This study develops a novel way to fabricate GaN LED (light emitting diode) chips with special shape to improve the optical output power. The thick and shaped GaN islands were first prepared on c-axis sapphire substrate by lithography and selective growth of Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE). The shaped GaN LED chips were then fabricated from each GaN island. The output power from shaped LED chip is measured about 2 times of that from normal cubic chip. It indicates that the island-like GaN substarte will be useful in the manufacture of high efficient GaN-based LEDs.