Struggling Creator Gifts

An artist unsure of what to do with his paintings

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

The Origami Society...

"Did you remember to back up the last 4.5 billion years?"

"Your editor called again to see if the well was still dry."

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

"How about a little more muse and a little less 'meow,' huh?"

"This next one is a typical blues number about exceeding your data plan limit, cracking your ipad screen, and losing your new ear buds."

"Wow, these are great cartoons! We have to let them go, and anyway, cartoonists are on the endangered species list..."

Creator's Block

"Maybe I haven't suffered enough. Why don't you whip up some of your curried pork balls and refried rice for dinner?"

Stu just wanted to participate in the outdoor art class. . . alone. . . but Bob went ahead and invited himself anyway. . .

"So you're the artist dating my daughter? I've seen your work...you MUST be starving."

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

'Oh Rats! I can't be creative with a box of flat crayons!'

We have an all volunteer workforce, and we're still losing money!

"Dude—you're ruining my face—and when are you painting my hands—my ear is itchy—also you stink—hurry up!"

'The rot set in when I started doing these things in my own image - my early stuff was better.'

'I am a staving artist. I'm fat because all I can afford is junk food!'

"What are you doing?! Where are your crayons?!"

"Judging by all the hair you've pulled out of your head, I must be hard to teach technology to than I thought."

'This next song is about a close call and a near success. It's called The Grant that Got Away.'

Joe was so poor, his dog was a tumbleweed.

God's Writers Block

Wallpaper over a door.

'Petey is making a graphic novel!'

A painter drawing a ship

I hate blind carbon copies when the computers are down.

"I publish unfettered on the web."

"I don't want to be an "Industrious Beaver" dad: I want to be an internet celebrity..."

Unlucky sculpture.

'"For the love of it" no longer accepted. Cash only'