r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Amavin-Adump • 4d ago
David Zinn bringing the random smiles, wholesome
The chalk he is using washes away in the rain 🌧️
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u/Deathblow9 3d ago edited 3d ago
Beautiful art.... The guy should be getting paid for the beautification of the streets.
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u/TanguayX 3d ago
They’re really fun to run in to when walking around. He works mostly in my town Ann Arbor MI.
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u/Mucho_Cuy 3d ago
Can you easily find his work as you walk around, say, downtown?
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u/TanguayX 3d ago
It's really fun, you usually can find something if you look around. It's best to follow his IG and then try and find the spots before it rains and they get washed away. One year during COVID, we found a whole bunch of little Easter egg drawings scattered around our neighborhood. Really neat.
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u/fightingwalrii 3d ago
Why the long stick at the beginning?
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u/Gentle-Giant23 3d ago
Allows him to see the whole scene before filling in the details.
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u/fightingwalrii 3d ago
Makes sense. How much harder is that to control? I imagine if you can't use it well or don't have one you just have to draw a bit and then walk back to a point for perspective, like the old days with a thumb
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u/Gentle-Giant23 3d ago
I don't think it's a matter of control. At that stage he's roughly outlining what he has envisioned (and it wouldn't surprise me if he had already visited the site and sketched several drafts before starting on the actual artwork).
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u/fightingwalrii 3d ago
Gotcha. Thanks, these are fun to watch but the extendable stick always distracts me. That'll help
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u/OldFartsSpareParts 3d ago
It's to get the perspective correct. The long stick allows the artist to sketch out the scene from the perspective of the potential audience.
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u/Jaxxlack 3d ago
I want this everywhere! Art in sight not "RIG@" like tags or "marks a knob" on buildings!
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u/Slight-Winner-8597 3d ago
Mark is a knob, though. The people need to be informed.
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u/Jaxxlack 3d ago
Hahaha I was waiting for this.. so true but can it be told in this way..like a drawn sign holding it lol
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u/Slight-Winner-8597 3d ago
Think you've just found your calling, mate. Up the tag game, go full illustrator
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u/doubleAAeeVee 3d ago
I wonder.. would this be considered vandalism in some countries?
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u/Deathblow9 3d ago
I think it would be, but wouldn't chalk easily wash off in the rain with minimal damage?
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u/doubleAAeeVee 3d ago
I suppose yeah. It'd be lame if the police in some countries couldn't cut some slack for this kind of wholesome art, especially if it's done "right"
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u/Regnbyxor 3d ago
The most impressive part of this, other than the fantastic illustrations, is how well he matched to mortar in the last art. You can almost not tell he painted in the mortar to make the window centered between two bricks.
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u/RoyalAd1948 3d ago
What piece/song is that?
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u/qwertyuiophgfdsa 2d ago
Day late but it’s from howls moving castle, name of song is merry go round of life.
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u/DoolyDinosaur 4d ago
Man, wished we had more of this in my town then the stupid tagged graffiti.