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Zac Redden
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Hey there, I'm a designer and illustrator. My wife said about my art: "you draw gnomes as they live in real life, their daily experience(...) Like, yeah that's how a goblin would collect pumpkins."

It's my favorite thing anyone has ever said about my art
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard to all who celebrate!

My name is Zac and I like making art about all kinds of things with a bend towards spooky and fantasy. I'm looking to work with folks but also looking to just make some new art friends! Critique partners! Mentors! People who want to talk about goblins!
A digital postcard with contact information for Zac Redden. Below the contact information is a cut paper illustration of a young wizard casting a spell while he makes his way through a dungeon. A swirling blue cloud surrounds him.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Happy Halloween y’all!
A young girl in a witch costume is running through the woods while clutching her pumpkin-shaped candy pail. Her pointed hat threatens to fly off as she holds it on her head. In the background we see cat-like spirits beginning to emerge from the trees to watch her intently.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard everybody!

Have some ghosts and their pumpkin buddy as a little treat.
An illustration of friendly ghosts circling a carved jack-o-lantern. The Jack-o-Lantern is lit from within and seems to be alive with the joy of halloween. Above the illustration is text that reads "Zac Redden graphic design and Illustration znredden@gmail.com." Below the illustration is text that reads, "zacredden.com"
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Currently working on this drawin’
#halloween #kidlitart #illustration
A young girl dressed as a witch for Halloween is running through the woods and looking behind herself. There are amorphous feline shapes peeking out from behind trees. In one of her hands she grips her pointy hat as it threatens to fly off and in the other she grabs her hard-earned pumpkin-shaped pail of candy.
September 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Tim Robinson dressed as a hotdog in his show, I Think You Should Leave. The context is that Tim Robins’ character is trying to find someone to blame for the hot dog shaped car that just crashed through the storefront which the comedy sketch is set in. The implication being that clearly he is who caused the crash and is now ardently refusing to admit it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Workin on a thing. Maybe I’ll replace this cutting mat sometime..

#kidlitart
Two ghosts that are a mix of cut paper and painted textures. One of them is cheerful while the other is dismayed. They are on a self-healing cutting mat and next to them is an x-acto knife.
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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I keep talking myself out of doing a Redwall series of illustrations before coming back to say “welllllll maaaaybe”
A pencil sketch of the primary antagonist of the first Redwall book, Cluny the Scourge. He’s a large, anthropomorphic rat dressed like a tattered warlord and holding his barbed tail menacingly. There’s a mad glint in his eye.
September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day everyone!

I'm Zac Redden, an illustrator and graphic designer who is excited about nature, goblins, wizards, and spooky stuff. I'm fairly new to the world of Kidlit but I'd love to work with you on your project!
A watercolor painting of a baseball pitcher on their mound. They are wearing a white, grey, and orange uniform with an uppercase F on their hat. The pitcher is facing us and looking determined. They are winding up for the pitch. There is a player on second base. Will this determine the outcome of the game?
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Workin on a lil’ Halloween somethin
A pen and ink drawing of a father and son anthropomorphized mice as they are collecting pumpkins from a pumpkin patch. The father looks warmly at his son who is balancing a large pumpkin on his head.
July 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Need to figure out the best way to photograph this guy but he’s done! Really happy with how he came out which is a new and unique feeling and —oh dang, there it went—

#kidlitart #illustration #fantasyillustration
A painting of a wizard in a conical hat. He is traveling through a dungeon atmosphere. His staff is emitting light to guide him and a mystical blue cloud swirls around him. A close-up view of a painting of a wizard in a conical hat. He is traveling through a dungeon atmosphere. His staff is emitting light to guide him and a mystical blue cloud swirls around him. A painting of a wizard in a conical hat. He is traveling through a dungeon atmosphere. His staff is emitting light to guide him and a mystical blue cloud swirls around him.
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Put off starting this lil guy for a while because I was nervous I’d biff it. Facing fears etc etc. Also it’s hard to want to paint whimsical things right now on account of *waves arms around*
A watercolor painting of a young wizard and a magical cloud. The young wizard is being lit by the warm light of their staff on one side and a blue, magical light on the other. There are paint swatches from testing colors along the edges of the page and the whole page is taped to a MDF board.
June 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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I haven’t really enjoyed working digitally for a little while now. I think I still prefer pushing physical paint around BUT im at least having fun with digital again ☺️
A young red-haired mage. They are primarily dressed in greens and browns and they are looking up in wonder at a magical spell they are casting. The spell is made of swirling, green energy and is casting vibrant light on the mage’s face. An illustration of a mischievous goblin in a red conical hat. He’s holding a club with a spike driven through it. A sickly green light is cast across his front while a warm orange glow illuminates him from behind. He’s menacing and the implication is that he’s causing mayhem.
May 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Did a little watercolor cut paper experiment. One of my goals this year is to figure out better photography for my illustrations. I, uh, I’ll get to it
A watercolor painting of a baseball pitcher. The pitcher is cut out and floating just above the field behind to play with the artifice of painting. He has a determined look on his face. Behind the pitcher, we can see a player from the rival team, ready to make a run for it. The stakes are high.
April 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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An hour early for something so I drew a grumpy lil guy
A grumpy anthropomorphic mouse holding an axe, wearing a cloak and smoking a pipe.
March 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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More fun with triads
A painted portrait of a young boy. A breakdown of a triad color scheme into 14 cells. 3 of which are the pure colors of the triad, 3 of which are those colors with white added. The other 8 cells contain mixtures of the colors.
March 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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February 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Continuing to play around in quick studies using triads. It’s really fun to see what I can do with 3 colors + white.
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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I love going trough my older sketchbooks and finding goofy lil characters I’ve done.
A painting of an onion headed knight.
January 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Lately I’ve been doing these quick portraits using no more than three colors (plus white) and really enjoying it!
A collection of 4 painted portraits A collection of 4 painted portraits
January 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM