Onibaba Studio
@onibaba-studio.bsky.social
👹✏️ graphic recording + illustration studio
👹✏️ operated by @cori-lin.bsky.social, studio managed by vianny saito
📝 Taking projects for Mar 25 and beyond
https://linktr.ee/onibabastudio
👹✏️ operated by @cori-lin.bsky.social, studio managed by vianny saito
📝 Taking projects for Mar 25 and beyond
https://linktr.ee/onibabastudio
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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:
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:
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...
For this one, Cori created personalized illustrations of the Kairos Fellowship staff for their website.
More here:
onibaba.studio/2025/08/27/k...
September 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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...
For this one, Cori created personalized illustrations of the Kairos Fellowship staff for their website.
More here:
onibaba.studio/2025/08/27/k...
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!
Check out the Nonna's cards!
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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!
Check out the Nonna's cards!
Over the past three years we partnered with @buildingmovement.bsky.social to create graphic notes for their State of Solidarity series of panels. The panels were stacked with powerful organizers and community leaders sharing about their work and wisdoms.
Read more: onibaba.studio/2025/07/24/b...
Read more: onibaba.studio/2025/07/24/b...
Building Movement Project (2023-2025)
Graphic Recording // Illustrated Notes for Building Movement Project’s Solidarity series from 2023-2025
onibaba.studio
August 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Over the past three years we partnered with @buildingmovement.bsky.social to create graphic notes for their State of Solidarity series of panels. The panels were stacked with powerful organizers and community leaders sharing about their work and wisdoms.
Read more: onibaba.studio/2025/07/24/b...
Read more: onibaba.studio/2025/07/24/b...
Hello! We are back with recaps on some recent cool projects.
We have been fortunate to partner with @citybureau.bsky.social on creating visuals for their Annual Reports.
Read more on our project blog: onibaba.studio/2025/07/16/c...
We have been fortunate to partner with @citybureau.bsky.social on creating visuals for their Annual Reports.
Read more on our project blog: onibaba.studio/2025/07/16/c...
City Bureau Annual Reports (2023-2025)
Illustration for City Bureau Annual Reports over three years. Showcasing community centered reporting and documenting across the nation.
onibaba.studio
July 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hello! We are back with recaps on some recent cool projects.
We have been fortunate to partner with @citybureau.bsky.social on creating visuals for their Annual Reports.
Read more on our project blog: onibaba.studio/2025/07/16/c...
We have been fortunate to partner with @citybureau.bsky.social on creating visuals for their Annual Reports.
Read more on our project blog: onibaba.studio/2025/07/16/c...
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!
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!
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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!
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!
Excited to have done illustrations for this comprehensive reporting project from @illinoisanswers.bsky.social led by @cplhouse.bsky.social 🚧🚧
Upward mobility is increasingly out of reach for many Chicagoans as the cost of living skyrockets. We investigated the barriers that stand in the way of getting ahead in Chicago and explored some of the efforts to mitigate them.
Read the series here: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Read the series here: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity
makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
May 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Excited to have done illustrations for this comprehensive reporting project from @illinoisanswers.bsky.social led by @cplhouse.bsky.social 🚧🚧
Spotted in the wild 👀: our 'Stories of Connection' project with the Loppet Foundation!
Thank you to our Minneapolis friends for sharing.
Thank you to our Minneapolis friends for sharing.
May 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Spotted in the wild 👀: our 'Stories of Connection' project with the Loppet Foundation!
Thank you to our Minneapolis friends for sharing.
Thank you to our Minneapolis friends for sharing.
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
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
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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
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
Sharing another project blog ✨
This one is about the 'Stories of Connection' project, a collaboration with the Center for Urban & Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota (CURA) and the Loppet Foundation.
Read more: bit.ly/3RrRSZ9
This one is about the 'Stories of Connection' project, a collaboration with the Center for Urban & Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota (CURA) and the Loppet Foundation.
Read more: bit.ly/3RrRSZ9
Theodore Wirth Park – Stories of Connection (2024)
Illustrated storymaps showing relationship between Minneapolis Northsiders and Theodore Wirth Park (2025)
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sharing another project blog ✨
This one is about the 'Stories of Connection' project, a collaboration with the Center for Urban & Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota (CURA) and the Loppet Foundation.
Read more: bit.ly/3RrRSZ9
This one is about the 'Stories of Connection' project, a collaboration with the Center for Urban & Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota (CURA) and the Loppet Foundation.
Read more: bit.ly/3RrRSZ9
Sharing our design for the Lunar New Year Tonie! Designing this figure brought up the question: what even **is** Lunar New Year? Read more about the process and quandaries of designing pan cultural figures on our blog!
bit.ly/4hzCd4X
bit.ly/4hzCd4X
Lunar New Year Tonie Figurine Design (2024)
The design process of the Lunar New Year Toniebox figurine by cori lin at onibaba studio
onibaba.studio
March 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sharing our design for the Lunar New Year Tonie! Designing this figure brought up the question: what even **is** Lunar New Year? Read more about the process and quandaries of designing pan cultural figures on our blog!
bit.ly/4hzCd4X
bit.ly/4hzCd4X
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
Panelists:
Andrea Jenkins, Emmett Schelling, Kris Hayashi, Malachi Garza, Mattee Jim, Mickaela Bradford, Rumba Yambu, Tatiana Williams
March 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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
Panelists:
Andrea Jenkins, Emmett Schelling, Kris Hayashi, Malachi Garza, Mattee Jim, Mickaela Bradford, Rumba Yambu, Tatiana Williams
Reposted by Onibaba Studio
Developers promise a *quantum computing* hub in South Chicago will bring jobs & revival.
Experts wonder if a quantum computer can be built at all. Residents wonder if the jobs will be FOR them? Or will they be displaced BY them? @binghuihuang.bsky.social reports. @onibaba-studio.bsky.social illos
Experts wonder if a quantum computer can be built at all. Residents wonder if the jobs will be FOR them? Or will they be displaced BY them? @binghuihuang.bsky.social reports. @onibaba-studio.bsky.social illos
February 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Developers promise a *quantum computing* hub in South Chicago will bring jobs & revival.
Experts wonder if a quantum computer can be built at all. Residents wonder if the jobs will be FOR them? Or will they be displaced BY them? @binghuihuang.bsky.social reports. @onibaba-studio.bsky.social illos
Experts wonder if a quantum computer can be built at all. Residents wonder if the jobs will be FOR them? Or will they be displaced BY them? @binghuihuang.bsky.social reports. @onibaba-studio.bsky.social illos
Our illustrations are in the explainer portion of this deep dive into the 😨 quantum computing campus 😨 planned for South Shore in 2025 !!!
Illinois has bet hundreds of millions on the emerging technology of quantum computing for South Chicago. How will this pan out for the community? We delve into the industry to look at its labor force, chance of success and economic trajectory: illinoisanswers.org/2025/02/06/t...
The Promises and Pitfalls of Quantum Computing in Chicago
Developers promise a quantum computing hub in South Chicago will bring jobs and revive the community. South Siders are skeptical.
illinoisanswers.org
February 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our illustrations are in the explainer portion of this deep dive into the 😨 quantum computing campus 😨 planned for South Shore in 2025 !!!
Congratulations to Rasheedah Phillips! The panel Rasheedah hosted about Afrodiasporan and Indigenous futurisms and spatiality was by far my fav illustrated notetaking gig of last year!
Happy release day to Rasheedah Phillips' DISMANTLING THE MASTER'S CLOCK!
🕰️ 🔨
Check out the book and get your copy here: https://www.akpress.org/dismantling-the-masters-clock.html
You'll also find a reading & discussion guide available for download there.
🕰️ 🔨
Check out the book and get your copy here: https://www.akpress.org/dismantling-the-masters-clock.html
You'll also find a reading & discussion guide available for download there.
February 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Congratulations to Rasheedah Phillips! The panel Rasheedah hosted about Afrodiasporan and Indigenous futurisms and spatiality was by far my fav illustrated notetaking gig of last year!
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:
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:
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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:
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: