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# 4.7/5 star rating Illustrated creativity insights 228K+ bestseller rank The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity

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## Summary

> 🎨 Unlock the art of creativity—one brilliant comic at a time!

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- **What is this?** The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity
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## Key Features

- • **Elevate Your Idea Game:** Explore clever metaphors and insightful reflections that fuel your own creative breakthroughs.
- • **Top-Ranked Graphic Novel:** Join thousands of readers who made this a top 300 literary and humorous graphic novel bestseller.
- • **Perfect Gift for Creatives:** A thoughtful, beautifully illustrated book that resonates with professionals and kids alike.
- • **Visual Storytelling Mastery:** Dive into creativity with elegant, witty comics that reveal the creative process like never before.
- • **Inspiring & Shareable Content:** Perfect for sparking conversations—pages you'll want to share with your creative network.

## Overview

The Shape of Ideas is a beautifully illustrated graphic novel by Grant Snider that explores the creative process through clever, witty comics. With a 4.7-star rating and top rankings in literary and humorous graphic novels, it’s a must-have for professionals and creatives seeking inspiration and fresh perspectives on idea generation.

## Description

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Review: Fabulous surprise - What a lovely book! I haven't ever read one like it, as comic books are not my usual genre, and this author is a very talented comic creator. It is clever, witty, sensitive, funny, and frank. There are many pages I want to share with people I know, like I would if they were on FB or some social media. I love the Needles and Haystacks one because it feels so true for me. Sometimes I can't seem to find the right haystack, or any haystack. Other times, it feels like there is one that is all needles and I fell into it accidentally, not even looking for any hay. I am a creative person too, although I have never stopped before to reflect upon where my ideas come from or how they develop. It's a very interesting thing to do. I just love this, going to share with all my friends. Appropriate for kids too, would make a really nice gift, as you never know where inspiration will strike, as the author so deftly points out to us. Besides the really thoughtful conceptual comics, the illustrations are just fabulous. I want to cut some out and put them on my fridge. I think I will if I can figure out how to make that happen from my Kindle copy. Please write more Grant Snider. You have a new fan!
Review: Insightful and Delightful - I finally returned my shamefully overdue copy of The Shape of Ideas to the library and bought one for myself. Partly because, being a lifetime cartoon fan and doodler, I wanted to add it to my cartooning collection—but mainly because it is just flat-out wonderful. Here’s why: Beautiful design and coloring. Elegant writing, with delightful plot twists, rhymes and wordplay, and a sprinkling of fairy dust. Sly, charming visual jokes all over the place (if you look closely). In total, a marvelous meditation on the creative process. Encouraging, funny, honest and brave. Here’s just a sampler of my many, many favorite cartoons: Me and the Muses (p. 18-19) Hitting a Wall (p. 34) Snail’s Pace (p. 80) Sketchbooks of the Pros (p. 94) Partly Cloudy (p. 130-131) (Even the titles are little gems!) What else can I say? Buy The Shape of Ideas for yourself and any other creative, thoughtful person you know.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #492,417 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #627 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books) #771 in Humorous Graphic Novels (Books) #812 in Comic Strips (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (431) |
| Dimensions  | 7.75 x 0.85 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 1419723170 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1419723179 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of Series  | The Shape of Ideas |
| Print length  | 144 pages |
| Publication date  | May 9, 2017 |
| Publisher  | Abrams ComicArts |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fabulous surprise
*by A***R on June 19, 2017*

What a lovely book! I haven't ever read one like it, as comic books are not my usual genre, and this author is a very talented comic creator. It is clever, witty, sensitive, funny, and frank. There are many pages I want to share with people I know, like I would if they were on FB or some social media. I love the Needles and Haystacks one because it feels so true for me. Sometimes I can't seem to find the right haystack, or any haystack. Other times, it feels like there is one that is all needles and I fell into it accidentally, not even looking for any hay. I am a creative person too, although I have never stopped before to reflect upon where my ideas come from or how they develop. It's a very interesting thing to do. I just love this, going to share with all my friends. Appropriate for kids too, would make a really nice gift, as you never know where inspiration will strike, as the author so deftly points out to us. Besides the really thoughtful conceptual comics, the illustrations are just fabulous. I want to cut some out and put them on my fridge. I think I will if I can figure out how to make that happen from my Kindle copy. Please write more Grant Snider. You have a new fan!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Insightful and Delightful
*by P***L on April 18, 2018*

I finally returned my shamefully overdue copy of The Shape of Ideas to the library and bought one for myself. Partly because, being a lifetime cartoon fan and doodler, I wanted to add it to my cartooning collection—but mainly because it is just flat-out wonderful. Here’s why: Beautiful design and coloring. Elegant writing, with delightful plot twists, rhymes and wordplay, and a sprinkling of fairy dust. Sly, charming visual jokes all over the place (if you look closely). In total, a marvelous meditation on the creative process. Encouraging, funny, honest and brave. Here’s just a sampler of my many, many favorite cartoons: Me and the Muses (p. 18-19) Hitting a Wall (p. 34) Snail’s Pace (p. 80) Sketchbooks of the Pros (p. 94) Partly Cloudy (p. 130-131) (Even the titles are little gems!) What else can I say? Buy The Shape of Ideas for yourself and any other creative, thoughtful person you know.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a delightful little book
*by Z***N on January 14, 2018*

This has become an instant classic for me. I borrowed it from a library and had to buy it before I finished reading it. The drawing is beautifully simple and whimsical, yet, it amplifies the writing perfectly. I found myself smiling at the illustrations, and nodding and saying "oh yes" out loud at the insights. This is not just book of cute platitudes and useless affirmations. Sometimes Snider goes into scary territory when it comes to fears and the darker thoughts of the creative class. Snider cuts right through all the bloated text of most self help books and gets right to the point. He is pithy and succinct. I love that.

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