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LA Graffiti Artist Designs September Issue of Esquire

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Los Angeles graffiti artists Galo Make Canote created the masthead design on the cover of the September issue of Esquire Magazine. He answered a few questions about the cover.

How much freedom did you have on the design? Were there other designs that did not make the cut?
Galo Make Canote: I had complete freedom. The initial idea was to redo the entire masthead in graffiti form. But after thinking it over, I thought to myself, that it'd be best if I kept the actual script and just tweak it out a bit with drips and over-sprays. They fell head over heels over it and were totally not expecting it. It was pretty much the only design submitted.

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