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onibaba-studio.bsky.social
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
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...
September 8, 2025 at 4:46 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!
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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!)
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!
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Spotted in the wild 👀: our 'Stories of Connection' project with the Loppet Foundation!

Thank you to our Minneapolis friends for sharing.
May 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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-...
April 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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
April 14, 2025 at 9:31 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
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Bulgogi beef from Rice'N Bread in Wrigleyville.
April 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Guajolota torta tamal from Santa Masa Tamaleria in Belmont Heights.
April 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Seafood udon ramen from Shinya Ramen House in Bridgeport.
April 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
April 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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.
April 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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
March 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
March 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
March 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
GRAPHIC NOTES for Dissenters panel on Neoliberalism in 2021.

Featuring Noura Erakat, Ajumu Baraka, Dr Robin DG Kelley, and Adrian Bonifacio.
February 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
GRAPHIC NOTES for then Chicago South Asians for Justice in 2020!

Featuring Kris, Tanvi K, Abdul M, and Bettina J.
February 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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
February 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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
February 11, 2025 at 5:51 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:
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM