Jake Tobin

Some recent commissions: a beloved brunch spot and two home sweet homes.

Info on commissions at Jaketobin.ca/commission

I don’t know I’m starting to think Doug Ford doesn’t have Toronto’s best interests at heart

Why don’t you think she’ll run again?

If I’m not reading in a park sweating on the grass soon I’m gonna go wild

At least we have that

Tabatha no!

Post snowmelt Toronto is my least favourite Toronto. City looks like the tide went out and left a bunch of garbage.

Tbh it's kind of the tech reviewer version of that episode of Seinfeld where he tries to see how far he can go in a car with the needle on empty.

I think it's probably a reflection of a) people who watch tech YouTubers are likely not the target audience for the Neo in the first place and b) it's more fun than watching someone type in a document or send an email.

I don’t know if I trust someone who has icicles in their beard in their profile photo tbh

It hits 10 degrees in Toronto and I saw a guy walking around in a t-shirt and two women eating ice cream cones

Let’s hope we’ve learned from past design fails 🗑️

Loved getting to work on this exhibit about the future of Toronto parks with Park People. It’s up for two months at the Urbanspace Gallery & the feedback will help inform their parks platform for the upcoming municipal election.

I accept my fate

I will die on this hill Shawn so help me god

Uh can someone check Doug’s fiscal conservative setting? And while you’re in there maybe dial up the empathy knob a smidge.

Thank you! ☺️

Made a little comic about the joys of riding the train, even for just a little while.

More Mexico City shadows

Glad to see this move ahead. Curious why the baseball field in the centre is not included in the overall plan?

Remind me again how conservative govts save us money?

😬

Ok Toronto I come back Wednesday after a month away and there better be no snow still there from when I left

Mexico City skinny mid-rise is the best. All of these are in the Narvarte area along Avenida Dr José María Vértiz.

Three drawings from Lagunilla in Mexico City

San Miguel is so charming and I think has some of the coolest apartment architecture in cdmx.

Oh you know just casually watching Scott Pilgrim in the Mexico City subway

The rapid bus system in cdmx is great. Dedicated lanes, subway-like stations, and it’s only 6 pesos per ride. I loaded up my metro card with 50 pesos & it cost me like $4 cdn 🤯

Makes me think in Toronto how many times I see spaces like this that are mostly barren—no seating, all paved, maybe a tree. I know it’s a different climate here but really it’s not an excuse. Toronto can do better with these mini-spaces. They’re what make a city feel comfy.

I love how cdmx doesn’t waste any public space. Along Ave Insurgentes which cuts diagonally thru Roma Sur city are these little triangle plazas with seating & mini playgrounds, like this one outside of my friend’s house. I swear there’s someone—adult or kid—on this swing at all times.