Matt Curtius

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a black and white ruffled lemur acting as a pollinator

#kidlitartpostcard from Before the Seed, the picture book I co-illustrated with @ginatriplett.bsky.social with MITKids and Candlewick.

I ❤️ meeting animals within the parameters of their own reality, a la Watership Down, leaning into empathetic connection while respecting their inherent nature.

Can somebody let me know who Seth Rogan is wearing in The Studio, so I know exactly what I can’t afford?

Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.

Bright siding this, at my age it’s nice to be mistaken for young. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

Ok I like hopeful. Hopping on that subreddit.

This guy gets elected again and again by Bucks county suburbanites who want to think of themselves as not that kind of R. Just another toady.

#kidlitartpostcard from Before the Seed, the picture book I co-illustrated with @ginatriplett.bsky.social and published with MITKids and Candlewick in the US and Walker Books abroad.

I illustrate flora, fauna, gardens, woods, beaches, mountains, and the rest of the science-y, nature-y stuff.

Today’s WIP. Eventually heading to some trompe-l'œil bits.

Gertrude’s Nose in the Gunks popping up on Severence is a cool familiarity.

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This book and its predecessor give me daily wtf current event chills.

Jeez I honestly thought those in the biz of selling precious objects were out of those particular crosshairs.

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Maybe I’ll make this a winter woods only account?

Your online presence is one of those rare things I admire but would never ever want to emulate. Which is good because I definitely couldn’t. Also I lack the generational context to understand about half of it.

The ice and moss are having a conversation today.

W Philly?

Congrats Yuko! Hold on to the good things.

As along term plant baser, welcome aboard, but idk if I'd count on it being a continued weight loss plan.

Neighborhood walk turned up a good haul from Brickbat Books and Ace Outpost.

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Art Once Divided Father and Son. Could It Now Bring Them Together? A beloved illustrator died in the middle of a project. His son, who had been drifting away from art for years, was given the chance to finish the work.

A nice Philadelphia story. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...

Six tiny (3”x 3”!) paintings for a show opening tonight at Giant Robot in LA.

I frequently meet illustrators who say, I’m a visual person, I have ADHD, I’ve never been a reader, and I never will be, it’s not for me.

FWIW I’m a visual person with ADHD who didn’t self-identify as a reader who now reads voraciously.

Here’s a short 🧵 on why and how…

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Finishing a book is a joy I’ll hold onto.

This book’s prescience has been on repeat in my head.

My lil packaging illustration photobombing this lush painting by Rebecca Ness at Morgan Presents.

Headed up to NY for the American Illustration party. Seems like a good time to share this video of me making one of the paintings that’ll be there✌🏽.