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E in Graffiti Letters

By Maya Chen, lettering designer and type educator · Checked by Jordan Hale · · How we review content

Capital E
Lowercase e

Rendered in the Sedgwick Ave Display typeface, an open-source font. It is a reference shape, not a hand-drawn letter.

E is a spine with three arms, and the arms are the fun part. Each one can be stretched, tipped with an arrow or tucked into the next letter. The danger is the spaces between the arms, which fill up fast once outlines go on. A good graffiti E keeps the arms chunky and the gaps open, with the middle arm shorter than the other two so the letter stays recognisable.

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How to draw a graffiti capital E

  1. 1Draw a leaning spine and three horizontal arms, the middle one shorter, with equal gaps between the arms.
  2. 2Slant all three arms upward a few degrees so they follow the lean of the letter and look like they are moving.
  3. 3Thicken the spine first and then the arms, keeping every arm at least as thick as the gaps between them.
  4. 4Outline the shape and trim the inner corners with a small cut so the gaps stay clean.
  5. 5Finish the top arm with an arrow pointing right and the bottom with a spike, then fill, highlight the spine and add a block under each arm.

Tip: Count the white gaps before you outline. If the gaps are narrower than a thumbnail, shorten the arms or thin the spine, because a clogged E turns into a block.

How to draw a graffiti lowercase e

  1. 1Draw a small oval with a horizontal bar through the middle, leaning forward, the same height as the other lowercase letters.
  2. 2Open the right side of the oval below the bar and leave a clear mouth for the typical e shape.
  3. 3Thicken the oval, keeping the eye above the bar as an open counter.
  4. 4Finish the lower terminal with a flick that kicks out to the right and links to the next letter.
  5. 5Outline, fill and add a highlight on the upper curve of the eye.

Tip: Lowercase e is a tiny letter, so keep the eye large and the bar thick. If the eye closes up, the e turns into an a or an o in a word.

What makes E awkward or easy

Three arms with two gaps give E a lot of surface that can go wrong. Arms of unequal weight make it look broken, and narrow gaps vanish under outlines. The upside is that E is the easiest letter to decorate, since every arm can end in a different shape, and the open right side makes it easy to link to whatever comes next.

Variations

A tag E is often a backwards three, a quick two-loop shape with no arms at all. A throw-up E is a thick spine with three chunky arms, outlined once. A piece E may feature arrows, split colours on each arm and a deep 3D block. Wildstyle E stretches the arms into long ribbons that wrap around the neighbouring letters.

Common mistakes with graffiti E

  • All three arms are the same length and the E looks like a comb.

    Shorten the middle arm and make the top arm the longest, which gives the letter a clear rhythm.

  • The gaps between arms close up once outlines are added.

    Make the gaps as wide as an arm, then shorten the arms if you need extra space.

  • The spine is thin and the arms are heavy.

    Thicken the spine so it matches the arms and holds the letter together.

  • The arms are perfectly horizontal and the E feels static.

    Tilt the arms upward in line with the lean of the letter so they appear to move.

Ideas for graffiti E

E sits in names like Eli, Emma or Eve and in words like Elite and Epic. Try drawing the three arms of an E as three different arrow styles on a single page, so you can see which suits a word. In a crew name, E is often the letter where you add the biggest extension.

Printable graffiti E sheet

Trace the outlines, then fill the empty rows with your own letters.

Graffiti letter E e Name: ____________________ · coolletteringgenerator.com

Graffiti E you can copy and paste

No Unicode graffiti alphabet exists. For something close, copy bold gothic 𝕰 𝖊, the black square 🅴, or the bubble form Ⓔ ⓔ. They are fixed single glyphs, so the arms cannot be stretched into arrows the way they can in a sketch.

Graffiti E: questions

How do you draw a graffiti letter E?
Draw a leaning spine with three slanted arms, the middle one shorter, and keep the gaps between them as wide as the arms. Thicken everything evenly, outline, then add an arrow on the top arm and a spike on the bottom. Fill, highlight the spine, and add a block along the arms.
How do I stop the gaps in an E from filling in?
Make the gaps at least as wide as the arms before outlining, and shorten the arms if you need space. Trim the inner corners with a small diagonal cut. Draw the white gaps first as shapes if it helps, because it is much easier to lose them than to add them back.
How is a lowercase e drawn in graffiti?
Draw a leaning oval with a bar through the middle and an open mouth on the lower right. Thicken the walls, keep the upper eye open and finish the lower terminal with a flick. The e is small, so keep it simple and let the tail link to the next letter.
Which arms of an E should have arrows?
The top arm is the easiest, because it sits at the top of the letter and can point toward the next one. The bottom arm suits a spike or flick that runs under the next letter. Leave the middle arm plain, so the E keeps its identity.

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