Street Art
additional colour. Caps from other aerosol products could provide a larger width of spray,
leading to the development of the masterpiece. It is difficult to say who did the first masterpiece,
it is commonly credited to Super Kool 223 of the Bronx and Wap of Brooklyn. The thicker
letters provides the opportunity to enhance further the name. Writers decorate the interior of the
letters with what are termed "designs." First with simple dots, later with crosshatches, stars,
checkerboards. Designs are limited only by an artist's imagination. Many different styles could
be seen on the subways cars: illustrations and cartoon characters were used to illustrate the
letters. Every style has its name: top-to-bottom, block letters, block busters, panel pieces, leaning
letters, window down, whole car, throw ups… For example the Bubble style was invented by
Phase II. A more complex development of the letter design turns the piece totally unreadable to
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