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Journey through the imaginative and whimsical creations of John Trotter, showcasing a range of styles and subjects that capture the essence of his unique artistic vision.

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Horror icon Leatherface uses his chainsaw skills for something more positive during the pandemic.

Leatherface: Sculptor

Skull Slinger Logo

Head study after Jack Davis from one of the EC comic horror magazines.

Head Study (after Jack Davis)

Headless Horseman finds the perfect gourd for masking and holiday fun during the pandemic of 2020.

Headless Horseman

Batman themed portrait of a rescue pup to help advertise for his adoption.

Batman (Rescue Pup)

Faux wig broadcaster screams to look at pictures of atrocities and then turns on people for being angered by those photos.

Radicalization

Two hipsters run with a crowd from a Botanical Garden with an Eldritch horror rising behind them.

Cthlhu In the Garden

An old myth of the Wild West turned out to be true about a camel being roaming the Arizona desert with a skeleton rider.

The Legend/Red Ghost

Cartoon of trump saying God told him he's the best and then immediately being struck by lightning.

Birthday Fireworks

Gravy Baby Logo

Ink and watercolor elephant painting on ink wash paper.

Elephant

Online "contest" of drawing from a self portrait photo of illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz made for his own reference while nude and holding a pistol.

Bill Sienkiewicz

Tom Morello in ballpoint pen and watercolor playing guitar onstage.

Tom Morello

Rhino portrait in pen & ink with white gouache highlights on blue ink was background.

Mumbles

Gross skeleton mummy still offers her opinion on matters of morals while still refusing to DO anything about ethics or morals at her job.

Granny Nancy

Lion Study in ink and watercolor in notebook.

Lion

Horror icon Jason Voorhees finds solace on the lake by learning the ukelele in a canoe during the pandemic with no one visiting.

Jason Serenade

Rhino in pen & ink with white gel pen highlights on toned paper.

Rhino Torso

Wellred comedy members fight a dragon. For some reason.

Dragon

Man takes cliched advice literally about a ballot box.

Ballot Box

Elephant portrait in red, blue, and black ballpoint pens with crosshatching.

Bic Elephant

Wellred comedy members heatedly arguing the pros and cons of Foreigner vs. Bob Seger in a podcast conversation.

Bob Seger

Horror icon Creature From the Black Lagoon masks safely during playtime on the beach during the pandemic in 2020.

The Creature

Cartoon idea for a redneck Boba Fett named Bubba with Lynard Skynard shirt and beer.

“Bubba” Fett

Wellred podcast story from DJ Lewis about getting maced in prison.

Maced

Zombie potter losing hand while throwing a pot on a pottery wheel.

Zombie Potter

Charlie the gorilla sitting on his favorite rock in ink and gelpen on gray toned paper.

Charlie

Two hockey players talking while fighting on the ice.

Therapy Box

Rhino portrait in red, blue, and black ballpoint pens with crosshatching.

Bic Rhino

Warthog portrait in red, blue, and black ballpoint pens with crosshatching.

Bic Warthog

He-Man being electrified by his sword as he becomes He-Man.

He-Man Voltage

Second baseman fielding a sharply hit ground ball.

Second Baseman

Orangutan painting in acrylic.

Orangutan

Greedo asking Boba Fett about the origins of his name in a Tatooine bar.

Boba

Sketchbook ballpoint pen study of boxers during a knockdown in a match.

Boxers

Frankie Says Relax

Luke Skywalker on a tauntaun with a probe droid and a wampa behind him on the planet Hoth from Star Wars: The Empire Strike Back.

Hoth Rod

Life Death Dirt Logo

Ghastly Crook Richies Reaper

Ghastly Crook Richies Reaper

Ballpoint pen study of boxers sparring in a notebook.

Boxer, Swinging

Male orangutan in pen & ink with white gel pen highlights on toned paper.

Male Orangutan

Comedian DJ Lewis discussing fancy mustard on the Wellred podcast.

DJ Lewis

Chipmunk in ink and watercolor on paper.

Chipmunk

Portrait of John Lewis in ink and white gel pen on toned paper after his passing in 2020.

John Lewis

Bubba II

Ghost of Marley dangles a Scrooge off of the top of a building to save time.

Modern Marley

Manatee controlling buoyancy with flatulence while the Paintmonkey looks on.

Manatee Methane

Gen-X as Edward Scissorhands trimming bushes in the yard.

Xer Edward

Paintmonkey delivers mail to Mona Lisa as she has her own mailbox as the Louvre in Paris

Mona Lisa Mailbox

Cartoon dinosaur t-rex chasing small squirrel like mammal cartoon.

Chased

Ballpoint pen sketch in sketchbook of a shortstop fielding a ground ball.

Shortstop

Hippo with a tutu carrying an axe to show that they are not cute lovable potatoes, but are in fact multi ton death machines.

Danger Hippo

Weeping Eye of Sauron as two orcs empathetically discuss the current emotional climate.

Sad Sauron

Kori Bustard portrait in ink and white gel pen on toned paper.

Kori Bustard

Wellred comedy members study a chicken and the cloaca. during a podcast conversation

Science

Elephant stretching up for food in watercolor and white gouache highlights on light green ink wash background.

Kelly

Ink and watercolor painting of a giraffe.

Giraffe

A fact about the first mention of a dinosaur in popular writing was by none other than Charles Dickens so this illustrates the megalosaurus as Scrooge and the Paintmonkey as Marley the ghost.

Dickens Megalosaurus

Lost Boy David in a noir study using pen and ink;

Lost Boy

Pen and ink sketchbook drawing of a swamp zombie inspired by the horror work of Jack Davis.

Swamp Zombie

Squirrel begs with for life from a hawk with promises of riches from cryptoscam.

Crypto Squirrel

Ballpoint pen study of an octopus in a sketchbook.

Octopus

Old Man Time hands Baby New Year 2024 a bat wrapped in barbed wire and gives a warning.

New Year 2024

Frankenstein and his bride have a cookout to safely social distance from others during the pandemic

Frankenstein Cookout

Southern Ground Hornbill study in ink and watercolor in notebook.

Southern Ground Hornbill

Two robots presenting Academy Award in 2029 for AI garbage produced by lazy idiots.

AI Awards

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