The most of the styles that I like is graffiti

During the research for street art I can understand more about street art and different styles and aspects of street art. The most of the styles that I like is graffiti. A number of words and phrases have come to describe different styles and aspects of graffiti. Like all slang and colloquialisms, the phrases vary in different cities and countries. Example below:

Back to back

Graffiti that covers a wall from end to end, as seen on some parts of the West-Berlin side of the Berlin Wall. Similarly, trains sometimes receive end to end painting when a carriage has been painted along its entire length. This is often abbreviated as e2e. End to ends used to be called window-downs but this is an older expression that is falling from popularity.

Black book
A graffiti artist’s sketchbook. Often used to sketch out and plan potential graffiti, and to collect tags from other writers.

Bomb
To bomb or hit is to paint many surfaces in an area. Bombers often choose throw-ups or tags over complex pieces, as they can be executed more quickly.

Bite
see nick.

Buff
To remove painted graffiti with chemicals and other instruments, or to paint over it with a flat color.

Burner
Typically a large, more elaborate type of piece. The piece could be said to be “burning” out of the wall or train-side. Because they take so much time and effort, burners in downtown areas are more likely to be legal pieces, painted with the consent of the property owner. However, the great early writers of Melbourne also did burners illegally on trains, and adventurous modern writers sometimes still do epic-scale illegal pieces in heavily-trafficked areas.

Crew
A group of writers or graffiti artists. Some crews are members of gangs, or are associated with gangs (sometimes for procurement of art materials or for protection while painting), but many crews are unaffiliated with gangs.

Etch
The use of acid solutions intended for creating frosted glass, such as Etch Bath, to write on windows.

Giraffiti
A giraffiti is any kind of graffiti in a high or otherwise hard-to-reach place.

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