what about me?

I would normally agree with you but I have used all types of these tips and they never spray this consistent which makes me think its a stencil yet it does look freehand let me try to pull up a high res of this image somewhere. This looks like a chisel tip font a calligraphy tip has a much different spray than this but I cant say either way definetly which goes to say if it is a stencil he did a hell of a job faking it.

Well no one f**kin asked you ok.....

Think we're just having fun my apologies AP will bow to your better knowledge....cheers chap

No worries AP, for all i care he could have written it with his arse, its still my favourite one so far.

After looking at the high res images and even looking at the Omar tag that was using a caligraphy tip there is no way that this is a freehand tag. I think what he did was stencil it perfect then add some fades and overspray to make it look less perfect after the stencil was off. If this was freehand due to the nature of how a can sprays to have it this perfect his hand would have to have been the same distance at all times from the wall in order not to have the fade aspect that happens when the can is angled in any way, as well as drips when he stopped which there isnt any. Spray cans dont spray consinstant lines in this way in thickness, covering too much perfection to be a real tag which is mostly made of imperfections. Yet he did a great job. I could be wrong but thats my professional opinion. Either way it doesnt matter to me if it was stencil or not I liked the piece just wanted to clarify some of the arguments.

: p I can see now how people could think it was stencilled but seriously never crossed my mind. Always been freehand in my eyes

Used Same Caligraphy Tip that the New york accent was mimicking. Different handstyles but look at all the inconsistanancies in the spray of a real tag vs a stencil version. Drips fade from large to small, etc etc.

I think Omar and banksy would spray differently though? I dunno. Like I said in my eyes it did an will always be freehand but who cares. It's an awesome piece

I wonder if one of his minions is called dave

Things don't have to get bigger and bigger to be great. He could do smaller more meaningful pieces. I have no idea what he will do next but that is all part of the fun. 

Some of the pieces this month feel a bit watered down for america. What happened to the dark and grungy concepts like barcode or bomb hugger
Either that or im boring of banksy.

I dont get that little twinge anymore in my pecker when you see a good banksy piece which makes you raise a smile.

Whats with the robot one today? That article for the newspaper was just stupidly self indulgent and the tag on the back or the van and on the wall yesterday was a bit meh. The reaper was an old idea from years ago. Probably the best piece so far was that banksy stall as it really got people going.

Someone is getting middle aged with a kid...hopefully something edgy will come in the next few days.

Next someone will be saying that he prints all his own prints - and his signs all his prints himself too

Comeon

people in the know all know that banksy is just eine in a wig and shades.

his surname is anksy, not eine(obviously eine is a made up surname)

and yes ben anksy prints them himself

I didn't love the reaper myself.

Though i'm not sure we've ever seen this many pieces so close together before. Usually he takes his time to develop location and concept to fit perfectly. I can't imagine the amount of research Banksy and his crew did to get to know NYC so well. They must have a few locals helping them. Most folks who live in NYC for 20 + years don't visit as many places in the city that he has hit in a month. Think about it. Every 5-10 blocks is a different universe here. He's smashed this town. Just saying