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Agreed! It's been fun discovering your website and fantastic drawings. Inspirational site and a new great way to quickly brighten my day.

There is something about you characters in sweaters that just melts my heart! Like your fox in a turtle neck mug..

I love this to pieces!

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LOL! It is so weirdly cute! Love it.

oh my goodness, so cute!

Lovely drawing, Matt :)

Thank you, Lauren!

French. Definitely.

Ok, I could stare at these all day long...

They are brilliant. :)

I think you have captured the playfulness and innocence of the young boy in your sketches. Hope the new book works out. I have a new grandson and I am amazed at all the things I notice about his smile, his demeanor, his moods etc. that I did not notice with my own son. I was too busy back then to notice all these things. If you have a grandson you can draw images for your drawings and for your book.

Nice! You are definitely capturing a certain boy-ness. Reminds me of one of my favourite 1930's illustrators, J.H Dowd, if you google image him you should come up with lots as he's a favourite with old print sellers. Genius with a pencil.

You certainly did it.

I think you are one of the most gifted artist, who absolutely captures childhood in itself.

As an anecdote, which illustrates just the opposite, I once read an author complaining how bad some so-called children-book illustrators were, and he ended saying: "A child is not a shortened adult with a huge head".

Thank you for sharing your great job :)

Thank you so much, everyone!

Gretel, I'd never heard of Dowd but I just googled him and wow! Great stuff. I think I'll be picking up a print or two myself. Thanks for the tip!

That is hysterical!

Woo! Monkey!

I love these snow pictures. Is that conte crayon you're using?

Hey, Jeanie. They're actually drawn with a Pilot V-tech extra fine pen, some sort of Japanese brush pen, and 2 kinds of white pencil (Polychromos and General's charcoal).

Nice. I love the composition, and the little boys expression.

Have you ever seen the Lartigue photo entitled "Zissou in his Tire Boat" ... it's hysterical.

Matt, I love seeing these recent drawings inspired by Gaiman, Wodehouse, Lartigue. They're great, and the idea of them makes me want to raid my own bookshelf for illustration ideas. Keep’em coming —

Michelle, thanks for the tip. I just googled the photo...brilliant!!

Brian, it's been very freeing in an odd way to illustrate something that no one has asked me to draw. Feels sort of rebellious, too. Raid away! I officially challenge you.

That'd make a nice Christmas card.

I agree with Jeanie, and it's perfect because today is the first time I've woken up to a snowy day outside.

Great sketch! That's a picture that makes me want to read the story that goes with it.

Awww what's wrong with him Matt? Looks like he could be waiting at the doctor's office, poor thing ;o)

Wonderful sketch, in every way!

This is a good example of what I like so much in your books - the interaction between your characters is so subtle and natural.