Chalk Artist Introduces Character 'Sluggo' to Downtown Rochester at Deck Art

When chalk artist David Zinn of Ann Arbor arrived in downtown Rochester on Thursday for Deck Art 2013, he brought along a friend.

Sluggo, the creation Zinn drew on the side of South Street Skateshop, is a character that has popped up in his works around Ann Arbor and throughout Michigan.

Zinn said Sluggo came about when things "went really, really wrong" when drawing eyes for a human child, but the work has become somewhat of a recurring trademark for the artist.

"He sort of plays the role of being the braver part of my personality that I don't actually have," he said.