If you stop imitating it, it will help it go away.
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Do you honestly believe this. If I close my eyes it will go away...I wish it were that easy. I would turn my back on all the bad things in life. The limited amount of people that see my work or any of our work combined will have little effect on the world of graffiti, to think anything else is naive. Our modeling is in response too, not the cause of. I wish my modeling had the impact your implying but the fact is it doesn't. They see this stuff everyday all day going down the rails, on bridges, buildings, rocks, water towers. My model railroad doesn't even come close.
As for technique, I am not what I would say good at it. I will lay down a base coat of paint with a brush (althought masking and air brushing will be better) then I use gel pens from a crafts store. One thing I like about the gel pens is they don't leave a uniform layer of paint. It has a ball point so it kinda gives it texture. Rattle cans leave variation in paint and I think it mimics that sort of. Like I said I am no pro but thats how I do it. Gel pens do not work well on raw plastic the roller slides instead of rolling. I have seen some really well done air brush stuff but I don't know that i even come close to the skill it tkaes in HO.