Matt Graham | Art & Commentary

Ink sketch of some girl saying My pulse is speeding, my love is yearning, which is actually a quote from Green Days 2000 light years away.

Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.

Something new.

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Red and blue colored pencil illustration of Sailor Mercury from Sailor Moon in her civilian school outfit. She is very excited to see you.

Sailor Mercury in retrograde.

#art #SailorMercury #SailorMoon #TraditionalArt #ColoredPencil

Still have a soft spot for this one.

Ultramarine eyes get me every time.

#ThrowbackThursday #art #illustration

Red and purple colored pencil sketch portrait value study of Daredevil the Man Without Fear.

"who fate gave the ability to hear and smell and touch better than anybody in the world can ---- which is a great way to catch all the misery of being alive."

Daredevil.

#daredevil #art #drawing #comicsky #illustration #fanart

Thank you! Nice you mentioned the '80s, because I only realized after this that I could mix Neon Pink in the next one and see what happens.

Ultramarine Prismacolor pencil sketch of a woman chewing her zip up zipper. It's on a Tim Horton's table with the pencil, eraser, and my hot chocolate.

Blue is your name in soft ink,
smudged where my thumb won’t let go

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I love the way Prismacolor Ultramarine colored pencils get ethereal and luminescent when you keep working them.

Drawn at a Tim's listening to Oakville conspiracy theorists.

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Colored pencil drawing of an angry woman in a ponytail.

Today is one of those days where I am unhappy with anything I do and then everyone tells me it's great which makes me more tilted because I don't see it and I am unable to make it happen for myself.

I'm not begging for validation here. I'm broadcasting for other people who have those days.

Colored pencil drawing of Kitty Pryde and Lockheed.

Kitty Pryde and Lockheed.

And the rare process.

Was reminded of this piece from last year, so let's run it back:

Your cigarette break crush at the show.

You said you liked the opener. She said she drove three hours for them.

You'll never see her again but you'll think about her every time you hear this song.

#oc #punk #art #drawing #ink

Digital pencil sketch of a woman in profile framed by a square.

I must admit I feel miserable without you.

It's almost like you're here.

Last month someone told me they love hazelnut, but then retched when I said I like Nutella and candy with it.

I told them, I'm sorry I'm a Ferrero Cliche.

Big hit. Huge recovery.

Ink and purple acrylic paint marker sketch of a woman with dark hair sticking her tongue out while she's dancing or partying. There are purple circles behind her head as abstract lights. She has a silver cross necklace. Her t-shirt says music is my hot hot sex which is a quote from the songg "music is my hot hot sex" by CSS.

Feb 2025. Ink only (purple acrylic marker), no pencil underdrawing. Timed portrait I promptly ignored once I was having fun.

Still rock that CSS song. Let me know if you had an iPod... or Zune.

#oc #music #traditionalart #inkdrawing #illustration #art #portrait #sketchbook #rewind #throwback

Thank you, that means a lot. I'm glad it connected with you!

Digital pencil value study of Mary Jane Watson in a scarf.

Don't you know people write songs about girls like you?

What's up, Parker? Talking about your very own Mary Jane Watson? And if not, why not?

#art #comicsky #spiderman #illustration #digitalart #portrait #sketchbook

"To make room for the tuuunaaa!"

Purple sketches of Gir, Tinkerbell, and nobody in particular.

Sketches from the downtime during D&D yesterday.

There is no logic to this, I just wanted to occupy my hands.

#oc #sketchbook #disney #fanart #portrait #traditionalart #drawing #sketching #illustration

Thank you! I like to write. Still have the Joe request coming. Been an upside down few weeks.

Purple colored pencil drawing of a woman looking at something off panel.

Tension is love.

The space between the words, the silences that last long enough for you to wonder if they're feeling it, too.

The friction makes your fire burn hotter.

#oc #illustration #traditionalart #portrait #sketchbook #drawing #art #coloredpencil #poetry #love

Charcoal drawing of a young lady lighting her cigarette on a rainslick street.

Well, I think you're smart
You sweet thing
Tell me your name
I'm dying here

I really like this one in the cold light of day.

#oc #charcoal #illustration #drawing #portrait #artprocess #traditionalart

Charcoal drawing of a woman in a coat and fingerless gloves lighting up a cigarette.on a wet street.

The genius of the hole: no matter how long you spend climbing out, you can still fall back down in an instant.

Found some old charcoal and newsprint from life drawing and had the urge.

Want to refine it.

#oc #romance #drawing #charcoal #traditionalart #portrait #punk #illustration #skate

FM Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen ink drawing of a woman smoking, breathing a heart in her secondhand smoke, "don't worry, it only hurts when I breathe." She's referring to her very existence and yearning. Then below her is a parking lot with a pile of snow in front of a strip mall with a bunch of Canadian geese. I walk by this in my neighborhood often so I just drew it from memory.

New ink. Forgot how good it feels to just go in with the FM Pitt pen.

Battered and exhausted from yearning.

I walk by this parking lot every day, so reimagined it from memory.

In the Wuthering Heights?

#oc #art #traditionalart #ink #drawing #sketchbook #illustration #romance #booksky #comics

Indigo blue pencil drawings of Mary Jane Watson, Spider-Man declaring it's Pizza Time, and Splinter the rat agreeing. MJs shirt says Pop Punk Band. I took this picture outside on a table so there's a strip of natural sunshine.

Happy Friday the 13th.

It's a drawing of Mary Jane Watson, Spider-Man, and Splinter from TMNT discussing pizza.

Face it, tiger. You need some pizza.

#oc #poppunk #spiderman #tmnt #sketchbook #art #drawing #illustration #fanart #comics #moviesky #romance #pizza #traditionalart #millennial

Love the tat.

Hell yeah. Can confirm.

Great pose. Love the left coloring, really sells the mood of the expression and body language for me.

Yellow chest doesn't match the rest on the stream screenshot. Bummer.

I adore these.

Digital painting in mostly reds on a placeholder blue background. Girl with choppy hair and glasses sticking her tongue out

Sat down to sketch and decided to colour and then it was 6am.

Still in process, I don't have a plan. I didn't know I had this power in me. I'm liking it. Might have longer choppy hair over the ears because the ear vexes me.

#oc #portrait #digitalart #painting #illustration #punk #artistsonbluesky

Thank you! Maybe some highlights to suggest form a bit more but I'm a sucker for pouring ink out, so I figured I'd try it digital.