This street artist incorporates everyday aspects of city life with cute animal characters to bring a touch of beauty to otherwise dull urban areas.

David Zinn, 52, from Michigan in the US, told Newsflash that his art is both therapeutic to him and helps bring colour to neglected and forgotten parts of the city.

David uses coloured chalk, soft pastels, and willow charcoal to create 3D drawings of animals such as pigs and mice inhabiting urban parts of the city such as the pavement or a storm drain.

He posts short clips and pictures of his street art on Instagram where he has 458,000 followers.

His posts often generate over 10,000 likes and hundreds of comments, thanking him for brightening up the city streets with his adorable characters.

David told Newsflash his career as a street artist started partly because he needed an excuse to spend time outside and because he finds the temporary nature of drawing very therapeutic.

He explained: “Not worrying about the future of a piece of art makes it easier to enjoy the process of creating it.”

When asked how he chooses the places for his art, he said he likes to focus on “forgotten and ignored spots as they benefit most from the extra attention”.

David takes his inspiration for his art directly from the city streets. For example, one of his drawings shows a crack in the pavement with a mole poking its head out from under the surface.

He said: “Normally the subject is decided by the naturally occurring elements already present in the location.”

He added: ” Sometimes the inspiration is obvious, for example a traffic cone as a hat, but more often they are only specks that begin the process and become invisible along the way.”

What started out as a hobby to get David out of the house has snowballed into a full-time job that involves running his social media pages, drawing commissions, and staging workshops.

Each drawing takes him anywhere from 10 minutes to three hours to complete, depending on how much time is available.

After finishing the drawing he also has to commit time to take photos and videos of the artwork as within days it will probably be gone.

His skill as a street artist has not gone unnoticed and beyond his huge online following, he also received the Golden Paintbrush Award by the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission in recognition of his art-positive effect on the local community.

He hopes his drawings will encourage others to believe in their own ability to create art even in places where it isn’t usually expected.