The Phoenix teaser!

Hey guys!
I just wanted to draw people's attention to the latest Phoenix Comic newsletter, where there's a cheeky little tease of my next Sky Drifters tale (Of which I'm currently still working on!)
Here's the link: http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/editor-inkspot%E2%80%99s-important-news-update-21512/

And here's the image!

 More soon!

SKY DRIFTERS + THE PHOENIX!

Read the first of young Cloud-Rider Tod's adventures in this weeks Phoenix, more information about the phoenix here!:

Bristol is here!

Matt and Chris at our table at Bristol!

MONSTROSITY!

Well, this is one of the projects I've been working on for a while now, if you're heading down to the Bristol comic convention on the 12th and 13th of May you'll be able to buy a copy of MONSTROSITY issue 1, I'll have posters for sale too and I'll draw you a free sketch for good measure! I'm sharing a table with my pals Matt and Chris who will also have an assortment of delectable goodies for you! See you there!

Here's a sneak peek at the interior, panel 1 unlettered!

Bristol preperations!

My comic for the Bristol comic con is nearly ready!
Here's a cheeky tease of the work-in-progress cover, more info soon!

Matt Hatter Chronicles

Hey guys,
I probably should have posted this a few weeks ago! I just wanted to let you know that the show I worked on for about a year and a half, 'Matt Hatter Chronicles' is currently airing in the UK on ITV1, Sunday at 7.30am!
It was a real learning experience working on MHC and a real pleasure to work with such a talented bunch of people. If you get the chance to watch it, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Here's a little trailer to whet your appetite:

AGHAST: Live Dangerously

Hey there!
My pals in AGHAST have a new E.P. entitled Live Dangerously, I would highly recommend you check it out as it is exceptionally awesome!
Check the Facebook link below for more details

AGHAST!

Here's the cover I did for it, it took a while but I'm pleased with the results, there should be T-Shirts soon too, I'll have photos when I get my hands on one!

Christmas is upon us!

Seeing as it's nearly that time again I thought I'd get a bit festive on the blog!
Here's a spot of Christmas art!

Above: my card for Nikki this year, below is the brilliant design she created for mine! It was inspired by an amazing song she found via Youtube! Go to her website front page to enjoy it properly, complete with its musical backing!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I hope you all have a great one!

Sonic

I've not drawn the old 'Hog for ages, probably a couple of years now!
I was glancing over some of my old pages for Sonic the Comic Online as I was rooting through my hard drive this evening and it made me feel nostalgic for drawing the old chap so thought I'd have a go for old times sake- it was a lot of fun!

Franky

Just a quick sketchbook doodle of Franky from One Piece, (his classic appearance, of course)!

Upcoming Project...

Hey!!
It's about time I posted up some of the stuff I'm currently working on!
This guy is a character I've been drawing and refining for a few years now, but I'm actually going to try working properly on his comic (at last!). I don't want to give much away at this stage as it's still early days but I'm hoping to have the first part done early next year and am working all-out to make it happen! Suffice to say, it will involve ridiculous creatures, insane battles and several ink-jar's worth of speedlines! For now here's a tease, expect to hear more over the next few months!
Thanks for stopping by,

Zak

Battlin' Bots!

This is a rough sketch for a failed pitch (which one day I intend to return to!)
It has a strong emphasis on fighting robots as you may have guessed! This is one of the loosest drawings I have- I don't want to give away too much in case I do something with the character at a later point. Until then, here's a little tease!

Baggage!

I'm no good at writing long posts so I'll keep this short but sweet:
Check out 'Baggage' by my fellow ex-DFC compadres Bob and Lorenzo Etherington, it is SUPERB!
Bob has delivered a really warm, exciting, mysterious, energetic and bonkers tale and Lorenzo's artwork brings it to life in a manner that would blow the socks off even the most jaded comics cynic- his pages are insane!
Here's a pic of the book I jacked from their blog

And here's a bit of fan art from yours truly!

A couple o' cards!

Sorry for the recent absence of new posts, it's been a tad hectic lately!
Here are a couple of recent Birthday cards, both pretty dog-themed, The top one was for my Grandma and features my pooch Buster Beagle, the bottom one was for my Dad!

Sketch!

Just a quick one this time!

Sword Swingin'!

Here's a new drawing of my character Daigo, scrapping like usual!
I've been reading a bit of BERSERK! lately, if you can stomach it it's pretty incredible stuff, Miura is an absolute monster draughtsman and storyteller and he reminds you of this fact in every single panel.
This drawing is partly a result of reading lots of his action scenes: motion-blur lines ahoy!


At some point soon I'll be posting bits and pieces over at the KING ZILLA blog too, be sure to give it a look, there's some lovely work there. Cheers to Sinistar for the invite!

Scott Pilgrim

Here's Mr Pilgrim in all his finery, as drawn for my pal James' birthday card!

26!

Wahey, I turned 26 on Saturday!
This is the card my extremely talented girlfriend Nikki illustrated for me- they're Strawbearries!


Check out her site by clicking the picture, it's brilliant and is always being updated!

The Last Guardian

This is a fan art of the sure-to-be-amazing 'The Last Guardian' from Team Ico.
It's due out later this year and I can't wait!



(Click the image to see the larger version on my Deviantart page)

A bit of a different colour scheme from the game, but hey!
Here's the trailer if you don't know what I'm jabbering about:

Happy New Year!

I hope everybody's 2011's off to a good start!
Here's a little something to see in the new year, I've got a fair few resolutions to try my best to stick to!



Zak

Crow

Here's my take on Niizuma Eiji's character Crow from Bakuman, hope you dig it!

One Piece

Luffy again, this time looking uncharacteristically grumpy and scuffed!
The latest chapter was off the hook, can't wait to see the level-upped Luffy squaring off against a REAL challenger!

Whack-a-mole!

This is my Monster from a few posts back maintaining his extraordinary figure by whacking a mole and eating ice cream.

Just 'cos he's like that.

Q

Hey guys,
just a quickie this time, this is a sketch I did of 'Q' from the 007 flicks.
It's not at all accurate as I wasn't drawing from ref, more an attempt to capture the feel of the character.



By the by, I once met Q's actor Desmond Llewellyn rather briefly at a Comic Con (Memorabilia at the NEC) and he was a really nice guy. Sadly he died a year or two later but I remember that he was an extremely friendly chap, consider this a rather belated tribute.

Luffy's Back!

I know he came back a week ago but here's my belated celebration of that!
One Piece has been absolutely mind-blowing lately- it took me ages to get the hint and check this manga out but I'm so glad I did, it's got the best action scenes in comics!