The Legends
He is often called the very first modern graffiti artist, famously starting in the 1960s to get a girl's attention.
Who is Cornbread?
This word describes writings or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.
What is graffiti?
To ensure their work gets seen by as many people as possible, graffiti artists usually paint on
What are high-traffic areas (walls, public spaces or public transit)?
This legal term refers to the intentional destruction, damage, or defacement of public or private property.
What is vandalism?
This anonymous British artist is famous around the world for his stencil artworks that often contain strong political or social messages.
Who is Banksy?
Instead of spray paint, many taggers use these thick, permanent ink tools to write their names on smaller surfaces.
What are markers?
To make their tags or bubble letters stand out boldly against a wall, artists usually use this color for the outline.
What is black?
If you spray paint a wall without the property owner's permission, your actions fall under this category of law.
What is illegal?
Modern graffiti is widely considered to have originated in this East Coast city before blowing up in New York.
Question: What is Philadelphia?
This is the most basic form of graffiti; it is usually just the artist's signature or nickname written quickly in a single color.
What is a tag?
Before ever touching a wall, a graffiti artist always practices their tags, fonts, and designs in a personal notebook known as this.
What is a blackbook (or sketchbook)?
A property owner transforms graffiti from an act of vandalism into a legal piece of art by giving the artist this.
What is permission (or consent)?
In a wild stunt to prove to the city that he was still active, Cornbread snuck into a local zoo and spray-painted his tag on this large animal.
What is an elephant?
This term describes the specific lettering shape, or design a graffiti artist uses to make their words unique and recognizable.
What is font (or style)?
To paint his political artworks very quickly before getting caught, Banksy cuts his designs out of cardboard or plastic to create these.
What are stencils?
While illegal to paint on the street, graffiti artworks painted on canvas can be legally shown and sold for thousands of dollars inside these traditional art buildings.
What are galleries (or museums)?
Graffiti artists use fake names instead of their real names primarily for this reason.
What is to remain anonymous (or because it is illegal)?
A quick, bubble-letter graffiti painting that usually consists of a fast outline and one layer of fill-in color
What is a throw-up?
The most popular tool used by modern graffiti artists, conveniently packaged in a pressurized aerosol can.
What is spray paint?
When a very large painting is applied directly to a wall legally, usually with permission or as part of a community project, it is called this instead of graffiti.
What is a mural?