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[Spring-Loaded]

1. What is it.

2. Where did this originate.

3. How widespread was this?

I remember seeing this as early as kindergarten; friend of mine drew it and I thought it was cool, then he showed me the "six line" method and the rest was history.

Ever since, I've wondered about its origin.

 

[LQX]

I never drew it.

 

[frye]

That thing has been discussed on the internet for ages but I don't think there's any real consensus on its origin. The Stussy logo is often-cited but I don't think that's it.

 

[Anticitizen One]

uh wow this is creepy I was just looking this up on google like 2 hours ago........

 

[Jacob]

I've drawn that in countless notebooks but I have no idea where I first saw it, much less what it's actual origin is.

Also, I knew what this thread would be about before I clicked on it, just based on the title. I guess it goes to show how common this symbol is. :lol

 

[Valnen]

I've seen that in pretty much every school growing up. I want to know how widespread it is.

Six line method was the most popular way of drawing it.

 

[yn-neko hates a cat]

CONFIRMED! Everyone in the OP's school was in a

Spoiler

tagger

gang

...they probably also huffed paint

 

[Majine]

I used to draw the two edges like they go behind the middle part, rather than just stopping them as in the pic above. Made them look more gothic or summin.

 

[Paper Fox]

I remember drawing it in primary school here in Australia (like almost 20 odd years ago). And if your name started with "S" that meant you were extra cool.

 

[Why would you do that?]

I was always told it was the Superman logo. But then, I never watched Superman enough to verify that, so I always call it the Superman logo, even though it's far from the truth. lol

I used to draw the two edges like they go behind the middle part, rather than just stopping them as in the pic above. Made them look more gothic or summin.

That's how everyone I knew drew it, too.

 

[MIMIC]

OH. MY. GOD.

I remember spending WAY too much time trying to draw one of those when I was in elementary/middle school. I don't think I ever figured it out ;_;

 

[TheKaeptain]

I never drew it because around my parts it was associated with certain gangs.

 

[markot]

Its the stussy logo >.< how could you not know?

 

[Rewrite]

The kids still draw this. I was shocked when I saw it. Blast from the past.

 

[Trouble]

Google search by image to the rescue.

http://sanctuary.prelucid.com/library/index.php?title=The_S_symbol

 

[bideogamer]

OH. MY. GOD.

I remember spending WAY too much time trying to draw one of those when I was in elementary/middle school. I don't think I ever figured it out ;_;

Comn now, they are super easy. 2 vertical rows of 3 lines, connect em. Bam, you got that... thing.

 

[Anticitizen One]

its called a Super Stussy though at my school in SoCal it was just called a "stussy"

My theory is that we were all experimented on by aliens that programmed that symbol into our heads

 

[akira28]

http://onceuponawin.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/win-pics-super-s/

 

[davepoobond]

yeah i remember doing that too. i think i did it wrong so many times that i never learned how to do it correctly.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Never drew it, and never learned how to. I've seen it a lot though.

 

[Dark Octave]

That's a tagger style letter.

I never had too much interest in tagging so I never really tried to write in that style.

 

[Majine]

I also used to add a border and a soft shadow to them. A pre-cursor to Photoshop!

 

[Mariolee]

I was just thinking about this a few days ago.

Get out of my head.

 

[dc89]

:O I used to draw that. Maybe I still can.

I remember you started it by drawing the two rows of 3 vertical lines.

 

[Ominym]

Illumnati. For all questions.

 

[lastplayed]

First time I've ever seen it.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Google search by image to the rescue.

http://sanctuary.prelucid.com/library/index.php?title=The_S_symbol

Oh dood....the paranormal section.

Is such a thing even possible?

 

[wenis]

My dad forbade use from drawing this symbol, said it was associated with gangs around the area where we lived.

 

[reilo]

I saw it in a graphic designer's notebook like a month ago, completely at random. I thought to myself, "oh wow, that's a throwback! I used to draw that all the time!" And I grew up in Germany, so it's a multicultural thing.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Google search by image to the rescue.

http://sanctuary.prelucid.com/library/index.php?title=The_S_symbol

It's intended to have a soothing or alarming effect but is generally ignored, like the word Fnord in The Illuminatus! Trilogy.

 

[Mermandala]

The ominous S is at least as old as the very early 80s and as widespread as Eastern North Carolina. With a 1st name that started with S I drew this regularly. Prior to this thread I thought (maybe) I created it myself. Obviously not! Now I want to know the story. I had variations like adding a snake/dragon head and tail and trying to create other letters in the same style.

I "taught" others the secret.

edit: I think it might be "Pokemon Z" curled under the roots sleeping

 

[thefit]

Its been around since I can remember I personally saw it etched in many a desk in middle school in the 80's and probably drew it a couple of times myself. Its just and S that has a cool way of being drawn. My guess is that it was brought back from prison culture in the early eighties specifically in the cholo Surenos culture but that's just my guess

 

[Lunchbox]

i was with the G unit

we didnt draw no S'

 

[AwesomePossum]

I remember it being pretty popular for a while. I never knew how to do until I aged passed the fad though. Everyone was knocking tables to the beat in grindin' by clipse in junior high it was popular as hell in my school

 

[Spring-Loaded]

CONFIRMED! Everyone in the OP's school was in a

Spoiler

tagger

gang

...they probably also huffed paint

I just started playing Jet Set Radio. It's on sale on PSN for like five American dollars. Two for PS+ers

 

[Good Job Bob]

No. fucking. clue.

 

[DarҖaoZ]

First time I've ever seen it.

Yup, same.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

I just started playing Jet Set Radio. It's on sale on PSN for like five American dollars. Two for PS+ers

Not anymore. Sale's over.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Its the stussy logo >.< how could you not know?

Except not. There's never been proof that stussy used it and I think even Stussy denied using that.

 

[cooljeanius]

I always thought it was the Superman symbol...

 

[Kyzon]

my parents know about it. I've always wondered about it myself.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

 

[user8503492]

S is the first letter of my name, so you no I wrote it everywhere this type of S when I was in middle school.

 

[strata8]

I liked to think I was innovative.

 

[Valnen]

yeah i remember doing that too. i think i did it wrong so many times that i never learned how to do it correctly.

I don't have a terribly steady mouse hand so this took me a few tries.

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?mhfhi6pexf8

 

[GavinGT]

The kid that showed me how to do it in first grade invented it. Or at least he said he did, and I have no reason not to believe him. He was very reputable for a first grader, always prepared for show-and-tell and always stood in the right place when we were told to line up in alphabetical order.

 

[buy teh haloz]

I always thought it was the Superman symbol...

Same.

 

[jediyoshi]

This thread is tapping into parts of my brain I didn't want to remember

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Oh man, blast from the past.

 

[commedieu]

Should we have an age check?

29 here.. Class of 2001.. definitely drew this bad boy.. maybe early highschool/late grammar school.

edit;

I remember a mexican gang affiliation with it...