tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832461840402164422024-02-18T18:45:59.543-08:00The Professor Presents: A Pun-Loving Primate's PortfolioAn Orangutangled Journey into Sweet Scientific Illustration AdventuresJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-42016908887013469132012-02-01T09:00:00.000-08:002012-02-01T17:17:15.158-08:00WILD WEDNESDAY: A Fabulously Flanged Friend for Fleeting February
Happiest of Wild Wednesdays to All!
With January falling by the way side, February has been able to swing into full-view! And with a lovely leap-year party looming, let's look lively as we march towards March. Hinting at what may hang on the horizon, I present fellow artist and a most perceptive pal...
Towering Yet Talented Towan, Orange Ape of Asia, Pongo pygmaeus.
"A Longing Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-61164200398395589032012-01-03T21:00:00.000-08:002012-08-11T01:57:47.360-07:00TERRIFYING TUESDAY: The Ever-Enthralling Komodo Dragon
Happy (Belated) Mongrel Monday! Or Tyrannical Tuesday. And a Happy New Year to boot.
Welcome one and all to the year of 2012 C.E., also known by the Chinese Zodiac as the Year of the Dragon. It just so happens that I have chosen to honor this auspicious animal with a stately portrait. Help start the New Year off right. And thus I present to you...
King of Komodo, The Daunting Dragon, Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-52066401642148602592011-12-19T05:33:00.000-08:002012-02-01T16:46:47.423-08:00MONGREL MONDAY MEOWS MENACINGLY: Introducing the Towering Tiger of SumatraHappy Mongrel Monday!
It looks to be another glorious week in the land of Earth - so filled with a myriad of mongrels! Today brings the distinct pleasure of presenting the next featured wild thing... The Sumatran Tiger!
"Striped Stalker Slinks Silently: The Sumatran Tiger En Route." Panthera tigris sumatrae. 2011. Marker.
Trained to Tread
Though the dainty devourers of deer and tapir areJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-75847997737845294582011-12-16T21:00:00.000-08:002012-02-01T16:48:07.596-08:00FEROCIOUS FRIDAY TAKES FLIGHT: Introducing The Haughty Hornbill
Happy Ferocious Friday!
This inaugural event is the first in a series of posts I plan to publish, tracking my latest painting projects as they progress! Currently, this so happens to be a series of animal portraits showcasing the Species of South East Asia. With many more to come (in the form of tri-weekly trackings), I present to you the first mongrel of the bunch...
Featuring Our Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-90899495653704945982011-12-13T16:30:00.000-08:002011-12-14T20:40:47.151-08:00In Want of Water
Water. The source of all life on Earth, while gracious in its giving, is not always fair in its sharing. As some are flooded with its fortune, others are desiccated in its denial. (But not the Nile)
"Vying for Vertical Growth: The Tall Tale of the Bromeliad." Billbergia sp. 2011. Watercolor on Board.
Bathed in liquid life, the bromeliad is in a class all its own. In Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-47401431445788546012011-12-06T19:53:00.001-08:002011-12-06T20:12:36.793-08:00Hornbills on the Horizon...New ideas are taking flight in the Land of Jess... with upcoming projects in the works, and older pieces to storytell, there is likely to be a flurry of flora and fauna gracing these audacious archives any time now.
Sound the Horn: Bright Birds Boldly Beckon.
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-84469791163366085012011-06-10T13:38:00.000-07:002011-12-06T20:08:58.463-08:00Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Boring Hide
Everything and everyone has two sides. Star Wars knows this, as do the zen teachings of yin and yang, as does the story of the great Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; and all reveal to us the nature of those two sides. A light side and a dark side. An inside and an outside (obviously the inside is the dark side, since light can't pass through flesh and bone). To get to know someone, you must Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-40717381185110073152011-03-29T22:52:00.000-07:002011-03-30T17:51:16.841-07:00An Acute Arboreal AfflictionIn light of the recent works completed for my science illustration classes, it is safe to say that I have developed an interest in the world held high up in the treetops. In a life devoted to swinging through the canopy, furry mammals have adapted quite beautifully to such lofty lifestyles. Maybe I am jealous of their tree climbing prowess. Or perhaps I am just smitten with the idea of going Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-78025984600141565712011-02-23T16:37:00.000-08:002011-02-25T11:25:42.878-08:00CrocodillydallyingI have a deep respect for my elders. This respect applies to my evolutionary counterparts as well as rad grandpas. Alligators and sharks are the first that come to mind as being the ultimate crotchety old gents. I see the shark as a brackish curmudgeon, keeping to his hermit ways and stoic tendencies. The alligator is more gregarious; he's the old cad hanging around town fraternizing with theJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-73353155989714530112011-02-06T22:23:00.000-08:002011-02-10T13:27:07.409-08:00Technicolor TechnicalitiesThe Ant and I are friends, but only one of us has antennae. (And it is not I) Mrs. Myrmex & Homo sapi-Me share many things in life: a high degree of sociality, joy in the act of building houses, living in cities -- but, above all, we share a fondness for picnics. The perennial plethora of platters perused while planted on your posterior in the park adds an element of fresh air fun to any foodJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-45200382193145024562010-12-10T01:06:00.001-08:002010-12-18T14:59:05.359-08:00CHICKEN V. SQUID: BATTLE OF THE BEAKEDThe fight for illustrated glory was to be fought on a field made not of earth nor ore. Rather, the sparring ring is a place known only to sailors and skycaptains: that faint glimmer on the horizon, that distant shimmer at the world's edge; where The Sky meets The Sea.
Birds fighting Fish. Was the squid to be knocked down the pecking order, or was it the chicken who was going to be schooled? NoJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-44639722701137049142010-11-16T22:18:00.000-08:002010-11-17T23:58:47.920-08:00Bridging the Spinal Gap & Getting VertebralThis week we take a moment to celebrate the differences and similarities between vertebrates & invertebrates. Ah, the beauty of diversity! Being different but equally awesome!
The Invertebrate: The Fiddler Crab Strikes Back (sans backbone). Did you know the fiddler crab gets its name from the back-and-forth motion its wimpy claw makes while eating; it makes it look like the crab is playingJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-90064759774175816952010-11-04T21:58:00.001-07:002010-11-04T22:45:10.575-07:00Quick! We Must Go Back in Time! And Underwater...Gastropods, cephalopods, and crustaceans ... oh my! The Little Mermaid probably sang duets with each of these creatures during their lifetimes Under the Sea.
"Moon Shell" (2010), graphite... Each little snail here know how to wail here, that's why it's hotter under the water ...
"Ammonite" (2010), carbon dust... Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983246184040216442.post-65561668749898003112010-11-04T18:56:00.000-07:002010-11-04T23:02:45.280-07:00Nature Is A Sweet Sweet LoverI love nature. It is beautiful to behold, yet terrifying to witness at times. Playful, yet down to earth. It has mood swings, but after it falls down and winters over, it usually springs back up to its summery self. At least when it is feeling temperate.It's amazing that nature is the matter of science, but also the muse of art. In my hopes to combine the observational mastery of science andJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712943512774142933noreply@blogger.com1