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Designing a Puppet in Adobe Character Animator
If This Bluff Could Talk
Curated Case @ Minneapolis Institute of Art
Illustrator debut for Thanku: Poems of Gratitude
American Flag in Plains Tribes’ Art

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the art of marlena myles

Marlena is a self-taught digital artist located in St. Paul, Minnesota. She uses her art to celebrate her Indigenous culture and language (Spirit Lake Dakota, Mohegan. Creek). She is the illustrator of Thanku: Poems of Gratitude and is currently creating her first Dakota culture coloring book, to be published early 2020.

email: me [at] marlenamyl.es

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Ihmú Tháŋka Naǧí ~Cougar Spirit II~ . Updated

Ihmú Tháŋka Naǧí
~Cougar Spirit II~
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Updated my cougar spirit piece for my solo show now on view until the end of the month at the MacRostie Art Center
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Half the proceeds of my prints will be donated to Bernie's campaign, so grab it now for a good cause: https://marlenamyl.es/shop
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#marlenamyles #cougar #dakotafloral #berniesanders #bernie2020 #digitaldrawing #digitalillustration #animalspirit #digitalart #vectorillustration #vectorart #nativeart #indigenousart

Šuŋǧídaŋ Naǧí III ~Fox Spirit III~ . Update

Šuŋǧídaŋ Naǧí III
~Fox Spirit III~
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Updated my fox spirit piece for my solo show now on view until the end of the month at the MacRostie Art Center
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Half the proceeds of my prints will be donated to Bernie's campaign, so grab it now for a good cause: https://marlenamyl.es/shop
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#marlenamyles #fox #dakotafloral #berniesanders #bernie2020 #digitaldrawing #digitalillustration #animalspirit #digitalart #vectorillustration #vectorart #nativeart #indigenousart

"The Sound of Flowers Dying" | animated video, 2

"The Sound of Flowers Dying" | animated video, 2020
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Features the music and poetry of Dakota poet John Trudell from his 1983 album "Tribal Voice" ("Look at Us"). Full video linked in bio, currently on view at @macrostieart center
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I wanted to create a memorial piece that shares Trudell's words with a wider audience
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I have heard different stories of the meaning of butterflies in L/Dakota cultures: how they carry stories on their wings of the places they've been, how they represent departed spirits and new life, how they encircle what is precious. So those are the meanings of the butterfly in this animation, as they escape Iŋktómi the spider's tricks with the help of Aŋpétu Wí, the L/Dakota sun spirit. The glitch effects represent the way humans are corrupted from the natural ways, as Aŋpétu Wí tries to illuminate the ways for us to find balance again
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#marlenamyles #johntrudell #poetry #animation #characteranimator #characteranimation #dakota #lakota #ocetisakowin #vectorart #butterflies

Thanks to everyone who came out to the @macrostiea

Thanks to everyone who came out to the @macrostieart center today for the opening of my solo show. Really great interactions with the guests (Grand Rapids has a pretty banging art scene I must say). Show is on display until the end of the month.

My colorful "Dakota Prismatika" fabric pattern ser

My colorful "Dakota Prismatika" fabric pattern series is finally here, ready for purchase
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• Pattern 1 features the ancient story of Wakíŋyaŋ & Uŋktéȟi (also known in various Native tribes as the Thunderbird and Underwater Panther spirits) created in the modern style of Lisa Frank
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• Pattern 2 combines Dakota Florals, Art Deco and 80s Memphis style into a fantastical scale pattern
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These can be purchased on my Spoonflower shop which includes over 20 types of fabrics (cotton, satin, canvas, chiffon, denim etc) and temporary/permanent wallpaper. Prices start at $18.50 for a yard (42"x36") of their petal signature cotton (shown in these swatches)
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Shop now, link in bio
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#marlenamyles #fabric #fabricdesign #patterndesign #nativeart #nativefashion #lisafrank #thunderbird #underwaterpanther #artdeco

Tatáŋka Naǧí III ~Buffalo Spirit~ Vector Illu

Tatáŋka Naǧí III
~Buffalo Spirit~
Vector Illustration, 2020
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Buffalo Spirit was the first of these animal spirit pieces that I ever created and I thought it was about time he got an update. Included in my solo show "All That Remains" at @macrostieart Center which opens this Friday (opening reception is from 4-7, I'll talk around 6). Prints available on my website, link in bio.
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#marlenamyles #vectorart #vectorillustration #animalspirit #dakota #lakota #dakotafloral #ocetisakowin #sacredgeometry #digitalart #adobeillustrator #buffalo #tatanka

"Dakota Gossamer V", 2020 Materials: Glass etching

"Dakota Gossamer V", 2020
Materials: Glass etching, mulberry paper
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The last in this series of 5 etchings. I have a pretty cool idea in mind of where to go next with these, but until then, these will be on view during my solo show at the @macrostieart center. Opening reception February 7, 4-7PM
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#marlenamyles #dakotafloral #dakota #glassetching #dakotamakoche #papercrafts #nativeart

"Dakota Gossamer IV", 2020 Materials: Glass etchin

"Dakota Gossamer IV", 2020
Materials: Glass etching, mulberry paper
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On view during my solo show at the @macrostieart center. Opening reception February 7, 4-7PM
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#marlenamyles #dakotafloral #dakota #glassetching #dakotamakoche #papercrafts #nativeart

"Dakota Gossamer III", 2020 Materials: Glass etchi

"Dakota Gossamer III", 2020
Materials: Glass etching, mulberry paper
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On view during my solo show at the @macrostieart center. Opening reception February 7, 4-7PM
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#marlenamyles #dakotafloral #dakota #glassetching #dakotamakoche #papercrafts #nativeart

Website / artwork © 2020 Marlena Myles

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