Author Archives: Jesse Conlang

About Jesse Conlang

Jesse Conlang lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where he has trained squirrels to operate pens and pencils at his whim. You can probably tell that by the quality of the work.

Vikings Didn’t Have Horned Helmets, So There

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Jesse Conlang

I’m widening the scope of Blindfish Industries, which hopefully will bring about more updates, more regularly. Today we have a viking costume that I made in 2007, mostly out of recycled materials. I sold it at a fundraiser, which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff I made | Tagged armor, armour, axe, bicycle, bikeparts, costume, craft, halloween, helmet, homemade, photos, recyling, reuse, shield, toque, used, viking, weaponry | Leave a comment

Kahkakiw Okisêpânêhkwêwin (The Raven’s Breakfast)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jesse Conlang

So, at my old job there was a huge raven that lived in the back alley by the shop. You would see it eating pigeons, and occasionally you could hear it singing and whistling to itself in that doddering old … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawing, Index Card Series | Tagged b&w, bird, caffeine, coffee, drawing, edmonton, paper cup, pen and pencil, pigeon, raven, tim hortons | Leave a comment

Not All Radiation is Bad For You and RETURN from Essay Mountain

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Jesse Conlang

This fellow and his boombox are part of a poster design that I was working on ages ago. This is a very rough draft, and, with any luck, the finished product will look very, very different. However! New things are … Continue reading →

Posted in stalling for time | Tagged b&w, black and white, blackandwhite, news, Pencil, radiation, radio | Leave a comment

There’s Not Always A Lot To Do In The Himalayas

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Jesse Conlang

I painted this probably 4 years ago. It’s one of the only things I’ve ever painted. And I gave up on the paint and finished it with a sharpie marker. It might my favorite thing that I’ve ever made.

Posted in Cryptozoology, painting, Uncategorized | Tagged abominable snowman, cryptozoology, glaciers, himalayas, mountains, painting, sledding, tibet, toboggan, unknown hominids, yeti | 3 Comments

Wolf Masks: An Experiment

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Jesse Conlang

This Hallowe’en I was a senior peer for the university’s international student program, and I wanted to find a way that my group of international students could make a costume easily and quickly. What follows is the trip from design … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff I made | Tagged canis lupus, cardboard, costume, halloween, kind of, mask, mask design, paint, papercraft, wolf, wolf mask | 2 Comments

More Labs

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Jesse Conlang

Posted in Anthropology, Drawing | Tagged anatomy, anthropology, chimpanzee, diagram, femur, foot, gibbon, metatarsals, morphology, orangutan, phalanges, primatelogy, spidermonkey, tarsals, tarsier | Leave a comment

Anthropology 209-Labs

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Jesse Conlang

Turns out I never stopped illustrating my notes. More below the break.

Posted in Anthropology, Drawing | Tagged anatomy, anthropology, ape, b&w, bones, carpals, diagram, drawing, monkey, morphology, osteology, primatology, skeletons, sketch, skull, tarsals, tarsier | Leave a comment

Armaments: part 2

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Jesse Conlang

More to come! here’s part 1

Posted in Armaments Series, Index Card Series | Tagged armaments, babushka, battleaxe, berzerker, black and white, old lady, pencil drawing, seniors, weaponry | Leave a comment

Retropost: Why I Failed Japanese Class

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jesse Conlang

reason 1: spent too much time re-illustrating the textbook this post dredged up from 2007.

Posted in Doodles, Drawing, Nobody likes drawing feet, Uncategorized | Tagged b&w, black and white, cat, dog, hiragana, illustration, inu, japanese, la, labels, language, neko, nobody likes drawing feet, pencil and, textbook, translation | Leave a comment

Do you need an idea for a Halloween costume?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Jesse Conlang

You can take this idea. I don’t have time to make it this year. Just remember to send me pictures. If you don’t have time either, send it to a friend who takes Halloween seriously.