Jenny Capon
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Jenny Capon
@jennycapondraws.bsky.social
Illustrator & graphic recorder based in Edinburgh. Listening, distilling & drawing to make complex information accessible with visuals. #visualthinking
Also here for cats, maps, birds & kids books, poetry, nature, the sea.

www.jennycapondraws.com
"We are starting from a place of entanglement"

I recently revisted these conversations illustrated at the Sefari Gateway ideas hub in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 2023. A session full of gems of wisdom about collaborating towards shared environmental aims in the context of a complex social system.
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It was a huge privilege to create 8 visual notes capturing insights from The Presiding Officers @parliament.scot 25th anniversary regional visits to hear from communities across Scotland last year.

They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
June 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A red moon over Portobello beach last night, and a pink sky this morning. Skies to lift tired eyes. #lookup
January 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I've been working on a piece from Scotland's community justice organisation Sacro's 2nd conference. This is from their first in 2022, when poet / DJ Byron Vincent talked powerfully about the impact of growing up as a neurodivergent kid in poverty. Stories matter.
Link to his podcasts in alt text.
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Happy saturday #caturday
November 30, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Icy bright 🩵❄️🌅
November 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM
You distract them, I'll get the chips.
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
We need to join up the dots. I'd like to use my skills. I'd like to do more here. We all want to do our bit to save the planet. The thoughts from participants in the Gallant project - a community based collaborative environmental science project in Glasgow. Link to research in alt text.
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM
So many oystercatchers on the beach at Portobello this morning. One of my favourite birds, I love their calls. I definitely feel like we see more of them here at the moment.
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
What would a mentally healthy society look like for young people? At an event in 2022 exploring this, the Triumph network asked young people, and this is what they said. Young people are wise. Research here: triumph.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/research/
#graphicrecording
November 21, 2024 at 8:22 AM
November 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I also draw birds, with old ordnance survey maps embedded in them. These are somewhat on the back burner at the moment as I am mostly graphic recording. But I take commissions for special birds + special places when I can, so get in touch if you'd like to discuss one.
November 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM
'The science we need for the Ocean we want', 'science into policy', 'an integrated approach' 'how do we reach the right people' 🩵🌊. The second drawing made in collaboration with Claire Stringer at a fascinating event hosted by the National Oceanography Centre, 2022.
November 19, 2024 at 8:29 AM
As a graphic recorder I listen & draw at events, distilling a visual overview of conversations. It's a real privilege to listen in at the events I join. This, about Ocean Connectivity, was created with artist Claire Stringer for The National Oceanography Centre in 2022. Water connects us all🌊🌍
November 18, 2024 at 10:57 AM
It's a beautiful frost on the beach frozen fingers kind of morning. #portobello #isverycold #butlovely
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Hello blue sky🌱
November 16, 2024 at 7:33 PM