Saturday, March 19, 2011
kinds of terms in graffiti art
1. Batlle: A contest between crews, judged on hits.
2. Bomb: color tag in large bubble letters.
3. Buff: To remove graffiti
4. Crew: The group tagged the same individual.
5. Caps: (Fat / skinny) Spray nozzles can be used for a variety of styles and width of paint.
6. Fade: To blend colors.
7. Fresh: Really good graffiti.
8. Graf: Graffiti
9. Hit / Hit Up: To tag.
10. Landmark: A location where the main graffiti will not be quickly erased.
11. Mob: A whole crew doing graffiti on the wall at the same time.
12. Piece Book: A tagger from sketchbook.
13. Fresh: Really good graffiti.
14. Rack: To steal from a store shelf.
15. Streak: Short for mean streak, remains solid, such as paint and chalk used on dark surfaces.
16. Banging Tag: To use force to defend the tag.
17. Toy: new, inexperienced writer.18. Throw Up: One layer of spray paint filling bubble letters contained in another color.
19. Wildstyle: A complicated piece constructed with interlocking letters.
20. Yard / Train Yard: Gathering place.21. Zine: Short for majala
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