Zack Rock
@zackrock.bsky.social
I write and illustrate books about animals in pants. linktr.ee/zackrock
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 🐶
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
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!