Tony Quan, tag name Tempt One or Tempt1, is an American

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who began writing in

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in the early 1980s. His style combined the city's local

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writing culture with New York's hip-hop lettering to create a uniquely Los Angeles style. In 2003, Tempt was diagnosed with the degenerative nerve disorder ALS. Now fully paralyzed except for his eyes, Quan has been able to use the EyeWriter to continue his art.https://gizmodo.com/5403741/eyewriter-allows-man-to-paint-despite-paralysis http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/11/eyewriter_graffiti_physically_paralyzed.html

References

External links

eyewriter.org

fffff.at - Tempt’s EyeTags are uploaded directly to this page

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tempt One American graffiti artists Living people People with motor neuron disease Year of birth missing (living people)