547 - Find the Creative Voice You're Holding Back with Claire Keane

About this episode

In this episode, Andy J. Pizza chats with author-illustrator Claire Keane about finding one's creative voice and her new picture book.

Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have had a hard time tapping into your unique creative voice. 2 - You feel disempowered as a creative and feel like you need agents, managers, or talent scouts to succeed. 3 - You need help clearing out the noise in your brain and hearing your creative voice again. This is a chat with phenomenal author-illustrator Claire Keane! We chat about her new gorgeous picture book “Who Are You” and her visual development art for movies like “Tangled” and “Frozen”. This was a magical chat and I can’t wait for you to listen! SHOW NOTES: Claire Keanehttps://www.claireonacloud.comClaire Keane’s Substackhttps://claireonacloud.substack.com”Who Are You” Picture Bookhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779600/who-are-you-by-claire-keane/Know Yourself Substack Posthttps://claireonacloud.substack.com/p/know-yourselfupdatedHamnethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film)Glen Keanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_KeaneBil Keanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Keane Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones…

People in this episode

Host: Andy J. Pizza

Guest: Claire Keane

Topics covered

• creative voice
• illustration
• picture books
• art development
• empowerment

Keywords

• creative voice
• Claire Keane
• illustration
• Mysterious Things
• Who Are You
• art development
• empowerment

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Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mysterious Things

Books & works: Who Are You, Hamnet

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