Matt Maldre
@spudart.bsky.social
Designer & artist. Web Strategist @tribuneagency.bsky.social.
- Documenting the strange beauty of ordinary things
- Art, tech, and random discoveries worth sharing
Chicago / Glen Ellyn, Illinois
🎨 spudart.org
🏠 mattmaldre.com
🏢 tribunecontentagency.com
- Documenting the strange beauty of ordinary things
- Art, tech, and random discoveries worth sharing
Chicago / Glen Ellyn, Illinois
🎨 spudart.org
🏠 mattmaldre.com
🏢 tribunecontentagency.com
Oh my goodness. I love this. I love love love snow. I can feel the snow falling in this photo. And coincidentally, this pic was posted on my 50th birthday. I am at one with this photo.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Oh my goodness. I love this. I love love love snow. I can feel the snow falling in this photo. And coincidentally, this pic was posted on my 50th birthday. I am at one with this photo.
Your Bluesky account is amazingly balanced.
1.2K followers
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1.2K followers
1.2K following
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November 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Your Bluesky account is amazingly balanced.
1.2K followers
1.2K following
1.2K posts
1.2K followers
1.2K following
1.2K posts
Wheeljack and Jackson Pollock would be quite the team. Chaos and genius in motion.
Wheeljack rigs a contraption to fling paint across a 200-foot canvas, muttering, “Trust me, it won’t explode,” while Pollock steps over sparking wires saying, “Perfect. More energy.”
Wheeljack rigs a contraption to fling paint across a 200-foot canvas, muttering, “Trust me, it won’t explode,” while Pollock steps over sparking wires saying, “Perfect. More energy.”
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wheeljack and Jackson Pollock would be quite the team. Chaos and genius in motion.
Wheeljack rigs a contraption to fling paint across a 200-foot canvas, muttering, “Trust me, it won’t explode,” while Pollock steps over sparking wires saying, “Perfect. More energy.”
Wheeljack rigs a contraption to fling paint across a 200-foot canvas, muttering, “Trust me, it won’t explode,” while Pollock steps over sparking wires saying, “Perfect. More energy.”
I made another jellyfish post just for you bsky.app/profile/spud...
I did a search in my Google Photos for "jellyfish" hoping it would give me a result that is not a jellyfish, but something that looks like a jellyfish.
It did not disappoint.
Here is a very underexposed image of an Art Institute of Chicago lion wearing a Cubs hat in 2016.
It did not disappoint.
Here is a very underexposed image of an Art Institute of Chicago lion wearing a Cubs hat in 2016.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I made another jellyfish post just for you bsky.app/profile/spud...
Imagine encountering this creature floating in the nighttime air.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine encountering this creature floating in the nighttime air.
Here's my settings to export the filename, title, and caption from my photos.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's my settings to export the filename, title, and caption from my photos.
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Have you ever counted the stars on your American flag to make sure there are 50?
Today I took a photo of my flag, specifically for my post about the flag having 50 stars. I figured I’d count them. Lo and behold, the image showed just 49 (one star was hiding in a fold). Here's the 49-star image.
Today I took a photo of my flag, specifically for my post about the flag having 50 stars. I figured I’d count them. Lo and behold, the image showed just 49 (one star was hiding in a fold). Here's the 49-star image.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Have you ever counted the stars on your American flag to make sure there are 50?
Today I took a photo of my flag, specifically for my post about the flag having 50 stars. I figured I’d count them. Lo and behold, the image showed just 49 (one star was hiding in a fold). Here's the 49-star image.
Today I took a photo of my flag, specifically for my post about the flag having 50 stars. I figured I’d count them. Lo and behold, the image showed just 49 (one star was hiding in a fold). Here's the 49-star image.
Turn the camera a bit, and make that reflection a selfie!
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Turn the camera a bit, and make that reflection a selfie!
For anyone curious to dive deeper into Synectics, here’s my page with all 107 creative trigger questions plus a printable poster PDF:
www.spudart.org/synectics
www.spudart.org/synectics
Synectics Trigger Questions - Spudart
A thought process that is very helpful for creating and enhancing art. I’ve been using these trigger questions since the 90s. Stuck on with your art or writing? Try any of these 107 questions and prom...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
For anyone curious to dive deeper into Synectics, here’s my page with all 107 creative trigger questions plus a printable poster PDF:
www.spudart.org/synectics
www.spudart.org/synectics
I have a fun story about Shota Imanga, about why he's a fav in our house. I don't have it published online. I just emailed it to you. :)
Here's a sneak preview image:
Here's a sneak preview image:
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I have a fun story about Shota Imanga, about why he's a fav in our house. I don't have it published online. I just emailed it to you. :)
Here's a sneak preview image:
Here's a sneak preview image:
Thank you! It's funny that the post about a camera that shoots photos like it’s 2003 (because my blog started in 2001). Complete coincidence. Today I was looking up how many posts I've published.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thank you! It's funny that the post about a camera that shoots photos like it’s 2003 (because my blog started in 2001). Complete coincidence. Today I was looking up how many posts I've published.
Oh, good question! I think the Village takes care of cleaning out anything invasive. About 15 years ago, the woods used to be a swamp, they did a study and installed all these pipes to help drain it out. So I think they have an investment in it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh, good question! I think the Village takes care of cleaning out anything invasive. About 15 years ago, the woods used to be a swamp, they did a study and installed all these pipes to help drain it out. So I think they have an investment in it.
Oh wow. Yeah, I remember those now. The buggy seems really familiar. I see they sell for $15-$20 on eBay. I might get one. Thanks for the tip!
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Oh wow. Yeah, I remember those now. The buggy seems really familiar. I see they sell for $15-$20 on eBay. I might get one. Thanks for the tip!
This comparison screenshot of CMYK-to-RGB black and True RGB black... reminds me of Josef Albers' paintings
I call the left version "#231F20 vs #000000" Matt Maldre, 2015
Right version is "Midnight + Noon II" Josef Albers, 1964
from National Gallery of Art
www.nga.gov/artworks/615...
I call the left version "#231F20 vs #000000" Matt Maldre, 2015
Right version is "Midnight + Noon II" Josef Albers, 1964
from National Gallery of Art
www.nga.gov/artworks/615...
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This comparison screenshot of CMYK-to-RGB black and True RGB black... reminds me of Josef Albers' paintings
I call the left version "#231F20 vs #000000" Matt Maldre, 2015
Right version is "Midnight + Noon II" Josef Albers, 1964
from National Gallery of Art
www.nga.gov/artworks/615...
I call the left version "#231F20 vs #000000" Matt Maldre, 2015
Right version is "Midnight + Noon II" Josef Albers, 1964
from National Gallery of Art
www.nga.gov/artworks/615...
Those tiny yellow Transformers (not Bumblebee, but the other two). They look familiar, but I can't recall what they come from.
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Those tiny yellow Transformers (not Bumblebee, but the other two). They look familiar, but I can't recall what they come from.