Five focused sites, each built around a single piece of life.
The Art of the WhistleBump Group
This is the complete digital illustration portfolio of John D Reinhart — writer, illustrator, videographer, and content creator. Across TangleWicket, TumbleBump, and SkippityWhistles, every site in the John D Reinhart content family has a distinct visual voice built from original digital art. Dopey gardening illustrations, funny cooking blog artwork, humorous DIY illustrations — created post by post, character by character, punchline by punchline. If you’re looking for a technical illustrator with range, a sense of humor, and an embarrassing number of active websites, you’re in the right place.
TumbleBump
Tumby’s money is on the salted guy…
That pot in the left sink seems distinctly ovoid in shape…
I thought spaghetti would be whiter…
Doesn’t that salt seem kind of coarse?
I mean… it’s still food… technically…
It makes you wonder why the candle flames are pointing up.
That bread looks a little moldy…
It’s supposed to look like an unrisen cake, not a cookie
It insisted on the mask…
So, what does the disco ball hang from, exactly?
That smoothie looks vaguely disgusting…
This post is not about dirty knives…
Bacteria really doesn’t have teeth.
That “best by” tag is not real.
Heaven in a box
Isn’t that a gas oven?
Maybe the hat’s a little much
Oops.
That’s supposed to look like hardened grease in the pan
It was supposed to be a tuna melt…
At least it LOOKS fresh…
Some of those tools seem weirdly out of scale.
You know, the plates are right there…
Well, it looks done…
Well, it LOOKS easy enough…
Preparing a roast in a skillet is not recommended.
Another fine mess…
the frittata looks kinda gross…
TangleWicket
These are not the ground-cover plants we’re recommending.
You don’t mulch sprouted weeds…
The sign should say “I’ll grow back…”
Maybe a little too dramatic…
This is just so wrong…
That thing is just creepy…
At least the blade is a one-piece…
This might be overstating it a little…
That guy on the right looks kinda sleepy
How does the ladybug fly if he’s wearing that gun belt?
This image doesn’t make much sense…
Is that a cricket bat?
I’m not sure Japanese beetles are supposed to look that cute…
The drip system leaks just fine, but lacks emitters
Wicket whispers “better thee than me!”
That smile is kinda creepy…
Sunglasses, morning water, right?
Maybe you should have planted that in the ground…
A raised bed is not quite like that…
Why is the water blue, and where does it go?
He doesn’t look that unhappy…
The hole wasn’t supposed to look like a sewer pipe…
Compost shouldn’t do that, should it?
The snowman kinda looks like a peanut…
The plant may actually be a little shocking…
It looks more like a bomb crater than a garden…
Does that pot seem to be hovering?
Not sure I’d want that thing in my garden…
Surely it must feel this way…
I don’t think it works like this…
GrumblePark
This is just so weird…
SkippityWhistles
A caul clamp in use
The illustrations on this page were created one post at a time, for sites that needed a visual voice as distinctive as the written one. No stock photography, no clip art, no shortcuts. Every image belongs to a specific idea in a specific post on a specific site — which is either a very efficient way to build a portfolio or a very inefficient way to run a content empire. Possibly both. If you’re a brand, a publisher, or anyone who needs original digital illustration with a sense of humor and a working knowledge of garden pests, kitchen disasters, and home improvement tools used incorrectly, John D Reinhart is available for conversation.