19+ First Graffiti Tag

Tagging is often the example given when opponents of graffiti refer to any acts of handstyle graffiti writing it is by far the most common form of graffiti.

First graffiti tag. A graffiti writer s tag is his or her personalized signature. 1977 to 1980 marks the point in graffiti history that the legendary jean michel basquiat first came to the public attention with his samo graffiti on the streets. The first use of the term the first time the term graffiti was ever used was back in 1851 in a reference to ancient inscriptions that were etched into the walls like scratches of the pompeii ruins in italy. In 1965 darryl cornbread mccray now widely considered the world s first modern graffiti artist was a 12 year old troublemaker housed at philadelphia s youth development center ydc. Vesuvius in 79 c e. Tags can contain subtle and sometimes cryptic messages and may incorporate the artist s crew initials or other letters. Though associated just with basquiat it was actually developed along with high school friends al diaz and shannon dawson for a comic.

But leave a little bit of space between the edge of the marker and your new pencil line. As you may have guessed mccray loved cornbread.