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msmirelle.bsky.social
🇲🇽 award-winning artist and writer for kidlit and animation. Author/illustrator of MAGIC and RIVER OF MARIPOSAS. Website: https://www.mirelleortega.com/ Instagram: @msmirelle Newsletter: https://mirelleortega.substack.com/
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Just finished painting the cutest rocks no one will ever notice in a book spread 🥲

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A little mermaid for MerMay!

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Happy Mother’s Day! 🩷 Thanks mom and auntie for always being there ✨💕

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Happy Cinco de MerMayo!

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A gouache mermaid I painted a few mermays ago…

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Summer is coming and I have to scroll on Instagram while repeating under my breath “I have enough bathing suits, I have enough bathing suits…”

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In a way I’m happy I didn’t see Conclave before the Oscars because I would’ve been so mad it didn’t win!

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Happy independent bookstore day! 🩷 remember to show your love and support for your local bookshops today! (And buy yourself a book!)

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“I try to let whatever needs to pass through me pass through”… what a lineeee (from the new Lorde song, for context).

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You can get 25% off on your pre-order of Pepe and The Parade!

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MAMIACHI & ME by @writerjolene.bsky.social, Dakota Gutierrez, and @msmirelle.bsky.social is the PERFECT picture book to celebrate International Mariachi Week! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #booksky

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Happy Easter 🐣

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Jarocha no. 1 Gouache, color pencils and posca markers on mixed media paper. I also had to buy a ruler to do the floor pattern.

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Life’s a circus! I made this little illustration last weekend. It was so relaxing to color and pick patterns for the outfit.

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For my friends in the LA area, I’ll be at the LA Times Festival of Books on Sunday April 27th! I’ll be signing books at some amazing indie bookstores! Come say hi and support local shops!  I’ll also be at the @scbwi.bsky.social booth!

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I’m from the “can’t afford that house, will build it in the sims later tho” generation.

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L’artiste A fun (tired?) little character from a while ago.

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A little random procreate doodle 💕 I love finding little characters to color in my old files.

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Hi, what are some of your favorite picture books of all time? I’m just curious!

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Happy book birthday to I AM, YO SOY ✨ written by Gabriela Orozco Belt and illustrated by me. A dual language picture book celebrating the magic of belonging to two cultures.

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New spring newsletter post is up! ✨ this one is updated and a some thoughts on building/drawing secondary characters. You can read/subscribe (for free) here: open.substack.com/pub/mirelleo...

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A credible portrayal of the inner turmoil suffered by youngsters under constant pressure by adults to be the best #BreeBoydisaLegend! @byleahjohnson.bsky.social illus. @msmirelle.bsky.social #scholasticuk - it’s #RedReadingHub’s #fiction book of the day reviewed now on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-d4k

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A sparkling page from “Mamiachi & Me” written by @writerjolene.bsky.social and Dakota Gutierrez, and illustrated by me.

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A little illustration from a few springs ago 🌦️

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Taking notes ✒️

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Well read 📚 An old little illustration I made that I still love a lot.

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I LOVED seeing MAMIACHI AND ME by Dakota Gutierrez, @msmirelle.bsky.social, and me on display with these amazing REBEL GIRLS books for #WomensHistoryMonth! #kidlit #girlpower #picturebook #womenshistory #parents #teachers #librarian #library #musica #mariachis

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I am, as they say back home, cansadita.

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Had a great time this year participating in Reading Rock Stars with the Texas Book Festival. My heart is so full from meeting some amazing students & for being able to meet so many great authors and illustrators.

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Spring is in the air… (or at least that’s how late February feels like to me).

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Where is the line between manifesting and jinxing?

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I'm so grateful to @onlypicturebooks.bsky.social for coming up with some amazing activities for MAMIACHI & ME: MY MAMI'S MARIACHI BAND by Dakota Gutierrez, @msmirelle.bsky.social and me! www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/02/17/r... #kidlit #picturebooks #musica #mariachi #teachers #librarian #parents

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“Oh, hi Mark”

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