Luke Flowers

Luke Flowers—illustrator, author, and self-described “creative cave-dweller”—talks to Giuseppe Castellano about why Jim Henson is a big part of Luke’s kindness and creativity; how he’s managed to illustrate more than 50 children’s books in less than a decade; how he lives with self-doubt and depression; and much more.

Luke and Giuseppe also do their best impression of Kermit the Frog…

To learn more about Luke, visit lukeflowerscreative.com.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Michael Smollin, Jim Henson, Cory Godbey, and Joey Ellis

Luke mentioned “Becoming Better Grownups” by Brad Montague. You can purchase it here.

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