Category Archives: Drawing

The view from Stanley Park

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Jesse Conlang

Album art for a song I just released. I really love working in sharpie, on cardboard. I don’t know why. It just feels right. Also, I learned after completing this piece that all the sulphur is from Alberta, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawing, Travel | Tagged Album art, British Columbia, drawing, mixed media, sharpie, Stanley Park, Sulfur factory, Vancouver | Leave a comment

Visit Scenic Tofield

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jesse Conlang

Maybe the most legendary prank in Alberta history. Media: Permanent Marker on T-shirt. You’re welcome for the free advertising, Mountain Equipment Co-op.

Posted in Drawing, Uncategorized | Tagged Alberta, canadian prairies, dirty shorts, grain elevator, permanent marker, prairies, Small Town, t-shirt | Leave a comment

Know Your Bike!

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Jesse Conlang

Years ago I designed this poster. Slightly less years ago fantastic human June Mitchell turned it into, like a real-looking poster. Now they are for sale through the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters. 100% factual labels for bike parts. Very useful.

Posted in Bikes, Drawing, Uncategorized | Tagged bike mechanic, Bikes, contrafactual, cycling, exploded view, mechanics | Leave a comment

Is there a word for simultaneous disdain and admiration?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Jesse Conlang

I think I have that for steampunks. Here is the coal powered laptop I’m running. It’s actually not much of an exaggeration. I have a ten year old macbook pro, and it runs hot enough that there might actually be a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawing, Index Card Series | Tagged black and white, coal, drawing, Laptop, pen and pencil, request, self-promotion, steam, steam powered, steampunk, steampunk computer, technology | 1 Comment

What’s happening inside your left wrist, Jesse?

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Jesse Conlang

I’m so glad you asked. Apparently ice is slippery. On the upside, I didn’t get a bone fragment, I didn’t break my styloid, or my scaphoid, which are much more difficult to manage, and when it knits up, I should … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawing | Tagged anatomy, avulsion, b&w, bones, carpals, diagram, drawing, foosh, FRX, osteology, radial fracture, radius, traumatic fracture | 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

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

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.