Graffiti Styles
type: Collection
member: puppet style

puppet style
type: Concept
source: Bisceglia, Marta R. 2025. Graffiti and Chinese Calligraphy: Looking for Identity in Fusion. PhD thesis. Bologna: Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
alternative label: wan ou feng ge @zh-latn
definition: A graffiti style characterized by the inclusion of figurative elements—such as animals, humans, or cartoon characters—used to inject humor or emphasis into a piece. These figures may appear alongside textual elements or even replace individual letters or components of a word. In Chinese graffiti, this style often involves the personification or zoomorphization of Chinese characters themselves. By transforming characters into animal-like or animated forms, artists engage with the pictographic roots of Chinese script and creatively integrate language into its visual context.
in scheme: write thesaurus
preferred label: 玩偶风格 @zh