The spirit of street art reigns supreme in this infectiously creative T-Shirt print trend. Graffiti writing first appeared on Philadelphia trains in the late sixties. The fad expanded in New York in the seventies and reached maturity in the eighties. Now graffiti has become apart of any urban landscape moving beyond the shock value and anti-establishment sentiment of graffiti’s origins forming an a unique means of storytelling and artistic expression.
From the alley way to the T-Shirt, check out 6 key ways to add this trend to your T-Shirts and products below.
KEY DETAILS: Graffitied Elements, Street Graffitied Tags, Hand Crafted Type, Scrawled and Doodled, Photographic Imagery of Street Scenes, Rough & Sketched Illustrations, Layered Compositions, Hand Rendered, Spray Painted or Brush Stroke Finish’s, Social or Motivational Slogans, Exuberant Colors and Textures, Photo Montage, Mixed Media, Pop Culture References.
A mashup of street graffiti murals, abstract graffiti elements, graffiti textures, sketchbook drawings and typography.
Typography prints and graphic lettering brings a feeling of youthful rebellion with tag style lettering, brush script, paint spray effects and 1980s Keith Haring inspired type.
Graffiti just wouldn’t be the same without the infamous spray can. Spray cans feature as character art and in creative collages.
The use of bold colors, larger-than-life characters and mural-like techniques create overwhelmingly eye-catching artwork.
Graffiti bombing the everyday. Using mixed media and unexpected combinations of graffiti and familiar objects.
Neon signs and graffiti combine. The neon lights add the idea of fun and youthfulness and graffiti elements add the raw street attitude.
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