This document provides tips for creating graffiti art, including making thick letters with space for coloring, overlapping and outlining characters, using two colors rather than one, and adding shadows to make the graffiti "pop". It also includes sample graffiti quotes and sayings that could be used for inspiration.

1. Graffiti
Creative Inventions and Robotics
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2. Graffiti

3. Graffiti

4. Graffiti Evolution
Make thick characters so you
have lots of space for coloring.
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5. Graffiti Evolution
Make thick characters so you
have lots of space for coloring.
Overlap your characters and
outline them.
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6. Graffiti Evolution
Make thick characters so you
have lots of space for coloring.
Overlap your characters and
outline them.
Two colors are almost always
better than one color.
This is a key to cool graffiti.
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7. Graffiti Evolution
Make thick characters so you
have lots of space for coloring.
Overlap your characters and
outline them.
Two colors are almost always
better than one color.
This is a key to cool graffiti.
A shadow can make your graffiti
pop right off the page.
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8. Graffiti Ideas
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9. Graffiti Ideas
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10. ou can't win if you don't bet.

11. ham!
am!
ow!
oly atfish!
Batman and Robin
By Erica

12. o invent, you need a
good imagination and
a pile of junk.
Thomas Edison

13. hildren nowadays are tyrants.
They contradict their parents,
gobble their food, and
tyrannize their teachers
Socrates
By Jen

14. ntil I was thirteen
I thought my name
was ‘Shut Up’
Joe Namath
By Daniel

15. Google famous quotes or funny jokes
And then turn them into Graffiti
Or you may use the following quotes:
"Those who claim a thing is impossible should
not interrupt those that are doing it."
Old Chinese proverb
"The Ark was built by amateurs,
the titanic by experts...
Don't wait for the experts."
Murray Cohen

16. "I am opposed to millionaires...
but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."
Mark Twain
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
Mark Twain
"Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was 'shut up'."
Joe Namath
Healthy diet: If it tastes good ... spit it out!!
If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.
African Proverb
"Genius is one percent inspiration and
ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Thomas Edison
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
Thomas Edison

17. "Wham! Pow! Bam! Holy Catfish!"
Batman and Robin
Robin: "That's an impossible shot, Batman."
Batman: "That's a negative attitude, Robin."
Batman: "Experience teaches slowly, Robin.
And at a cost of many mistakes."
You can't win if you don't bet.
Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket.
"Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior."
Socrates
"Children nowadays are tyrants.
They contradict their parents,
gobble their food and
tyrannize their teachers."
Socrates

18. Backup Slides

19. Graffiti Planning
Ever had this problem?
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20. Graffiti Planning
Draw two lines VERY LIGHTLY to identify the
center of your sign.
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21. Graffiti Planning
Count the letters and the lines. Start with the
middle letters and lines and work out. Draw your
letters very lightly so you can just barely see them.
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22. Graffiti Planning
Your words will be centered and evenly spaced.
Very
Clever
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23. Graffiti Planning
Once your sign is roughly laid out, you can
draw your graffiti.
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24. Graffiti Planning
Generally, there should be lots of contrast between
the background and your graffiti.
Usually, it’s better to leave the background plain.
Measure of success …
Can you read your sign from across the room?
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25. Graffiti Planning
Choose a piece of color paper that complements
the colors in your graffiti. Cut it slightly bigger
than your sign and glue or tape them together.
Measure of success …
Does your sign attract attention?
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26. Graffiti Planning
Make your message clear and concise.
STOP
Measure of success …
Can you understand your sign
in a fraction of a second from a distance?
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27. Graffiti
FAST
FAST
FAST
FAST
FAST
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28. 1. Think of a name for your project.
2. Draw the name on a small sign.
Use your best Graffiti.
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