Technabob » lolcat http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Geek Graffiti Hits the Streets http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/31/geek-graffiti-hits-the-streets/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/31/geek-graffiti-hits-the-streets/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:40:13 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=6858 It’s not only Internet/text shorthand, with its LOLs and OMGs, that’s everywhere; it seems lots of tech-based and inspired memes are creeping out into the world at large, including in graffiti and other urban art forms. Forget the old tags — meet the new tags, the tags rooted in HTML and lolcats.

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Not all of the designs in WebUrbanist’s excellent collection are traditional graffiti; some of the artwork is “reverse graffiti.” Instead of painting or otherwise marking a surface, the artist carefully cleans the areas that need to be lighter for the design. There are usually plenty of places in our cities for the intrepid young artist to practice that form.

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[via WebUrbanist]

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