What's Your Sign?
The custom of wall writing has occurred worldwide and continues to the present, though advances in the technology of paint have made it more of an opportunity both for art and for defacement on a grand scale.
Everybody needs something to toss up. Whether it's your gang sign, your trademark, your alias, or simply something to kill time, you should always have a "go to" marking. These come in all different forms, here are a few that I've come across. A good example is seen below, where traces of Gareth Stehr (aka Dirt Squid) & Lizard King's hieroglyphic trademark are territorially placed on a telephone pole in front of Don the Nuge's house.
Skate house fridges are a good place to practice and get your name out there.
Then you might be confident enough to take your symbol to the bar. Carl Flood seen here, enjoying his surroundings.
you might be lucky enough to have an unsuspecting Daniel Shimizu take a photo in front of your markings.
You can go with a memoriam themed piece. melcher seen here remembering his dog Pizza.
Any surface will due, especially if it is on recyclable material.
If you are out of ideas, just go with a classic pentagram, as Richie Belton usually does.
if you find your friends in a deeep alchoholic induced coma, feel free to try out that new tattoo gun. I'm sure it will make for some good laughs in the morning. Dick Dilley awoke to this suprising gem on his shoulder.
Otherwise, just grab the nearest sharpie.
if you are a renter, you might want to consider just going with a duck taped symbol on your house.
Respect the pre-existing murals though.
unless you might have a quality addition in mind.
Hamm never misses out on a good photo opp. in front of some quality symbols.
if your party is constrained to a tiny appartment, you can always break out a plywood surface to practice you techniques.
Deville even appreciates some quality chillin time, after sporting up his gang signs on the walls.
it leaves you with a quality feeling of accomplishment.
you might even be lucky enough to have your own storefront to practice on, as the guys over at Scapegoat Tattoo do.
even airplane windows can serve your purpose.
keep your eyes open, and you can see whos foot steps you are tracing.
Always be ready, incase somebody hands you a sketchbook outside of the bar. here, Richie Jackson sketches a quality portrait of his best mate.
Australian chicks digg Buttertooths sketching abilities.
you can even use a symbol to mark your territory and make your sponsors happy.
Somebody beat me to this one...
you can never be too creative when defacing nature, or wait... facing nature.
A nice run down area can usually supply you with more than an easy target, it can usually lead to security guard free skate spots. Birdhouse filmer kevin Phelps is seen here on his way to that abandoned pool that smells like death.
Don't let the other symbols overpower your chance to prove to future people that you were there first.
While you are at it, i would reccomend trying to place it directly on the spot. It might make it on a magazine cover, or at the very least, a video.
theis is Clint Peterson's indian skull that is seen on the top of his ramp, and als on the insole of his new Osiris Pro-Model shoe.
Max Barrera uses symbolism as a form of courage and inspiration. "Yo Soy" translating as "I am".
Abandoned mental institutions can serve as a quality practicing ground.
while you are at it, you should also take the opportunity to practice your destructive tendancies. 
the creepier, the better.
Nuge would prefer if the young kids kept it evil. 
if you look down, you'll see that L.A. even has it's own trademark.
Richie belton has a tattoo of Bart Simpson doing some graffiti.
your gang might even have its own slogan.
Danny Gonzalez has some drawing skills too.
When in doubt, draw a Melch.
If you are out of markers, just scratch it in.
The possibilities are endless.
