But as media coverage faded so do did the graffiti. Graffiti Culture Graffiti quickly became a social scene. Friends often form crews of vandals. A rtists G roup. Tag has since come to mean both graffiti writing, 'tagging' and graffiti, a 'tag'.
Crews often tag together, writing both the crew tag and their own personal tags.
At first pens and markers were used, but these were limited as to what types of surfaces they worked on so very quickly everyone was using spray paint. Spray paint could mark all types of surfaces and was quick and easy to use. The spray nozzles on the spray cans proved inadequate to create the more colorful pieces. Caps from deodorant, insecticide, WD-40 and other aerosol cans were substituted to allow for a finer or thicker stream of paint. As municipalities began passing graffiti ordinances outlawing graffiti implements, clever ways of disguising paint implements were devised.