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As I've been working on this blog it's more and more becoming the main hub for my work. Since they've added a few improvements I'm more than happy to use it as a website for the time being.

I'm trying to use this more often as well to show the creative process in whatever I'm working on at the time.

So here's what's going on at the mo... I'm working on a new header for this & a few other places. I'm going all evil robots on this one and I like it a lot!



In the coming days & weeks I'll be posting up progresses on an anthology I'm working on & my webcomic.

That's all for me today. Hope all is well & God Bless!
Zak

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New Postcards Are On The Way!

Good news everyone!

I hope all is well with everyone these days. In addition to working my tail off on my webcomic *finally* I made up a new image for my illustration postcards. What I do is send these out to art directors and they hit me back and we do work on a freelance basis. It works great for me, and I'm pretty stoked to see these come in the mail this week!


Power On by ~spicypeanut on deviantART

As always you can click on the link to take a look on my Deviant Art and if you want a print you can get it from there, or email me for one!


I hope all is well with everyone here!
God Bless
Zak

Back in the saddle.

The flow is starting up again! All obligations are cleared and it's time to get back to work! New illustration promo is in the works and the webcomic is coming along just fine!!

Feels good to be back on it!



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Taking a Break

Sorry to not have updated y'all in awhile - it's been a tough month for me. Nothing horrid or vastly terrible. No nothing like that, I've just been taking some time to tie up some loose ends and help my family out. Family first kids!

BUT in good news I have a sweet secret project that when I'm done with will definitely blow your minds. And all the while I've been scripting and laying out Tokens Only. While it's been pushed back a good year - I'm happy to report it's coming together in ways I never thought possible. So keep your eyes out because I'll be back to posting my illustration work here and Tokens Only will be launching shortly.

God Bless
Zak

Painting a pin.

My latest (and probably last for right now) gallery project was to paint a bowling pin for Luxe DeVil's show on first Friday of June. It's a Pins for Pups silent auction and will take place Friday June 4th at 3pm. You can find all the info at http://luxedevilsalon.com

Anyways - here's a stream of images as I prepared & painted the pin.




How it started out - scratched and scuffed all to hell!




Freshly sanded down and primed for painting.




I had a different idea in the first place but the execution wasn't quite working out for me.




And so this is the final concept. I think she came out quite well!




And another shot of her. I'm not quite sure whether or not to finish the top of the pin. I kinda like it like this.

So anyhoo if you're local come on down to Luxe DeVil and see the rest of the pins. I'm sure there'll be some other dope designs as well!

Thanks & God Bless
Zak

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Comicfest's Aftermath!

I just wanted to thank everyone that stopped by and said hello during Comicfest this year! It was a lot of fun and another great opportunity to hang out with my fellow cartoonists. It was really inspiring as well - a mad motivator to get the ball rolling on this webcomic I've been writing for the past few months. So after this next gallery show at Luxe De Vil I will be shirking off all other requests and commissions to work on my comic, Tokens Only. I've been really successful with my freelance career in illustration and fine art in galleries, but it's time to get back to rockin' the comics scene!

Again, just a great time meeting new people and hanging out with good friends. Thanks again to everyone who came out and got some commissions from me!!

Here's a few sketches:










That final one is a sketch of Utako the Knife Thrower from a previous print series. The guy liked that one so much that he wanted a sketch! Awesome!

Well, that's that! Thanks again and God Bless!

Zak

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ComicFest is Here!

Ahoy hoy!

So Denver's very own ComicFest is this very weekend and I will be exhibiting at the Sherman Graphics table with my boy Gerhard Kaaihue!

I'll be selling prints, and doing live art. So if you've ever wanted to get yourself immortalized as a Zombie well here's your chance to do it in person! This is my first go around at Comicfest here in Denver and I'm pretty stoked! I'd love it if you stopped by and said hi!

I have two exclusive prints that I will be selling at the Con this weekend as well. Here's a look at the two of them!





I was maaaaybe watching a little too much Madmen with that first piece. It's kind of an important one though because it's starting my revival of my proposed coffee table book of Alien satire. BAM!





And this one is my Steampunk Monochromatic Pinup Girl. I think she looks pretty fresh!

So each print will be 20 bucks at the show, but if you would like one now feel free to email me at spicypeanut[at]gmail[dot]com and I will gladly put aside one for you!

Hope to see some of you there and I'll be live blogging and tweeting from the Con! Just in case you forgot or dunno yet: http://twitter.com/Zaktastic

God Bless!
Zak