Creative Hurricane Pillows

The joy of self-expression.

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Face painting.

'My imaginary playmate can whip your imaginary playmate!'

Glue gun? Glitter? Dang it, I grabbed my crafting belt again.

"My mom says I can start a rock band if I call it 'I Love My Mommy'. You in?"

Resourceful toddler

'Look, Dad, I made a pair of boots out of your chest waders.'

A cartoonist at the doctor, in yoga, at home and in therapy

"It's been hell since you went into animation."

"But mom, all you said was 'get all your stuff up off the floor!' "

Paper being carefully folded until it resembles a scrunched up paper ball.

"It's a cautionary tale about why we shouldn't cut arts funding in schools."

When cartoonists get ahead of themselves.

"And I suppose cleaning up after yourself just once would in some way stifle your precious creativity."

'Your manuscript was delicious.'

Using the skill of pottery to make athletics trophy.

"I need a transfer from the wind tunnel departmnet please."

'I've battened down the TV to protect us from weather reports.'

Steadman - The Early Years.

A Cartoonist's and a Sculptor's File Cabinets.

Falling for art

'Hang in there for a few more minutes! It's looking good! Almost got it!'

'Maybe if you cut off an ear it would look better.'

Sailor's pipe is a ship's funnel.

"Too busy."

Flower spins its petals and flies like plane.

"Does the radar make my backside look big?"

"Me, I eat mostly roadkill: it saves me countess hours of hunting and stalking and leaves me time to concentrate on my art. . ."

Paint fight art!

"They're love poems alright, but he cuts up the lines, throws them in the air and reassembles them randomly..."

'We could use you in our next ideation.'

"I hope this isn't another one of your crazy bounce-me-off-the-wall ideas."

Interpretive marathon