Paintmonkey Studios

The Paintmonkey is an author!

The Ghastly Crook Richies... ...ARE HERE!

It's announcement time! The Paintmonkey has a book coming out! September 8th, The Ghastly Crook Richies hits a shelf near you! (I told you it was a big announcement!)

More details at the Substack! (Link in comments!)

Exciting news on the way! I can't wait for tomorrow!

My friends and I wanted to tease a little something coming soon from the Paintmonkey! Stay tuned!

I'm still creating, honest! Mostly I'm over on Substack now! (Usually) four posts a week with regular features, new cartoons, and other fun stuff.

John "The Paintmonkey" Trotter | Substack Artist, illustrator, cartoonist. Fight fascism with me, won't you?

Since Meta just sees no actual value in artists work (but keeps stealing it...find me over on Bluesky and Cara.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCjkYsEuBLT/?igsh=ZjY2MnltOHA5bzk0

Since Meta INSISTS our work is "overvalued" but continues to scrape the hell out of it, I am weighing my options to stop posting my "worthless" work here at all. But right now, Bluesky and Cara are very much anti-AI and anti-scraping, so you can find me over there.

A little sketch fun.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCUIXdbO5Cv/?igsh=Mnl0Zm0yM3pwb2Zp

I got blocked creatively for awhile and even doing little sketchbook scribblings was hard. I was finally able to do this little guy and I actually really liked him. * * * #Paintmonkey #ThePaintmonkeyPresents #ThePaintmonkey #Dailysketch #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #drawingoftheday #DailyDrawing #inksketch #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #dailyart #lineart #cartoon #penandink #ballpointpen #alligator #gator

What's your weirdest pointless conspiracy theory?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCRh328OfJW/?igsh=MTJxcnhtY3hla2pjeA==

It could just be a dude with a mustache...but what if it's not? And it makes me happy to think "I'm getting waved at by a legend". What's your goofiest conspiracy theory? * * * #ThePaintmonkey #Paintmonkey #ThePaintmonkeyPresents #Dailysketch #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #drawingoftheday #DailyDrawing #inksketch #sketch #sketchoftheday #dailyart #lineart #cartoon #penandink #micron #pentelbrushpen #kuretakebrushpen #DaleEarnhardt #theintimidator #RaiseHellPraiseDale #nascar #bicycle #biketrail

The November return of .

https://www.instagram.com/p/DB_g1jmOoao/?igsh=MTczMGNtMTV5aWpxNQ==

The triumphant November return of #OnePanelVSS! I'm posting here and on Facebook only (for a bit). Elon can get bent. Zuckersnot is scraping, too, but I'm working on protecting my work on social media. Anyway, my prompts were #snails and #pancake. (@nancyd_writes you're free to do as you wish! 😁) * * * #ThePaintmonkey #Paintmonkey #ThePaintmonkeyPresents #Dailysketch #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #drawingoftheday #DailyDrawing #inksketch #sketch #sketchoftheday #dailyart #lineart #cartoon #penandink #micron #pentelbrushpen #kuretakebrushpen #WritingPrompts #writinginspiration #VSS #breakfast #gross #weird

day 31... .

https://www.instagram.com/p/DByhbgtuLcY/?igsh=MTc2OXF1YjU2dWM5Ng==

#Inktober2024 day 31...#landmark. Closing out this Inktober with one last look at the Bride (visiting Egypt with an old friend familiar with the area). Her worldview has changed, and one day soon, she will choose her OWN name. Sally? Amanda? Cardi? Only she and the future know for sure! * * * #ThePaintmonkey #Paintmonkey #ThePaintmonkeyPresents #Dailysketch #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #drawingoftheday #DailyDrawing #inksketch #sketch #sketchoftheday #dailyart #lineart #Inktober #ballpointpen #cartoon #penandink #micron #kuretakebrushpen #UniversalMonsters #TheBride #BrideOfFrankenstein #TheMummy #egypt #sphinx #thepyramids

day 30... .

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBv9dO6uPbc/?igsh=MWpjNXAxeDM4cXFnbg==

#Inktober2024 day 30...#violin. Frank found he loved the instrument in ALL forms and even found a way to be involved. * * * #ThePaintmonkey #Paintmonkey #ThePaintmonkeyPresents #Dailysketch #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #drawingoftheday #DailyDrawing #inksketch #sketch #sketchoftheday #dailyart #lineart #Inktober #ballpointpen #cartoon #penandink #micron #kuretakebrushpen #UniversalMonsters #Frankenstein #FrankensteinsMonster #jugband #bluegrass #banjo #guitar #fiddle