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Meagan
@artbymeagantrott.bsky.social
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Library worker, artist, occasional gamedev, lazy femme.
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Didn't know what to make the The Vourdalak when I stumbled across it on Kanopy, but damn, glad I watched it.
Highly recommend if any of the following appeal to you:
- vampires
- folk horror
- "Patriarchy will kill us all"
- puppetry and practical effects
Promo image for The Vourdalak. It shows a guy in 18th century French clothing/makeup being bitten on the neck by a corpse-looking creature.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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My #ArtVsArtist2025

Top left and bottom right aren't finished yet, but I'm planning on finishing those up now that I'm off work for two weeks.
A 3x3 grid with a photo of me at a renfaire in the center (mid-30s white woman with long-ish brown hair wearing a white N95 mask and a printed scarf loosely draped around her head). Around the sides are details of illustrations from the Lorelei zine I made earlier this year, photos of my linoprint Relics zine, and details from a couple of digital paintings about pain and plant symbolism I haven't finished yet.
December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Synchronicity. TIL William Morris, the pope of ornament, was based.
Wikipedia screenshot reading: "Politically, Morris was a staunch revolutionary socialist and anti-imperialist, and although raised a Christian he came to be an atheist. He came to reject state socialism and large centralised control, instead emphasising localised administration within a socialist society. Later political activist Derek Wall suggested that Morris could be classified as an ecosocialist."
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Close-up of my cats' paws intertwined with one another. My cats (one black, one white) napping while spooning.
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Transferring the mock-up to the lino block. (The books are there to hold the block flat.) I'm going to attempt to carve some thin lines and very small text. Pray for me... 😬

#linocut #linoprint #printmaking #blockprinting
A close-up photo of a lino block with my printed-out digital mock-up taped to it. Two large books stacked on top of it are partially visible on the left side. My hand is tracing the black and white roots design in red ballpoint pen.
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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If anyone's curious about my process for making a digital mockup, I sketch the outlines in Clip Studio, then I put a big black rectangle behind them, lower the opacity a little, and "carve" out the lino design with a hard eraser.
Screenshot of Clip Studio Paint showing the same linocut mockup image, but it's a little more zoomed out, and the black parts are transparent, making the sketch of the remainder of the two figures visible.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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New linocut zine? artist's book? in the works. Here's part of the mockup in progress.

#WorkInProgress #linocut #linoprint #printmaking
Screenshot of a digital drawing in black on a gray background. It depicts a woman with long hair embracing another not-yet-drawn figure. Her face is a skull inside an implied reliquary. There is liquid pouring out from the reliquary onto the other figure's head. She has a halo made up of root or branch-like structures. The shading style is hatching reminiscent of a linocut.
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A summary of our Halloween. Our tree is producing a ton of limes rn, so we were giving those out in addition to candy
A ceramic bowl full of limes with a paper sign taped to it reading "Please take some limes!" My partner wearing their awesome, homemade Poe Collector costume sitting outside next to a bowl of candy. Me standing outside in my costume: a black goat skull mask, black cloak, and black gloves.
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Correct answers only
Carmen Sandiego
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Cat tax:
Two cats sort of spooning on a faded black couch. One is black with a small white spot on its chest, the other is white with a black tail and a large black spot on the top of its head. They're both looking somewhat in the direction of the camera.
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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ONE WEEK LEFT on the Paroxysm V campaign, and we just announced a new add-on tier! A plushie of Creep, the Paroxysm mascot!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mys...

#horror #HorrorArt #HorrorComics #HorrorAnthology
Promo graphic for the Creep plushie reward. Creep is a black rabbit with five red eyes and a big toothy mouth running diagonally through its face. Promo graphic reads: "Super secret reward! CREEP the Paroxysm mascot as CREEP the LABOOBOO by Pop Princess Designs. $40 Only 5 available October 12-17!"
October 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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w/o downloading anything new - where are you mentally?
October 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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*putting on my promo hat* Only a couple days left to get the early bird discount on the full series bundle! Limited to 10 and they're getting snatched up!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mys...

#Horror #HorrorArt #HorrorComics
Promo graphic for the early bird bundle. Red and black illustrations of various creepy faces, etc. White text that reads: Limited tier! All 5 books at an early bird price $100. Only available until October 6! Regular book bundle price $125.
October 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Printed up some more Relics zines. They just need to be sewn. Also I cannot figure out what this lightweight cardstock is that I've been getting from a local art store. They don't stock very much of it at a time, and it's not labeled at all.

#linocut #linoprint #zinemaking #zines #bookarts
Several of my relics lino zine fanned out on a gray cutting mat. Most of them have the red cardstock cover, but a few of them are coverless, so you just see the gold ink print on the white interior paper.
September 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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So adding watercolor to linoprints is pretty fun.

#linocut #linoprint #printmaking #blockprinting #sacredheart #hellmouth #horrorart #horrorartist #horror
Three lino prints laid out on top of my printer. They depict a stylized votive heart with big weeping eyes and fanged mouth. Inside the mouth is a tiny nun surrounded by flames. The prints are printed on book pages in black ink, and red watercolor has been added within the hearts.
September 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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A bonus something in the works for the Paroxysm KS...

#linocut #linoprint #printmaking #blockprinting #horrorart #horrorartist #horror #workinprogress
A carved linoleum block and two resulting prints from it laying in a row on a gray cutting mat. It depicts a stylized votive heart with big weeping eyes and fanged mouth. Inside the mouth is a tiny nun surrounded by flames. The prints are printed on book pages.
September 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Kickstarter for Paroxysm V horror anthology starts in October 👀

#horror #HorrorArt #HorrorArtist
Promo image for Paroxysm V: an independent horror anthology. Background is red with black splatters. In the center is a black and white photo of my face (30-something white woman with long hair looking off to the side). Text below the photo says "Featured artist: Meagan Trott" Promo image for Paroxysm V: an independent horror anthology. Background is red with black splatters. There is a small black and white photo of my face (30-something white woman with long hair looking off to the side). Text next to the photo says "Featured artist: Meagan Trott". Below that is my bio which reads: "Meagan Trott is an artist, illustrator, library worker, and occasional game developer based in the SF Bay Area. Though she mostly works digitally nowadays, she’s an oil painter at heart who loves creating strange, atmospheric scenes. As a freelancer, Meagan has contributed artwork to a number of role-playing games and visual novels. In her personal work, she explores Catholic ritual and mysticism through a queer femme lens."
September 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Woohoo the appeal worked!
August 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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*sigh*
August 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I haven't posted anything from the digital illustration side of things for a long time, so here's my attempt at painting the nastiest rash I can imagine.

[CW digitally-painted boob and skin disease grossness]

#WorkInProgress #HorrorArt
Close-up of a digital painting showing bare breasts with a huge, gross, crusty rash down the middle of the chest. A hand is scratching at it, making it worse. All of this is painted in sickly green and yellow hues with some red, orange, and purple shadows.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Relics zines bound and cut. (After all that I only got four good copies 😅 )
I saddle-stitched them "backwards" and left thread hanging bc I initially had the idea to attach a wax seal or smth to the strings, but I'm not really feeling that anymore. 🤷‍♀️

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#zines #linocut #linoprint #devotionalart
One of linoprint zines laying on a cutting mat. It has a red cardstock cover printed with a "sunburst-style?" reliquary that has the word "Relics" in a gothic font inside it. One of my linoprint zines on a cutting mat being held open by my hand. It's open to the Catherine of Siena pages. On the left side of the spread, printed in gold ink, is an illustration of a "church-shaped?" reliquary with the name Catherine of Siena in a gothic font inside it. On the right side, also printed in gold ink, is an illustration of her mummified head with a halo behind it.
August 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Printing the second sides ✨
A white piece of paper being peeled off a linoleum block with a design being printed in gold ink. The visible parts of the design show a "sunburst"-style monstrance with the word "Relics" in the center in a "gothic" font and a reliquary shaped like a woman with long hair and a halo.
July 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Started printing the relics zine 👀

#linocut #linoprint #printmaking #BlockPrinting #zine
Two sheets of white paper block printed with gold ink depicting somewhat stylized versions of the skull of Mary Magdalene reliquary and the mummified head of Catherine of Siena, along with their names in "gothic" font appearing inside monstrances.
July 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Oh, realizing I haven't yet informed the Social Media Hive Mind of my new roommates. Meet Phoenix (front) and Miles (back).
Photo of two house cats. The black one in front is crouching in "half-loaf" position. The other behind him is sitting up and in white with black spots. Both are looking toward the camera, and there is a pride flag cat tunnel near them.
June 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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More linocut zine progress...

#Linocut #Linoprint #WorkInProgress #Printmaking #BlockPrinting #MaryMagdalene #Reliquary
Portion of a linoleum block carved with a stylized depiction of the Mary Magdalene skull reliquary at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France. It's a bust of woman with long hair, and the face opens to reveal the relic.
June 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM