That Mysterious "S" Thing We Used to Draw

[dman14]

illuminati

 

[Master Zik]

I did this a lot, I remember you could also create a version of this S with a paper clip. I always associated it with Superman and the word supreme.

This **** don't got anything to do with stussy.

if ppl were really doing this since the 60s all around the world.

 

[Shanegerous]

I remember doing this in elementary school....

 

[sofa king awsm]

stussy

 

[frankmatthews]

stussy

The S with the crown on it, I can see it clear as day.

 

[dankenstien88]

stussy

The S with the crown on it, I can see it clear as day.

That logo didnt look anything like the "S" in question.

 

[eazye 804]

Me, nor did any of my friends know wtf stussy was in the 90's, so ... nah

hell, I still dont actually know alot about stussy

 

[yallayalla]

stussy

damn.. i grew up here in the middle east and def remembered drawing that S back in the day. and im 100% sure stussy wasn't a thing over here

 

[hybridsoldier23]

I did it when I was a kid. Always thought it was Stussy.

 

[frankmatthews]

That logo didnt look anything like the "S" in question.

Not their general logo, but there was a pretty prevalent design in the 90s with the S in question with a crown on it though. I know I've seen stussy with that S.

Me, nor did any of my friends know wtf stussy was in the 90's, so ... nah

hell, I still dont actually know alot about stussy

Ok well i'm not saying that every single person that ever drew this S saw it on a stussy shirt and copied it. Obviously it's possible for it to spread without people knowing where it came, that's kind of the point of the thread. So....yeah.

 

[rook]

Its like everyone just knew how to draw it at some point. I dont remember ever even being taught...just sat in class and somehow did it

 

[scarsorscabs]

This is funny.

I always thought it was Stussy related, back from when PacSun was the fully titled Pacific Sunwear and they carried all that **** (no idea if they do now).

 

[frankmatthews]

I used to draw a lot of 8 balls too, another reason why i think it was stussy

 

[dankenstien88]

That logo didnt look anything like the "S" in question.

Not their general logo, but there was a pretty prevalent design in the 90s with the S in question with a crown on it though. I know I've seen stussy with that S.

I haven't ever seen a Stussy product with that logo and there isnt a trace of a single one anywhere on the internet. Additionally this logos origins date back at least to the 60s-70s before Stussy even existed.


This is the only Stussy S crown logo Ive seen
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[36 ounces]

I remember this girl telling me in 2nd grade that it was called a "Surfers S'"....So I always assumed thats what it was.

 

[thebsprky]

Damn you brought me back to elementary..

If I can trace it to anything, its probably graffiti

But mind blown at kids all over knowing this

Its like candyman or bloody mary..

 

[dankenstien88]

I think this might be why people associate the S in question with Stussy.

Here's a Stussy cap with a similar, but definitely different logo.

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[Gill Baka Esq. LLC.]

when going through my sisters notebooks from when she was in school (80's) her book was littered with this....


I think she's illuminati....

...oh **** she heard me typing....

 

[Master Zik]

A portion of yall have been clearly conditioned by stussy I'm in NYC BK and I know where we were doing it had nothing to do with that.

I mean there's yet to be an image presented by stussy that even looks like the S in question.

 

[baldgrill]

I always knew it as the stussy S, too. I had no idea what stussy was when I learned it, I was in 2nd grade.

 

[jewseejay]

Its the font from the snoop doggystyle album Or so i recall. Dunno if it goes back beyond that

 

[AEA18]

@ Stussy being the reason

Crazy how stuff like this spreads

 

[dankenstien88]

when going through my sisters notebooks from when she was in school (80's) her book was littered with this....


I think she's illuminati....

...oh **** she heard me typing....

A portion of yall have been clearly conditioned by stussy I'm in NYC BK and I know where we were doing it had nothing to do with that.

I mean there's yet to be an image presented by stussy that even looks like the S in question.

Yeah... I can see why people might remember the Stussy S as the S in question, but they are definitely different. But even then, the origins date back to before Stussy existed.

Its the font from the snoop doggystyle album Or so i recall. Dunno if it goes back beyond that

Its similar but definitely different. The S in question also goes back much further than 1993.

 

[blackwallst]

I'm from Michigan so everyone here always connected it to Michigan State University Spartans. I didn't know everyone else drew these too lol. I'm guessing Spartans weren't it now 

 

[tdrizzle]

We were drawing them out here in Wyoming 15 years ago.

Didn't have a name. Just thought it was a stylized "S"