Concept Brainstorming Fan Prints

Cartoonist Thinking Whilst His Pencil Snoozes.

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

"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."

Thinking Gears

' A good idea '

Light Bulb Moment

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

Group Think Time

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

Empty box of ideas

Bright idea

Creative department

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

Worry tank

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

Blue sky thinking

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."

"She's a show dog...purebred, of course." "That's great! My guy's a Sanskrit scholar...wrote for the Harvard Lampoon."

"I believe I can create a great presentation if I can only tap into my cognitive dissonance."

"We need to think outside the pentangle."

"Someday, these will be installed in every home and business that wants to seem artsy."

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

Work colleague says 'This is great, where do you get your ideas from?' as man gets them from small elves living in the wall

Brainstorm in progress.

Elevator Pitch

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

Schrödinger and his cat

'What do you suppose he's trying to say?'

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

"Looks like our days at the think tank are numbered."

' A new idea '