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Danyelle Orwick
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Pint-sized Ojibwe Bluenoser
Artist and Art Educator
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Got to do what I intended to do last time - do a blind contour drawing of my son while he was sleeping. I think it turned out kinda cute 😊

#art #sketchbook
April 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Blind contour drawing of my son in motion
A blind-contour drawing (a drawing done largely without removing the drawing tool from the page, and while only looking at the subject and not the page) done with a black sharpie. It is a mess of lines that look layered faces and some feet. The subject is the artist’s baby
April 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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QRP with your 🌈rainbow🌈 art!

Love using lots of colour in my work, often in contrasty, psychedelic ways

#art #sketchbooks
A woman in a black woods holding a baby skeleton. The drawing is largely a contrasty with black and white ink, but the bark of the trees are rainbow. A mixed media sketchbook piece using ink, watercolours and collage elements. One pages shows a woman is sitting at the base of a tree holding a body made of stars. There’s in a layering of handwritten text and watercolours on the other page. A watercolour and ink drawing done on top of a small collage element (a piece of paper with handwritten text). A woman is sitting on a demon’s lap, kissing him on the lips. He is seated on a rainbow tree.
April 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Tried to go to my local Advanced Voting place on Sunday and it was closed 😅 I’ll have to vote on the day, which I wanted to avoid.

Turns out, the card was incorrect. The band office posted on their Facebook page last week that Advanced Voting was only going to be held 10-6 on Friday and Saturday… 😑
Comic Title: “Trying to Use My Right to Vote” Comic Page 1: Panel 1 - a woman with cropped hair is carrying a baby in a front-facing carrier and is holding an Election Canada card. She said “Hmm… The Election Canada card says Advanced Voting is happening today, but…” Panel 2 - the woman peers into the large glass windows of an empty building. She continues to say “…this place is definitely closed.” Comic Page 2: Panel 1 - the woman is now sitting on her couch in her living room, bottle-feeding her baby, talking on the phone with Elections Canada. She says “Hey, I just wanted to let you know that the Advanced Voting station was closed. I know there’s probably not much you can do about it at this moment, but it sucked not being able to vote when I could have.” Panel 2 - Elections Canada say “Aww… I’m sorry about that. We’ll make note of it. *sad face*” The woman thinks “I didn’t expect much, but… I expected more.”
April 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Post your space art!

This is one of my favourite pieces that I’ve done 😊
April 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Finally adding beads to the detachable fringe on my baby carrier. When I bought this carrier, I was determined to make this Indigenous-inspired design more authentically Indigenous (reappropriation?), and the beads will also give it a much-needed pop of colour 😊 Might add some jingles to it too
April 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Parenthood is great, but hoo boy, has it ever increased my anxiety about life and death 😅
A high contrast ink drawing that is largely black and white, with some red, pink, and blue. A female figure is holding her baby evoking “Madonna and Child” imagery. A red anatomical heart is visible on the female figure’s chest, multiple veins reaching across her body, red roses coming out of the bottom of the heart. The background is a black oval.
March 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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These are three of my favourite non-doodle art pieces 😊 Ya girl’s got range. These gothy high contrast ink drawings have been part of my art practice for the past several years. I also enjoy watercolours, embroidery, beadwork, basket-weaving, photography, collage, writing, and playing the harp
A high-contrast ink drawing depicting a character from Ojibwe folklore called the “Deer Lady”. The inks used are black and red. The figure is seen from the hips up, wearing a form-fitting off-the-shoulder black dress with fringe on the sleeves. A red strawberry is embroidered on the bust. Her hands have long black finger nails and they are raised towards her face, which is showing a fierce expression, her eyes white, her lips black, and her face dripping with black metal-inspired black-and-white corpse paint. She has antlers and roses sprouting from her wavy white hair. A black moon is behind her, glowing red. The background is comprised of scratchy cross-hatching marks. A mixed-media piece depicting a purple, blue, and red star-scape with a blackhole event horizon in the background. In the foreground is an ocean drawn with crayons and a self-portrait of the artist (a woman with pale skin, cropped brown hair, wearing black leggings, a pinafore, and a striped shirt) cradling a turtle near her face. Hand written on a collage piece of paper is a poem written by the artist. The poem is largely in English, part features a few words in the Ojibwe language, Anishinaabemowin. “Uncertain future Not what I hoped Dreamed Planned Skeletons floating in a primordial ocean With mikinaak Maang Amik And wazhashk Radio brain transmitting waves To the constellations Signals received are coded In an ancient language Gaawin ninisidotam I am a lone heavenly body But I’d like to be your answer Clearly heard Seen Understood Like a reflection in silver” A high-contrast black ink drawing on white paper. There are two figures (a man and a woman) sitting on a table underneath a tree. The man is nude, sitting on a stool, seen in profile. His head is covered by a goat’s head that is dripping blood. The goat’s head is being held in place by an Indigenous woman, also viewed in profile. She is wearing an Ojibwe strap dress and a pair of moccasins. Her hair is shoulder-length and adorned with a feather. Her expression might be interpreted as pensive or caring. She has laugh lines by her eyes, black lips, and a slight aquiline nose. The tree canopies the figures, the leafs bushy, and two lit candles are suspended by strings in the air on the left side. The candles are sitting on plates, dripping wax.
March 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Stressful times being a new parent. Baby and I are listening to a lot of angry music lately. It’s a little funny how the music that got me through high school is getting me through now
An illustration of a woman with cropped pink hair washing dishes while wearing her baby in a front-facing carrier. The woman is listening to music by System of a Down, Rage Against The Machine, Otep, and others, depicted as handwritten song lyrics floating out of her earbuds. The woman is drawn in a doll-like, cartoony way and is not realistic
March 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Please bear with me as I figure out how this app works 😅

I’m an Artist and Art Educator who just wants to share my silly sketchbook doodles and my occasional gothy art with a little spice. I’m slowly moving away from Meta, trying out different platforms, and seeing what sticks 😊
A quickly done illustration of lady with cropped hair sitting on a chair at a table. She is taking a picture with her cell phone of a piece of art that she made. On the table is also a notebook, a watercolor set, a paintbrush, and a cup full of water. The illustration is black and white with a light purple background, and the lady is drawn to be baby doll-like and not realistic.
March 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM