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24 alternatives to Steal Like an Artist

10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Steal Like an Artist launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Show Your Work!▲84

   10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   100 Things▲72

   Every designer needs to know about people

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity▲76

   You have to find your own shtick. Nobody cares. Only you do.

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Show Your Work ▲58

   Ten Ways To Show Your Creativity and Get Discovered!

   2015 · austinkleon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Steal Like an Artist Journal▲61

   A notebook for creative kleptomaniacs

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   My Designer Is Driving Me Crazy!▲77

   Learn to get the design you want by joining the creative pro

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Don't Get a Job…▲65

   How to forge your own path in the creative field.

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People▲82

   What makes them tick?

   2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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   Sketch Style Guides▲172

   Never start another design project from scratch

   2016 · uxpower.tools · its alternatives →

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    Creative Block▲55

    Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out▲69

    How to create an authentic brand

    2015 · barnesandnoble.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    642 Things to Draw ▲67

    Endless quirky inspiration

    2015 · chroniclebooks.com · its alternatives →

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    Cultivate Your Creativity (Sampler)▲60

    A coloring and doodling book

    2015 · nourishmentnotes.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Working with Pictures: The Tiny Book!▲85

    A tiny book of design exercises

    2016 · 5264002956444.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    The Non-Designer's Design Book▲71

    Basic principles of good design in a clear, simple, style

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Creativity For Sale▲113

    An honest book about entrepreneurship & making money online

    2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind ▲65

    A glimpse inside the minds of highly creative people

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

    A great source of design inspiration

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing the Invisible▲69

    Create great web experiences

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

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    Art Before Breakfast ▲72

    A zillion ways to be more creative

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Design of Everyday Things▲165

    Good, usable design is possible

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple Success Secrets No One Told You About▲68

    Rants and advice from one of the greatest copywriters

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The 46 Rules of Genius▲65

    An innovator's guide to creativity

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    Working with Pictures▲66

    A tiny book on how to draw at work

    2016 · 5264002956444.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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