’t…

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