Influence
While Ha-Ha, who is considered to be Melbourne's most famous street artist because of the massive number of stencil tags he puts up, has slowed in production of late, Rone is gaining a reputation as the city's most prolific street artist. A quote from Jake Smallman, co-author of Stencil Graffiti Capital: Melbourne, on the question "Who is Melbourne's most prolific stenciler and how did they become so renowned?"
"When I started working on the book it was without doubt Ha-Ha - the guy was simply everywhere. Not only would he paint in a lot of areas, but repeat his images over and over again on the same wall. He got to that position by having a regimented plan to go out regularly with two cans of paint and not come home until he'd used them up. He's been a bit quiet of late, so in terms of consistently getting up over the last 3 years, I'd have to say Rone. His stencils have gotten larger and larger and the placements more and more bold over time."
Rone is building influence in the streets. He mainly stencils around:
- Carlton
- Fitzroy
- Chapel Street
- The Melbourne CBD
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