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Matthew Carlson
@dreamjar.bsky.social
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Director of UX Design - Education, Fresco & Fonts at Adobe. Sketchbook junkie and stealer of pens. Late night game designer of the tabletop rpg, WanderSquares.com! He/Him - 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Ally - #BLM
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · Nov 27
Hello New-sky People! I’m Matthew Carlson, Illustrator by night, Design Director by day. I draw stuff for boardgames and kids’ books, and lead design for #Fonts, #Education and #AdobeFresco at Adobe. Nice to meet you!
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#illustration #design
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 11h
Reading Rainbow episode 3 is live now on KidZuko on YouTube! 🌈🎉📚

Let's read "More Than Peach" by Bellen Woodard, who was just 9 years old when she wrote this inspiring story celebrating every beautiful shade of who we are ✨💖😊

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
More Than Peach 🍑🎨 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko
YouTube video by Kidzuko
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 6d
Hi #portfolioday! I’m Matt Carlson, a children’s book illustrator and game designer who also works on drawing & painting apps at Adobe! Here are some spreads from my book “Talking Rocks & Minerals” - check out more stuff at dreamjar.com
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 8d
Here are a few snapshots from my Mapping the Future Workshop, part of Victoria Howell's Applied Resilience course at UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET).

We explored how maps can help you plan your future and imagine what’s next.

📷 Vicky Liu / SCET Photographer
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 9d
If I hadn't had a great special education teacher, I would not be a writer today. I might not be anywhere, doing anything. Special education changes and saves lives.
sarapartridge.bsky.social Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 9d
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 9d
Reporting in from dystopian Portland
A photo of the PSU farmers market in Portland, Oregon. The trees are turning yellow and orange, leaves are on the ground and the sky is gray Photo of quince and strawberries at a farmers market Photo of gourds and mini pumpkins at a farmers market
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 9d
4 of my favorite prints from the show!
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 9d
Taking requests at the art show!
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 9d
Scenes from a tiny art show! I had my first solo show at Woander as part of the Mill Valley Art Walk last week. If you missed it, you can still drop by to pick up a copy of WanderSquares or my children’s book, Talking Rocks & Minerals!
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#childrensbooks #kidlit #illustration
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 12d
I love your novels so much, but I could also see how they could spin out of control!
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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 15d
Doing my annual rewatch of this tonight🐈‍⬛
samanthamash.bsky.social Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · Oct 14
I had the absolute honor of getting to make a piece for the
@gallerynucleus.bsky.social Over the Garden Wall 10th Anniversary Tribute Show

I believe this piece is being made into a print with the gallery so keep your eyes peeled, give them a follow! The opening reception will be on Nov 2nd🎃
Fan art for Over the Garden Wall. The illustration shows a cart with pumpkins being ridden by a black cat and a pumpkin man with a pitchfork walking next to the cart. The cart is being pulled by two turkeys, and behind them is a pumpkin woman and a pumpkin headed skeleton holding hands. There is a candy scattered on the ground and a small duck and frog are walking with the procession. The background is of a bucolic scene with rolling fields with early morning mist
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 15d
Chopping noises are all it takes to Pavlov my two dogs
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 15d
Fun News: I have a tiny solo show as part of the Mill Valley Art Walk on Tuesday, Oct. 7th, from 3:30-7:30! I’ll be showing 8 prints based on my fantasy #rpg, #WanderSquares, and selling some games as well.
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Woander
73 Throckmorton Ave
Mill Valley, CA 94941
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Wandering off the Path: Digital Illustration by Matt Carlson — Woander
Come meet illustrator and game designer Matt Carlson for his exhibition "Wandering off the Path" featuring his mystical and whimsical characters from his game Wander Squares .  
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 16d
Art vs Artist
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 17d
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 22d
That’s amazing!
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 22d
WanderSquares Boxing Day! I’m putting together my last batch of WanderSquares games, extras from the Kickstarter! I’m going to be selling some at a friendly local game store and some on the WanderSquares website:
www.wandersquares.com
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#ttrpg #roleplaying #wandersquares
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 23d
Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 23d
My solo show at Gallery Nucleus opens TONIGHT! 😱 If you’re in the LA area, there will be an opening reception from 5PM-8PM. For everyone else, all the pieces will be available online for viewing around 12 AM PST.

And I'll be sharing them here, too! 💛

gallerynucleus.com/events/1045

#kidlitart
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Joan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 23d
Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.
Registration desk at the City of Portland's yard tree giveaway event. A green sign from the City of Portland noting the exit from it's tree giveaway event, thanking participants for planting a tree.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23d
War-ravaged Portland
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24d
A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
Panel 1 The shallow end of a swimming pool. A swimmer says "I got tired of hearing About so-called 'Infinity pools', so I created a genuine one. This is my first length". "Good luck!" replies an onlooker standing by the steps. Panels 2-4 The onlooker waits for the swimmer to come back. Time passes. The sun sets and rises. the onlooker ages. Panel 5 "Impressive." says the onlooker, now old and walking with a stick.
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · 27d
So magical
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nicole brinkley | bookseller @nebrinkley.bsky.social · Sep 18
hello, hudson valley! do you love kidlit as much as i do? then join me NEXT WEEK for a conversation with jon klassen!!!

thursday, sept 25 @ 6:30 pm at morton memorial library in rhinecliff, ny: www.oblongbooks.com/event/jon-kl...

ps: hmu if you're an educator! you get a discount!
Jon Klassen Thursday, September 25 @ 6:30 pm. Morton Library, Rhinecliff. Get tickets!
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Matthew Carlson @dreamjar.bsky.social · Sep 17
A quick sketch to cheer you (me) up.
Willobelle, rotfl in the backyard.
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