Slap tags are usually drawn on label 228 of the USPS mailing labels, or printed by the tagger with his personal printer on paper with an adhesive side. Placing a slap tag on any other type of graffiti (spray paint tag, throwie, piece, or mural) is considered disrespect. Also placed in subway trains, transportation buses, and on places of high traffic. The art of placing stickers onto object such as STOP signs, Lamp posts, crosswalk signs, and any other available signs or wall. Although “taggers” sometimes work in crews, “tagging” is an intrinsically egocentric activity, and this is normally the sole purpose behind it. This high-intensity “tagging” operation is known as “Bombing”. Often, a “tagger” or “tagging crew” will make their way into the city, and very rapidly attempt to “get up” their “tags” in as many places possible within a very short period of time (typically only a couple of hours). For instance, there may be three or four “Buddha’s” in a street-gang, however, you will never have two “Buddha’s” in a “tagging crew”.
This is another characteristic which separates “tagging crews” from gang members. Because graffiti writing has a bad public reputation as a destructive and vandalistic behavior, many artists prefer to be called “street artists.” A “Tagger’s” whole identity is his or her tag. Although there is a distinct difference between the two, they are closely related and there is a great deal of crossover between the genres. Street art is a subset of graffiti writing.
A graffiti writer might be insulted to be called a “graffiti artist” or “street artist.” Within this subculture there exists one main delineation between graffiti writers and street artists, and that delineation is marked by the intention of the artist.
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