The World Of Graffiti
Graffiti has been long taken as a form of vandalism. However, this is
not at all true because graffiti is one form of art. Graffiti are
drawings or words inscribed on wall. The word “graffiti” comes from the
Greek word graphein, which means to write. These writing are commonly
found in private and public properties. They were written there without
permission making this form of art hated by many.
The Beginning of Graffiti
Looking back, graffiti became popular in the year 1960 when Julio 204
began writing his name around the city of New York. Another individual
with the tag Taki183 soon followed it. Their writings are commonly found
in subway walls, which are now called the New York graffiti style.
Although this style of writing is now popularly known, the start of
graffiti itself is said to originate from Philadelphia. Cornbread and
Top Cat are said to be the ones that started graffiti. Soon after the
emergence of the New York graffiti style, writings of Top Cat started
appearing in New York. The graffiti style of Top Cat is now well known
as the Broadway style. This is due to the long slender letters used in
this kind of style. In the 1970s, other graffiti writers started
appearing in the city and have increased since then.
Current View on Graffiti
 As of today, graffiti writings are commonly seen in the streets of
most of the developed cities throughout the world. Most of the gangster
members take pleasure in marking their territories giving graffiti
another bad image. Although gangster members and graffiti writers are
different from each other, there are similarities in them. Both seek
recognition in their friends, they use aliases, take part in illegal
activities (writing on walls without permission) and have a notion that
what they are doing is noble. This blurs the line between graffiti
writers and gangsters. Now people think that gangster members marking
their territory do all the written graffiti on the street not taking it
into consideration that it may be an artist showing the world their art.
Current Graffiti Styles
Currently many graffiti styles exist. Over the years of practice,
each of the graffiti writers developed their own way much the same as
painters develop their technique. There are many more graffiti styles
existing today and enumerating them all would take some time. Some of
the popularly known modern graffiti styles are Chinese graff, Wiggles
Bboy, Shadow, Flava, Puzzle, Softy Letter, 3D, and Base Color. Some of
the graffiti styles are a combination of these popular styles.
The color used in the graffiti also differentiates it from the rest.
In most cases, a wide array of colors is used in order to give a more
noticeable look. In addition, more colors only means more design that
you can work on.
If you are planning to make graffiti a hobby, a tip is start simple
then continually practice your skills until you can already make an art
that speaks for itself.
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