Zack Rock
@zackrock.bsky.social
I write and illustrate books about animals in pants. linktr.ee/zackrock
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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No it doesn’t, that’s you doing that
Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role
Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood
The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.
bloom.bg
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
No it doesn’t, that’s you doing that
My illustration for @gardenandgun.com magazine’s October/November “Good Dog” column, featuring Eli Cranor’s loving tribute to his beloved blue-eyed Aussie Layla 🐶
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My illustration for @gardenandgun.com magazine’s October/November “Good Dog” column, featuring Eli Cranor’s loving tribute to his beloved blue-eyed Aussie Layla 🐶
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Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
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If you are, like me, generally opposed to how Large Language Models are being positioned and used (and not regulated currently) one very simple thing you could do is to stop using the term “AI” to describe them. When you do, you’re buying into the linguistic and conceptual framework of your enemies.
September 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
Honored to be taking on illustration duties for @gardenandgun.com magazine’s beloved “Good Dog” column, starting with this year’s August/September issue!
First up, an essay by Charles McNair about the power of storytelling and plagiarism starring America’s #1 childhood traumatizer, Old Yeller 🐶🔫
First up, an essay by Charles McNair about the power of storytelling and plagiarism starring America’s #1 childhood traumatizer, Old Yeller 🐶🔫
August 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Honored to be taking on illustration duties for @gardenandgun.com magazine’s beloved “Good Dog” column, starting with this year’s August/September issue!
First up, an essay by Charles McNair about the power of storytelling and plagiarism starring America’s #1 childhood traumatizer, Old Yeller 🐶🔫
First up, an essay by Charles McNair about the power of storytelling and plagiarism starring America’s #1 childhood traumatizer, Old Yeller 🐶🔫
I am officially OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!
This portrait of Snowball the chihuahua was done for a family who wanted to immortalize their pet in watercolor.
If you have a beloved pet you want to commemorate or any idea for a painting you want to see realized, let’s talk!
www.zackrock.com/commissions
This portrait of Snowball the chihuahua was done for a family who wanted to immortalize their pet in watercolor.
If you have a beloved pet you want to commemorate or any idea for a painting you want to see realized, let’s talk!
www.zackrock.com/commissions
August 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am officially OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!
This portrait of Snowball the chihuahua was done for a family who wanted to immortalize their pet in watercolor.
If you have a beloved pet you want to commemorate or any idea for a painting you want to see realized, let’s talk!
www.zackrock.com/commissions
This portrait of Snowball the chihuahua was done for a family who wanted to immortalize their pet in watercolor.
If you have a beloved pet you want to commemorate or any idea for a painting you want to see realized, let’s talk!
www.zackrock.com/commissions
Recently a non-profit that runs creative writing programs for kids asked me to illustrate a book of students’ short stories. The best part was having to base my illustration on a title the kids invented.
So what choice did I have for “The Awesome Adventures”?
#illustration #picturebook #heavymetal
So what choice did I have for “The Awesome Adventures”?
#illustration #picturebook #heavymetal
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Recently a non-profit that runs creative writing programs for kids asked me to illustrate a book of students’ short stories. The best part was having to base my illustration on a title the kids invented.
So what choice did I have for “The Awesome Adventures”?
#illustration #picturebook #heavymetal
So what choice did I have for “The Awesome Adventures”?
#illustration #picturebook #heavymetal
The Tour de France begins today! Best of luck to all the riders, remember to stay hydrated out there ☕🚴♂️
#tourdefrance2025 #TDF2025 #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #picturebook #italiangreyhound #greyhound #cycling #bicycle #espresso #mokapot
#tourdefrance2025 #TDF2025 #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #picturebook #italiangreyhound #greyhound #cycling #bicycle #espresso #mokapot
July 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Tour de France begins today! Best of luck to all the riders, remember to stay hydrated out there ☕🚴♂️
#tourdefrance2025 #TDF2025 #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #picturebook #italiangreyhound #greyhound #cycling #bicycle #espresso #mokapot
#tourdefrance2025 #TDF2025 #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #picturebook #italiangreyhound #greyhound #cycling #bicycle #espresso #mokapot
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American Illustration 43 Winner @zackrock.bsky.social
A personal piece about feeling lost in an unfamiliar city.
#artofinstagram #americanillustration43 #illustrationdaily #illustrationoftheday #ai43 #winner #illustrator #instaart #artistsoninstagram
A personal piece about feeling lost in an unfamiliar city.
#artofinstagram #americanillustration43 #illustrationdaily #illustrationoftheday #ai43 #winner #illustrator #instaart #artistsoninstagram
July 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
American Illustration 43 Winner @zackrock.bsky.social
A personal piece about feeling lost in an unfamiliar city.
#artofinstagram #americanillustration43 #illustrationdaily #illustrationoftheday #ai43 #winner #illustrator #instaart #artistsoninstagram
A personal piece about feeling lost in an unfamiliar city.
#artofinstagram #americanillustration43 #illustrationdaily #illustrationoftheday #ai43 #winner #illustrator #instaart #artistsoninstagram
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classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity
January 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity
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Rube Goldberg: Sorry I'm late, the chicken didn't knock over the watering can
November 27, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Rube Goldberg: Sorry I'm late, the chicken didn't knock over the watering can
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And Jesus entered the temple and said to the money changers, "You are an important part of the local economy and I'm looking forward to working with you"
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
And Jesus entered the temple and said to the money changers, "You are an important part of the local economy and I'm looking forward to working with you"
The Pizza Pups promise: Delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your pizza is late™
October 11, 2024 at 5:10 PM
The Pizza Pups promise: Delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your pizza is late™
Alas, poor Larry! I knew the bald, four-eyed @#$%.
After 24 years of cursing and discomfort, the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm aired last Sunday. I dunno why the story of a misanthrope who is terrible in social situations really speaks to me, but the show is one of my all-time favorites.
After 24 years of cursing and discomfort, the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm aired last Sunday. I dunno why the story of a misanthrope who is terrible in social situations really speaks to me, but the show is one of my all-time favorites.
April 10, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Alas, poor Larry! I knew the bald, four-eyed @#$%.
After 24 years of cursing and discomfort, the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm aired last Sunday. I dunno why the story of a misanthrope who is terrible in social situations really speaks to me, but the show is one of my all-time favorites.
After 24 years of cursing and discomfort, the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm aired last Sunday. I dunno why the story of a misanthrope who is terrible in social situations really speaks to me, but the show is one of my all-time favorites.
WHOO-HOO!!! My cover illustration for Kafka’s The Metamorphosis won an award of excellence from Communication Arts Magazine! An absolute honor to be among the 148 extraordinarily talented artists selected from the 3,639 entries, wow.
February 10, 2024 at 2:16 PM
WHOO-HOO!!! My cover illustration for Kafka’s The Metamorphosis won an award of excellence from Communication Arts Magazine! An absolute honor to be among the 148 extraordinarily talented artists selected from the 3,639 entries, wow.
What better day to share this homage to my favorite horror story, The Metamorphosis, then on Halloween? Hope it really gets under your skin, bawhahahaahaaa 🪳🪰🕷️🪲
October 31, 2023 at 3:09 PM
What better day to share this homage to my favorite horror story, The Metamorphosis, then on Halloween? Hope it really gets under your skin, bawhahahaahaaa 🪳🪰🕷️🪲
Happy #PortfolioDay y’all! I’m Zack, an American illustrator living in Berlin and painting an unconscionable amount of anthropomorphic animals.
www.zackrock.com
www.instagram.com/zackrock
www.zackrock.com
www.instagram.com/zackrock
October 10, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Happy #PortfolioDay y’all! I’m Zack, an American illustrator living in Berlin and painting an unconscionable amount of anthropomorphic animals.
www.zackrock.com
www.instagram.com/zackrock
www.zackrock.com
www.instagram.com/zackrock
Happy 80th birthday to the Godfather of Alternative Comics and international sex symbol, Robert Crumb! To quote the man himself, “Your vigor for life appalls me.” Jk jk, here’s to another eighty years of being a beautiful weirdo!
August 31, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Happy 80th birthday to the Godfather of Alternative Comics and international sex symbol, Robert Crumb! To quote the man himself, “Your vigor for life appalls me.” Jk jk, here’s to another eighty years of being a beautiful weirdo!
Show yer range
Think I’ve got y’all beat on this one
Think I’ve got y’all beat on this one
August 11, 2023 at 10:44 AM
Show yer range
Think I’ve got y’all beat on this one
Think I’ve got y’all beat on this one
Taking chances is risky,
But these nine lives pass briskly.
So when challenged, use this key:
Don’t get fretful, GET FRISKY!
A P.S.A. from P.U.R.R. (Pets Urging Responsible Revelry)
But these nine lives pass briskly.
So when challenged, use this key:
Don’t get fretful, GET FRISKY!
A P.S.A. from P.U.R.R. (Pets Urging Responsible Revelry)
August 10, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Taking chances is risky,
But these nine lives pass briskly.
So when challenged, use this key:
Don’t get fretful, GET FRISKY!
A P.S.A. from P.U.R.R. (Pets Urging Responsible Revelry)
But these nine lives pass briskly.
So when challenged, use this key:
Don’t get fretful, GET FRISKY!
A P.S.A. from P.U.R.R. (Pets Urging Responsible Revelry)
HELLO BLUE SKY!! Here's a crazy raccoon I painted, enjoy!
July 25, 2023 at 5:49 PM
HELLO BLUE SKY!! Here's a crazy raccoon I painted, enjoy!