Graffiti VS. Logos

Graffiti and logos are two very different things.... or are they??  actually the two have a few things in common.  Lets talk about logos first.

As you can see here there are lots of logos out there.  Each logo has  very specific elements that enable it to work for what it is needed to convey.  There are almost an infinite number of logos in the world today, to name them all would be close to impossible.  Logos are very important in today's society.  everything nowadays has a logo.  A logo is like the company's, or products special brand that conveys a message and evokes emotion when seen.  Logos are a way for people to recognize things and ultimately to get them to buy something.

As you see below there are specific reasons people choose the colors they do when they create a logo.  to create an emotion or let people realize that there company is trustable.

Depending on the color used for a logo, it can help display a certain feeling in people. 

Now time for  graffiti.

Graffiti is slightly less socially accepted compared to logos.  Usually graffiti is used for personal gain instead of commercial advertisement.  though there are circumstances where privately owned businesses have asked graffiti artist to do large-scale project to advertise their company.

Graffiti usually doesn't really follow color patterns like logos do.  most of the time graffiti is very multicolored with no intention to use a color to get a feeling out of the audience.  graffiti artists want their art to catch the eye of the regular passer-byer.  therefor they use all these bright colors to catch the eye of the bystander and to get them to stop and look and appreciate the art.  

Also a lot of the graffiti you see in the world is text. 

These text based graffiti art is used to display messages.  It can be something obvious like "abortion is killing"  or something that no one really understands like "kagero" as shown above.  these messages, regardless of its understandability are always beautifully inscribed on their canvases.

Its safe to say that both graffiti and logos are both heavily used in society today and are both beautiful ways to display messages and evoke emotion in the people that see them.