Or not. I dunno - I haven't updated much on here lately. Things have been strenuous and I don't have time like I used to have. Which is kinda cool so I can't complain. I'm just more tired for it I guess.

Tonight I'm working on pages for the Oni Press talent search and looking forward to submitting that. I'm nearly finished with my Zoroaster fill in and that was great times. I also picked up season 1 of the Transformers and it's nice to have the distraction.

Last night I went out with Jen, K and Chris - my usual band of troops - and we just had some fun. I bought Jen a little plastic unicorn that she'd had her eye on at Enchanted Grounds for awhile. Which she immediately put down her tank top. That was hot. I love my Jen. Speaking of which - I just got a text from her. Sweet.

Ok sounds like we're going to the dirt mall tomorrow after father's day happenings.

Anyways, back from our break... I've been hitting the gym hardcore with Trifon this past month and a half. I got a great report back from my doctor's bloodtests and I'm more than on track to getting back into shape finally. It feels pretty damn good!

Um, well not much else. Got the Ghostbusters game for Xbox. In a word? AWESOME! Totally worth it. In fact it's taking away time from my small window of Warcraft time. Speaking of - Blizzard seems to like my zombie style I've been using - so hopefully I can get a job with them!

Alright, so I better get going.

As always you can follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/spicypeanut

and http://zakkinsella.com is always being updated with new art, commissions and soon comics!

peace & God bless.

I got my confirmation that I'm officially considered a professional for San Diego Comic Con this year! I'm super stoked, and it's been an awesome validation of the hard work I've put in this year.

In other news - I'm working on a 7 page fill in for a web comic called Zoroaster, and when I get done I'll post the links to it here.


Hopefully networking as a "pro" at comic con this year will open up new doors and new jobs for me.

Wish me luck!

I hope you're all doing well & God bless!

So, not a whole lot to report in Zak land. My website is coming along nicely, and I just got a new job out of it so I'm really stoked for that to start. It's just a five page fill in job - but it's on a really popular web comic. So when that drops I'll let you know.

I sent off my professional validation forms to the San Diego Comic Con, and I'm stoked for that as well. It's really becoming an annual gathering for a lot of my buddies from SCAD, and I really like that a lot. Last year Tom, Lee & Steve really made the last few days there w/o Gerhard a lot more fun than they would have been alone.

I'll be out in Los Angeles in a few weeks for my cousin, Megan's, wedding. I took a few extra days to network while I'm out there as well. Megan has a bunch of people for me to see b/c she works right underneath Technicolor - so they get all sorts of people in the creative industry coming in there. I'll also be traveling to drop off my portfolio with Blizzard and Disney/Pixar. I'm lucky enough to have gotten the opportunity to meet with them by knowing a few of their artists. Networking, kids. I'll also get to meet my pal, Audrey Deluxe for the first time when I'm out there. Sweet girl - does fun burlesque shows. You can see some of her (very not safe for work) stuff here

It feels nice to be focusing on career things for once. I think I've paused my life enough for crazy women over the years. Although, I think I'm pretty lucky to have dated the girls I have here these past couple of years. I've kept it short and sweet - and that's all I need right now. But we'll see what happens there. I'm just really happy I never went crawling back to any of my exes. I'm glad I've always had the sense to walk away, and realize there are better things out here without being jaded. I'm not trying to be pretentious there - just an errant thought.

In an ironic side note, I have #2 on Topless Robot's Most Pitiful Pieces of Mr.T Merchandise I'm not quite sure why I haven't gotten rid of a lot of that junk awhile back. I guess I've been too busy to bother with it. It just lies in a box in the back room, forgotten like it should be. Guess I need to make a trip to Good Will soon.

Ah, so I guess I'm feeling blessed these days. I have a focus for the first time in, well, forever. I've always been blessed in my family and friends, but having this focus for my faith and career is something wholly new. I'm enjoying it. 30 has definitely been rejuvenating for me - and while I realize my 20s were not a terrible time in my life, I'm glad they're over.


Anycrap - I have work to do here. Zak Kinsella.com is constantly being updated with new artwork so make sure you have your browsers pointed over there. Any other pertinent info is in my user info.

Peace & God Bless. No matter who you are.

So I finally did it:

Http://www.zakkinsella.com is active. It'll redirect you to my illustration blog and any other pertinent information!

Let me know what you guys think!

So, I've not been using the old LJ all that much. I can't tell you why - I just don't have much to say. BUT try these things on if you wanna track me down online:

I've got a new Illustration blog I'm keeping for professional use here: http://studiospicypeanut.blogspot.com/

I will only be posting on that when I have actual artwork. It's been a motivator for me to do things outside of drawing 1st Floor so I can have more freelance.

As always, Deviant Art is an option: http://spicypeanut.deviantart.com

You can follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/spicypeanut

I do the myspace, although a little less often these days: http://myspace.com/zaktastic

I primarily use facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Zak-Kinsella/604617755




Aside from that things are going alright. My personal life has been quite busy, and I'm alright with that. Being that it's about to be May, I'm gearing up to go to the San Diego Comic Con again. This year I'm hitting the floor hardcore to promote myself. I've found portfolio reviews don't do all that much for me, and the networking side of last year was invaluable. Plus I'm tired of sitting at that place and waiting for an hour or two to talk about the same crap I would on the Con floor. My goal for 2010 is to have my own table, and hopefully G will go in on me with that.

Speaking of, he did Denver's local con; Comicfest this year. While I missed out b/c of work - he had a good time and I most definitely will be there next year. We've both been doing our thing with Squidworks - him more so than I - but I plan to change that with this next meeting and so on. I just enjoy that atmosphere a lot. Tired of being a lazy artist too. Gotta get out, meet new people and get inspired!

So my nerd co-pilot (as she calls our funny little relationship) Aly visited the east coast this last week. One of their destinations was Asbury Park, NJ and man it was weird to think about that place again. I guess I've been lucky enough to be very far away from all my exes. But for her to be there so close to the last one... it was like feeling a major disturbance in the Force! Like millions of souls cried out and were suddenly silenced... hahaha yeah didn't expect that. So as she got back Saturday we commiserated about that little fun fact. We're both looking forward to our little Friday night date for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. She works late Friday nights so we're always going to catch the 10:30 or 11pm shows.

Good times. So I guess you could say life has been going pretty good. So far this year I've shed off around 30 some odd pounds and I keep going. One thing that really has me stoked are all the people I'm going to see in San Diego this year. Last year it was great because G went with me for the most part - but when he left I discovered Steve, Tom and Lee who were friends of mine at SCAD were there. Along with a few other guys we went out and lived it up in the town. Usually I just go back to my hotel room, but this last year we headed out for good times. This year G, Kelly & Chris and Jen are going with me. Steve & Tom will be going out, and so is my good friend Nicole who I met two years ago there. Not to mention Durwin Talon will be out there who's been one hell of a guidance over the past few years. Although I never took one class with him, he's always around to spot me some advice. Good man.

Anyways - I need to get some rest. BTW, if you're a podcast fan then you really should check out "Uhh Yeah Dude." by Seth Romatelli & Johnathan Larroquette. It's America through two American Americans. Good, funny stuff. And Johnathan is the son of that John Larroquette.

Everyone take care of yourselves - and I'll see ya around. Hit me up at any of those venues above!

Much love & peace.

Getting snubbed is really not fun at all.

Note to self: Never be a jack off to the people that got you where you are.

This is how you make an American version of an Anime movie:




Looks good. Hope it will be good. Same studio that did the TMNT movie and the upcoming Astro Boy flick. Fuck yo' Dragonball Evolution!

In a continuing effort to make more sweet zombie pictures, I've taken some time away from writing and plotting out my own work to immortalize another awesome woman as one of the chewed up undead. Charming, I know.

This one is of my friend Aly. She is awesome, and has some lovely maggots for an eye! Enjoy!

( Aly - Zombiefied! )

Ok so, I'm kind of taking a break from working on illustrations here to rant. You know how there's been all these stupid posts about 25 things about myself or my top albums? Yeah I did'em too. But I figured I'd rant about something important: COMICS! So here we go. Top... well 15 or 20. Whenever I get bored I guess. Oh, a couple of things - I left off perenial favorites of all fanboys like The Sandman, Bone, MAUS, Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. If you're a comics fan and you haven't read or love at least one of those - there is no hope for you. Yes, I'm being snooty & pretentious there. Deal with it.

( In no real particular order, some of my favorite stories: )

"He can only observe - never interfere. Although this will change once he starts crawling."



This is what happens when us nerds reproduce.