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Funny Graffiti by David Zinn

David Zinn is an American graffiti artist, illustrator and writer whose favorite hobby is covering sidewalks and public spaces with humorous chalk drawings. Zinn’s art works aren’t permanent, as the chalk is easily degraded by wind, rain and pedestrians. if you’re fortunate enough to see one of his funny graffiti pieces, it means that Zinn was there within the last few days. An artist since childhood, Zinn says that he is “always looking for new opportunities to use art as a problem-solving tool, whether the problem is a complicated global concern or a sad-looking crack in the sidewalk.” [source] This has led him to explore a number of artistic mediums such as paint, pencil and chalk. He is also an avid fan of words, calling himself a “shameless word nerd”.

David Zinn’s funny graffiti often focuses on an alienish, slug-like character that Zinn designed, called Sluggo. This little guy is depicted performing a number of activities such as fishing, sleeping, drawing and watering plants. Other characters that pop up in Zinn’s sidewalk art include pigs, dragons and rabbits. Some of these chalk drawings have a message behind them, such as “save water” or “occupy your imagination or someone else will”. Like all street artists and graffiti artists, David Zinn feels he has a message to impart and has discovered that urban streets are an excellent canvas for him to express his opinions on.

Many of Zinn’s graffiti art works have an interesting use of perspective. Zinn draws his characters so that they appear to be standing on the pavement, instead of simply drawn onto the pavement’s surface. This technique adds life to the character, creating the illusion that the cartoon figure exists in 3-dimensional space. For more graffiti art and illustrations by David Zinn, take a look at his website.

A funny street art graffiti drawing by David Zinn of an alien, a flying pig and a sheepish dragon


A cute graffiti chalk drawing by David Zinn of a little green alien walking through wet painted street lines


A funny graffiti chalk drawing by David Zinn of a little girl knocking a boy out with a snowball


A graffiti chalk drawing by David Zinn of a mole digging up through the pavement


A visual pun graffiti art work drawn in chalk by Dvaid Zinn called Swine Flew


A funny graffiti chalk drawing by David Zinn of a brave mouse waving a sword at a beastly dragon


A funny sidewalk chalk drawing by David Zinn of an alien sweeping leaves under the paving stones


A cute little alien finds a pot of gold in this chalk graffiti art drawing by David Zinn


A dragon and an alien dance to old town ukulele music in this graffiti chalk art work by David Zinn


An aristocratic alien inspects an apple in this graffiti art chalk drawing by David Zinn


An alien trick or treats with a flying pig in this graffiti chalk drawing by David Zinn


A cartoon surrealist chalk drawing on a pavement by David Zinn of an alien fishing for flying pigs


Sluggo the alien goes fishing in this sidewalk chalk graffiti drawing by David Zinn


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October 23, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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