Stab ‘n’ Doodle | Gab ‘n’ Doodle with guest Luke Flowers and Monster

Описание: 10/30/25

I had a lovely time with my friend and amazing illustrator Luke Flowers @lfcreative. He brought along his special friend Mr. Monster to join us in a conversation all about illustration, books, and more. Go check out his newest book PARTY MONSTERS ON THE BLOCK!

Our spoooky conversation topics:
• Luke’s many book-themed puppets that he brings on book tours
• Advice for someone who’s scared to do puppeteer work
•  Advice for an aspiring puppeteer
•  Working on cute illustrations when you’re not feeling happy
•  Muppet movies, Fraggle Rock, and Muppet Babies
•  Adding fun Easter eggs for kids into our book illustrations
•  Struggles with keeping a character consistent throughout multiple books
•  All the beautiful puppets that Luke has had made by @swazzlepuppetstudio
•  Our favorite scary movies
•  My childhood ET-related trauma
•  Putting dry ice in mailboxes
•  The pressure of winning awards like the Caldecott
•  The best Halloween costumes we ever had and our favorite spooky traditions
•  Luke’s many shows at @galleries1988 and the kidlit work he got from the exposure
•  Tips for someone who wants to get into illustrating children’s books?
•  Luke’s favorite @kyle.t.webster brushes
•  Not letting your kids get into your special art supplies
•  Why Love is Blind rejected Luke’s tape
•  Monster takes over for Luke!

Materials:
🎨 Luke and Monster used:
@TombowUSA brush pen
Colored pencils

🎨I used: 
@HolbeinArtistMaterials acrylic gouache
@LiquitexOfficial acrylic & acrylic gouache
@CaranDache Supracolor & Fluo, @Prismacolor Premier & @FaberCastellGlobal colored pencils
@Posca_USA markers
@Panpastel Artist Pastels
@CrescentCardboard illustration board
@StrathmoreArt 50lb tracing paper 
@Fiskars Easy Action Shears
@ElmersProducts Glue Stick 

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