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  • Bombing:  tagging or spray-painting multiple surfaces within a location, often using quick tags

  • Spot Jocking: putting your work next to a popular artist’s artwork to gain more attention

  • Child-style: work that is done intentionally to look like a child’s work

  • Reverse graffiti: leaving a mark, tag or image rather than applying paint

  • Crew: a group of artists

  • Tag: a quick signature styled artwork with letters or numbers

  • Legal wall: walls that are there for artists to paint on

  • Sticky Side: stickers of drawings getting put on poles, bus stops and any other public space

  • Clipped: when a piece is partially covered with another piece

  • Roller: an artwork is done with a roller brush, usually large scale

  • Stencil: a form of street art where a design is cut into a stencil and painted onto a wall. One of the most famous stencil artists is Banksy.

  • Bite: stealing another artist's ideas, style or lettering schemes

  • Mural: often a huge legal work that could be done by an individual or crew

  • Installation: often 3D, installations are site-specific works that either temporary or permanent

 

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MELTZER, MATT. “INCREDIBLE STREET MURALS AROUND THE WORLD YOU HAVE TO SEE.” THRILLIST, THRILLIST, 16 MAY 2017, WWW.THRILLIST.COM/TRAVEL/NATION/STREET-ART-WALL-MURALS-PUBLIC-ART-FROM-AROUND-THE-WORLD.

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Nick, et al. “Where to Find Street Art in Seoul - Ihwa, Mullae, Apgujeong, Hongdae.” The Occasional Traveller, 30 Oct. 2017, theoccasionaltraveller.com/street-art-seoul/#hongdae.

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