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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Checkout our latest project blog! For this one, Cori created personalized illustrations of the Kairos Fellowship staff for their website. More here: onibaba.studio/2025/08/27/k...

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This spring we worked with the team at 1 Community to create grandma trading cards for the launch of Nonna's on Neflix. Check out the Nonna's cards!

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Earlier in June we also popped up at the EXTRA MSG event, hosted by Về Lại and HAIBAYÔ! It's always a treat to sell next to friends and collaborators (like Mom's!)

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It's SALE SZN ☀️ In May we had a lot of fun tabling at Ludlow Liquors for the GXGX Hong Kong Night Market. Thank you to Kiyomi (@letskeepdrawing) for including us!

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Spotted in the wild 👀: our 'Stories of Connection' project with the Loppet Foundation! Thank you to our Minneapolis friends for sharing.

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Aloo paratha - Annapurna Simply Vegetarian/Devon Ave Nutella souffle pancakes - Hanabusa Cafe/South Loop Guava linzer cookies - Nata/Pop ups across the city Smoked brisket taco - Antique Taco/Bridgeport More reader bites: chicagoreader.com/food/reader-...

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Orange dream smoothie - Jackalope Coffee & Tea House/Bridgeport Youngster bagel sandwich - R&A Sourdough/Ravenswood Pot roast sandwich - Punky's Pizza & Pasta/Bridgeport Peacemaker po'boy - Daisy's Po-Boy & Tavern/Hyde Park

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Illustrations from the @chicagoreader.com column 'Reader Bites'. Here are some of our recent favorites! Coffee jelly - Tenjin/Lincolnwood Bulgogi beef bowl - Rice'N Bread/Wrigleyville Guajolota torta tamal - Santa Masa Tamaleria/Belmont Heights Seafood udon ramen - Shinya Ramen House/Bridgeport

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Bulgogi beef from Rice'N Bread in Wrigleyville.

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Guajolota torta tamal from Santa Masa Tamaleria in Belmont Heights.

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Seafood udon ramen from Shinya Ramen House in Bridgeport.

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

At each draft stage, the illustrations were taken to community advisory meetings for feedback, and ideas for illustration specifics were largely generated by the team and Kimberly, a long-term Northside Minneapolis resident. Here are some of the finalized assets. Read more here: bit.ly/3RrRSZ9

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Using Neamatallah Elsayed's qualitative research and input by the community advisory board, Cori drafted storymaps that encompassed major themes of place-based memories, historical displacement, relationships with green space, and intentions for community.

hand sketches of Plymouth Avenue Divide in Minneapolis

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We love to see people being vocal and critical about the representation of elders and cultures in the Lunar New Year Tonie ✊ We don't want to rely on corporations to teach us about our own traditions, especially as we let culture transform in the diaspora. Read more: bit.ly/4hzCd4X

Screenshot of the amazon review “not as fun as the great race tonie”

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Process images from designing the LNY Tonie - we love how the figurine turned out. The figurines for Toniebox are all hand-painted in China which is amazing to think about. Read more: bit.ly/4hzCd4X

(3) Final sketches of Tonie figure design

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

GRAPHIC NOTES for “Building our own Table: Innovative Insights by Trans Justice Visionaries” panel series with Trans Justice Funding Project, in October 2024. Panelists: Andrea Jenkins, Emmett Schelling, Kris Hayashi, Malachi Garza, Mattee Jim, Mickaela Bradford, Rumba Yambu, Tatiana Williams

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

GRAPHIC NOTES for Dissenters panel on Neoliberalism in 2021. Featuring Noura Erakat, Ajumu Baraka, Dr Robin DG Kelley, and Adrian Bonifacio.

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

GRAPHIC NOTES for then Chicago South Asians for Justice in 2020! Featuring Kris, Tanvi K, Abdul M, and Bettina J.

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

ILLUSTRATION for @wbez.org piece about Margaret Burroughs by Tiara Hicks and @invisible.institute! Featuring the portraits of Anthony Spaulding, Cedric X Cal, Carl Williams, and Marcos Gray

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

GRAPHIC NOTES for Rasheedah Phillips hosted panel with Policy Link from 2024! Featuring Tonika Lewis Johnson, Grace L. Dillon, Edyka Chilome, Ingrid LeFleur, and @tanaya.bsky.social

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Onibaba Studio @onibaba-studio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hi Bluesky! We’re Onibaba Studio, a small illustration and graphic recording studio based in Chicago. We specialize in info-dense and narrative illustrations for folks oriented towards justice and movement building. Here are some past projects:

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