“Formstorming moves the maker thought automatic, easily conceived notions, towards recognizable yet nuanced concepts, to surprising results that compel us with their

What It Is by Lynda Barry, pg 10

originality.” stated in the book Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips, perfectly encompasses the need and definition of Formstorming. We live in a world where there are few new ideas or concepts. The fast pace track we have it is hard to be original or new. But by practicing Formstorming we can push and challenge ourselves to come up with something from a different perspective outside of ourselves. A great example of this would be from the graphic novel What It Is by Lynda Barry on page 10. This page has many images going on, but one can see that there is different type of patterns, rabbits and octopuses. The words speak of waiting for the images to “forget about me” (Barry, pg 10). I understood the author wanted the pictures to move, and if they forgot about her maybe they would. So she drew them so many times in so many ways, I feel like it was her way of making them move, making them more or less realistic. Seeing which way would make them come alive.  There are four rabbits of each look more or less the same in different position, Formstorming could be happening to see which way they would come alive. The same could be said for the octopus and other elements on the page.