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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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Ballpoint pen study of boxers sparring in a notebook.

Boxer, Swinging

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

Boba

Lion Study in ink and watercolor in notebook.

Lion

Ink and watercolor painting of a giraffe.

Giraffe

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

John Lewis

Wellred comedy members fight a dragon. For some reason.

Dragon

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

Shortstop

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

Science

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

Cthlhu In the Garden

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

Modern Marley

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

Radicalization

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

Leatherface: Sculptor

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

Head Study (after Jack Davis)

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

Frankenstein Cookout

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

Mumbles

Skull Slinger Logo

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

Zombie Potter

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

Male Orangutan

Manatee controlling buoyancy with flatulence while the Paintmonkey looks on.

Manatee Methane

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

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

AI Awards

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

Batman (Rescue Pup)

Bubba II

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

Swamp Zombie

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

New Year 2024

Ballpoint pen study of an octopus in a sketchbook.

Octopus

Chipmunk in ink and watercolor on paper.

Chipmunk

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

Headless Horseman

Second baseman fielding a sharply hit ground ball.

Second Baseman

Tom Morello in ballpoint pen and watercolor playing guitar onstage.

Tom Morello

Orangutan painting in acrylic.

Orangutan

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

Rhino Torso

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

Bic Warthog

Ghastly Crook Richies Reaper

Ghastly Crook Richies Reaper

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

Boxers

Life Death Dirt Logo

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

Crypto Squirrel

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

Lost Boy

Two hockey players talking while fighting on the ice.

Therapy Box

Gravy Baby Logo

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

Sad Sauron

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

Bic Rhino

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

Kori Bustard

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

Xer Edward

Man takes cliched advice literally about a ballot box.

Ballot Box

Southern Ground Hornbill study in ink and watercolor in notebook.

Southern Ground Hornbill

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

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

Comedian DJ Lewis discussing fancy mustard on the Wellred podcast.

DJ Lewis

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

“Bubba” Fett

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

Birthday Fireworks

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

Charlie

Frankie Says Relax

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

Mona Lisa Mailbox

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

Kelly

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

He-Man Voltage

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

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

Chased

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

Bob Seger

Ink and watercolor elephant painting on ink wash paper.

Elephant

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

Maced

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

Bic Elephant

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

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

The Creature

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

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

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