William of Zeno
@zenosarrow.net
Speculative fiction and metaphysical comics, on-location/plein aire drawing/painting, artist/writer. Based in Seattle.
Bringing dance moves to the gun fight.
🔗: zenosarrow.net
Bringing dance moves to the gun fight.
🔗: zenosarrow.net
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Hey there! I'm an artist, cartoonist, and writer based in Seattle. I write and illustrate metaphysical comics and draw and paint landscapes en plein aire focusing on water-based media.
My latest comic project was The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics, pictured with my other two!
More at zenosarrow.net.
My latest comic project was The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics, pictured with my other two!
More at zenosarrow.net.
BTW, Short Run went great! Thank you to everyone who checked out my table and bought books!
There was a steady flow of visitors despite the new location. I had by far my best show yet, and even sold out of the stock of The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics that I'd brought. A good sign for its future.
There was a steady flow of visitors despite the new location. I had by far my best show yet, and even sold out of the stock of The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics that I'd brought. A good sign for its future.
The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics
Poetry comics illustrated and translated from the works of early modern Japanese poets
www.zenosarrow.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BTW, Short Run went great! Thank you to everyone who checked out my table and bought books!
There was a steady flow of visitors despite the new location. I had by far my best show yet, and even sold out of the stock of The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics that I'd brought. A good sign for its future.
There was a steady flow of visitors despite the new location. I had by far my best show yet, and even sold out of the stock of The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics that I'd brought. A good sign for its future.
I'm making an effort to spend more time in nature and away from screens. This means I'm gonna get gud at on-location watercolor.
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I'm making an effort to spend more time in nature and away from screens. This means I'm gonna get gud at on-location watercolor.
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
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Hey folks, I’ll be at the Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival this Saturday, November 15th, along with a whole slew of other authors and illustrators!
www.poulsbokidsbookfest.com
www.poulsbokidsbookfest.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Hey folks, I’ll be at the Poulsbo Kids’ Book Festival this Saturday, November 15th, along with a whole slew of other authors and illustrators!
www.poulsbokidsbookfest.com
www.poulsbokidsbookfest.com
More watercolor trees! Now with humans!
Tried hard to keep it in a narrow warm register.
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
Tried hard to keep it in a narrow warm register.
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
More watercolor trees! Now with humans!
Tried hard to keep it in a narrow warm register.
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
Tried hard to keep it in a narrow warm register.
#sketch #watercolor #pleinaire #onlocation #artsky #art
Reposted by William of Zeno
📣 This race isn't over folks! 📣
Make sure your vote counts! Tap the link below to check on your ballot.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📣 This race isn't over folks! 📣
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Make sure your vote counts! Tap the link below to check on your ballot.
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If you're in Seattle THIS SATURDAY NOV 1st, see me and 150 other indie comic artists at Short Run Comix Festival 2025!
Admission is FREE!
Admission is FREE!
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If you're in Seattle THIS SATURDAY NOV 1st, see me and 150 other indie comic artists at Short Run Comix Festival 2025!
Admission is FREE!
Admission is FREE!
Hey there! I'm an artist, cartoonist, and writer based in Seattle. I write and illustrate metaphysical comics and draw and paint landscapes en plein aire focusing on water-based media.
My latest comic project was The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics, pictured with my other two!
More at zenosarrow.net.
My latest comic project was The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics, pictured with my other two!
More at zenosarrow.net.
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey there! I'm an artist, cartoonist, and writer based in Seattle. I write and illustrate metaphysical comics and draw and paint landscapes en plein aire focusing on water-based media.
My latest comic project was The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics, pictured with my other two!
More at zenosarrow.net.
My latest comic project was The BOOK of DEATH Haiku Comics, pictured with my other two!
More at zenosarrow.net.
Sometimes it’s good to just do studies to focus on something more particular. I love how the trees came out by the end.
#sketch #trees #pleinaire #tradart #inkdrawing
#sketch #trees #pleinaire #tradart #inkdrawing
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sometimes it’s good to just do studies to focus on something more particular. I love how the trees came out by the end.
#sketch #trees #pleinaire #tradart #inkdrawing
#sketch #trees #pleinaire #tradart #inkdrawing
Didn't start out trying to take this approach, but really like a lot of what happened and learned a lot!
This sketch is from Discovery Park in Seattle.
#pleinaire #watercolor #sketch #art #naturalmedia #urbansketchers
This sketch is from Discovery Park in Seattle.
#pleinaire #watercolor #sketch #art #naturalmedia #urbansketchers
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Didn't start out trying to take this approach, but really like a lot of what happened and learned a lot!
This sketch is from Discovery Park in Seattle.
#pleinaire #watercolor #sketch #art #naturalmedia #urbansketchers
This sketch is from Discovery Park in Seattle.
#pleinaire #watercolor #sketch #art #naturalmedia #urbansketchers
Playing with new approaches. This is at Carkeek Park's demonstration garden in Seattle.
#pleinaire #sketch #watercolor #naturalmedia #urbansketchers #art
#pleinaire #sketch #watercolor #naturalmedia #urbansketchers #art
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Playing with new approaches. This is at Carkeek Park's demonstration garden in Seattle.
#pleinaire #sketch #watercolor #naturalmedia #urbansketchers #art
#pleinaire #sketch #watercolor #naturalmedia #urbansketchers #art
Reposted by William of Zeno
Coming up this Friday: I'll be teaching a free online workshop in abstract haiku comics (yes, it's a thing!)...
www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/freefnc-signup?
www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/freefnc-signup?
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Coming up this Friday: I'll be teaching a free online workshop in abstract haiku comics (yes, it's a thing!)...
www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/freefnc-signup?
www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/freefnc-signup?
Definitely top secret science stuff going on at a structure like this in the middle of a big field. (The radar antenna dome at Discovery Park in Seattle.)
#pleinaire #watercolor #art #sketch #urbansketchers
#pleinaire #watercolor #art #sketch #urbansketchers
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Definitely top secret science stuff going on at a structure like this in the middle of a big field. (The radar antenna dome at Discovery Park in Seattle.)
#pleinaire #watercolor #art #sketch #urbansketchers
#pleinaire #watercolor #art #sketch #urbansketchers
It's funny looking at the past's vision of the future. One day, people will look back at our movies of today and chuckle.
This was fun to draw/paint. The Space Needle and Monorail are somehow still iconic in their retro futuristic glory.
#artsky #art #illustration #pleinaire #urbansketchers
This was fun to draw/paint. The Space Needle and Monorail are somehow still iconic in their retro futuristic glory.
#artsky #art #illustration #pleinaire #urbansketchers
October 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It's funny looking at the past's vision of the future. One day, people will look back at our movies of today and chuckle.
This was fun to draw/paint. The Space Needle and Monorail are somehow still iconic in their retro futuristic glory.
#artsky #art #illustration #pleinaire #urbansketchers
This was fun to draw/paint. The Space Needle and Monorail are somehow still iconic in their retro futuristic glory.
#artsky #art #illustration #pleinaire #urbansketchers
Help @outsidercomics.com move shop if you can!
Picked up a few books from the moving sale this weekend. 😃
Picked up a few books from the moving sale this weekend. 😃
September 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Help @outsidercomics.com move shop if you can!
Picked up a few books from the moving sale this weekend. 😃
Picked up a few books from the moving sale this weekend. 😃
Ballard's farmers market is a busy attraction every Sunday. This was done in the afternoon, as the market was clearing out, which is why I had a little more space to see down the avenue and draw.
#urbansketchers #art #pleinaire #sketchbook
#urbansketchers #art #pleinaire #sketchbook
September 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ballard's farmers market is a busy attraction every Sunday. This was done in the afternoon, as the market was clearing out, which is why I had a little more space to see down the avenue and draw.
#urbansketchers #art #pleinaire #sketchbook
#urbansketchers #art #pleinaire #sketchbook
Reposted by William of Zeno
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
Reposted by William of Zeno
Here's a direct link to the fundraiser. You can get an obstruction permit by helping us pay some very nice people many thousands of dollars to sort out our construction permits.
shop.outsidercomics.com/products/202...
Thanks for the support so far <3 <3 <3
shop.outsidercomics.com/products/202...
Thanks for the support so far <3 <3 <3
September 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Here's a direct link to the fundraiser. You can get an obstruction permit by helping us pay some very nice people many thousands of dollars to sort out our construction permits.
shop.outsidercomics.com/products/202...
Thanks for the support so far <3 <3 <3
shop.outsidercomics.com/products/202...
Thanks for the support so far <3 <3 <3
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Finished another book on the out trip so it’s sketch time on the homeward trip.
#lifedrawing #people #sketchbook #art #artsky #inkdrawing
#lifedrawing #people #sketchbook #art #artsky #inkdrawing
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Finished another book on the out trip so it’s sketch time on the homeward trip.
#lifedrawing #people #sketchbook #art #artsky #inkdrawing
#lifedrawing #people #sketchbook #art #artsky #inkdrawing
Georgetown Steam Plant has so much cool and dramatic machinery and environment.
Had to run early so I had to add the blues later on.
#urbansketchers #inkdrawing #art #artsky #drawing #illustration #seattle
Had to run early so I had to add the blues later on.
#urbansketchers #inkdrawing #art #artsky #drawing #illustration #seattle
September 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Georgetown Steam Plant has so much cool and dramatic machinery and environment.
Had to run early so I had to add the blues later on.
#urbansketchers #inkdrawing #art #artsky #drawing #illustration #seattle
Had to run early so I had to add the blues later on.
#urbansketchers #inkdrawing #art #artsky #drawing #illustration #seattle
Lil cafe sketching. Mineral water is a great cafe addition for us non-caffeinated folks! I’m still amazed by what just black ink can do.
#artsky #sketch #cafesketch
#artsky #sketch #cafesketch
September 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lil cafe sketching. Mineral water is a great cafe addition for us non-caffeinated folks! I’m still amazed by what just black ink can do.
#artsky #sketch #cafesketch
#artsky #sketch #cafesketch
If you’re in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, you can now find my graphic novella Blood of My Blood at Haunted Burrow Books!
September 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you’re in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, you can now find my graphic novella Blood of My Blood at Haunted Burrow Books!
Just a lil boaty mcboatface sketching action with #urbansketchers #Seattle at the Leschi Marina.
#artsky #art #pleinaire #sketchbook #illustration #boat #traditionalart #naturalmedia
#artsky #art #pleinaire #sketchbook #illustration #boat #traditionalart #naturalmedia
August 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Just a lil boaty mcboatface sketching action with #urbansketchers #Seattle at the Leschi Marina.
#artsky #art #pleinaire #sketchbook #illustration #boat #traditionalart #naturalmedia
#artsky #art #pleinaire #sketchbook #illustration #boat #traditionalart #naturalmedia
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This one goes out to the late X-ers and Elder Millenials!
Silly comic I made for DUNE comics night at @hugohouse.bsky.social.
#comics #animals #bird #artsky #illustration
Silly comic I made for DUNE comics night at @hugohouse.bsky.social.
#comics #animals #bird #artsky #illustration
August 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This one goes out to the late X-ers and Elder Millenials!
Silly comic I made for DUNE comics night at @hugohouse.bsky.social.
#comics #animals #bird #artsky #illustration
Silly comic I made for DUNE comics night at @hugohouse.bsky.social.
#comics #animals #bird #artsky #illustration