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18 / 25-11 / everlasting

is it over yet? 4 colors - lime, raspberry, medium blue, black. november's monthly riso print. will be taking december off so this is the last print for the year, more info @ patreon.com/formyths
ruined rows of arches rise around a darkened pool, the last colors of sunset fading into purples, blues, and black. a jagged constellation hangs in the night, reflected in the dark water below.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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exiled / i've heard the ammonite murmur / transcending dimensions / back home
fountain pen sketch of theater seats with someone looking at their phone in green ink sketch of a DIY screening space interior in gray ink sketch of the exterior waiting area of a theater sketch of an emergency exit near the stage, and rows of seated people with a blotch of ink
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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shop open until nov 15 - have limited copies of my 2022 dream journal up since i'm almost out, + 8×10 riso prints from my residency. US + some int'l shipping - can't ship to UK / EU but if you're somewhere else email me + i can try to get shipping set up for you → shop.formyths.com ←
"online store open until nov 15" at shop.formyths.com, US + some international shipping, see info over a grid of colorful riso prints "online store open until nov 15" at shop.formyths.com, US + some international shipping, see info over a picture of a dream journal amid cherry blossom petals "online store open until nov 15" at shop.formyths.com, US + some international shipping, see info over a grid of riso film poster prints
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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17 / 25-10 / transcribe

some touch yet remains. 4 color bright olive green, copper, hunter green brown). october's monthly risograph print, more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso
a riso print split into 2 panels: in the top, twisting pine branches partially cover mountains in the distance. below, a round pot with a short narrow neck decorated with a triangular design like stylized peaks, on a background of brown and dark green.
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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also just throwing this out there but i do enjoy doing hand lettering/ title treatment and may possibly be interested in doing it for other people #portfolioday
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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some new/old things i'm putting together for mice/cala - 2nd edition copies of Skinning (1 color black riso interiors), + a very limited print run of Viscera, my 2nd ever long form comic from 2021...
Skinning, a riso printed zine in black & red, and Viscera, a short comic - the cover is intense pink & black, with ribs framing a figure facing away
October 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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another "i have a newsletter" reminder.. i've started putting together a little watching/reading list at the bottom of each one if ur interested in this sort of thing ---> updates.formyths.com
read: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig; House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski; The Gulf, Adam de Souza; Abara, Nihei Tsutomu; A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enriquiz watch: Transcending Dimensions + 9 Souls, Toyoda Toshiaki - really love 9 souls + what I've seen of Toyoda's earlier work + was excited to get to see him talk a little about his new film; Solaris, Andrei Tarkovsky read: Dawn, Octavia Butler; Blame!, Nihei Tsutomu; the Viriconium books, M. John Harrison; The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones watch: Cloud, Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Peking Opera Blues, Tsui Hark - a fave of mine so was super happy to get to see the restoration in theaters; Linda Linda Linda, Yamashita Nobuhiro - another fun restoration rewatch; Back Home, Tsai Ming-Liang
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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return to tradition (no computer riso).... will have 2nd edition copies of skinning (single color/saddle stitched) @ mice + cala later this year
a printed stencil placed on a riso scannerbed in progress riso comic pages in black ink
September 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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16 / 25-09 / eventual

the days loom long behind you. 4 colors (yellow, mint, bright olive green, copper). september's monthly print - more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso
a riso print: a towering cloud in an ochre yellow sky, grasslands stretching below. an inset panel: a rabbit leaping through grass, in front of a smaller version of the cloud. another panel within: an oval divided into 12 sections like a clock.
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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promises - new zine / riso object made as part of my residency at the risolab, you can read more about it on my site formyths.com/promises

24 sheets, 4.25×5.5in
mist + brown ink (+ bright olive green, medium blue, bright red on endpaper)
single hole punch + ball chain loop with cover cut-out
a zine bound with a loop of ball chain like a ring of flashcards, with dark grey covers and "PROMISES" "A Liang Chan" arranged in a grid around a cutout to a colorful gradient. Lighter pages with brown ink are fanned out beneath. an interior page - an illustration of a tree bending over a winding river in a valley, 13 moons in an arch within, in a panel. "wearing smooth, each moment leavings its" is printed in reverse on the back of the page so it's faintly readable over the panel. more pages: a symbol of an endless spiral; an ancient-style pair of scissors closing over a thread; an abstracted design of guts
September 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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selfsame - 3 color riso print in fluorescent yellow, red, + federal blue
a riso print in moody dark blue-green, red, and yellow: in a large panel, lush trees & bushes give way to darkness, snaking red lines inscribed on the scene. smaller panels show fasciated plants & eyes, stretching hands, a cross section of flesh, a collection of seedpods & cells.
July 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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designed a poster for print slam 22 @ the sva risolab - riso printed with mist, light lime, and brown
a poster for print slam 22 @ the risolab, in brown, bright lime, and cool gray, featuring ASCII text art of a risograph printer, a pair of hands, eyes, a clock, and a door
July 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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12 / 25-05 / ladder

time unfurls. 3 color riso print (lime, bright red, cornflower). may's print, for anyone who's signed up for the print club by end of month: patreon.com/formyths #riso #art
a risograph print: the moon hangs between rocky cliffs, a winding path of moonlight reflected in the sea below. a small inset panel shows a ghostly figure, and tiny dashes of red are scattered over the lower left part of the scene. a top border has stylized patterns of raindrop ripples.
May 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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11 / 25-04 / uncertain

ruin, upheaval, catastrophe, revelation, possibility. 4 color riso print (fluorescent orange, light lime, cornflower, bright gold). april's print patreon.com/formyths #riso #art
a risograph print: on the left in golden-brown ink, lightning strikes amidst billowing clouds. on the right, oval frames contain a kaleidoscope of colorful, abstract glimpses in soft blurs.
April 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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i'm A, would love to draw some more collections of symbols & glimpses in any form (covers, posters, etc) #portfolioday

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2 risograph prints. one is a collection of images: a molted cicada shell and a bundle of plant stalks trailing off into tendrils & tied by a yellow ribbon over panels of train tracks surrounded by grass & trees under a reddish sky; the dark entrance to a tunnel; a shadowy crowd. the other shows foliage hangs around a looming cave mouth—total darkness hides whatever may be inside. in a small panel above, slashes of red spill out into swirls of teal & ochre. risograph printed cover art for Side Story: an assemblage of panels showing glimpses into different scenes and symbols: ruins in an arch, a doorway over the sea, a ladder against a tree, a kite in the sky; dice, knucklebone, hourglass, clover chain. a comet sweeps over scattered flames, suspended between a starry night sky & a nervous system. symbols (an eye, a sickle, a drop of blood, texts on a phone, a mushroom, lightning, a mirror, a bird) are arranged in small panels around the scene. a biological tree of life poster: small panels show examples of animals from different phyla, including spiralia (octopus, giant clam), chordata (birds, mammals, fish), amblacraria (urchins, sea stars), and porifera (sponges). behind them are curving branches of a symbolic tree, in shades of blue. other panel sequences show different cellular processes, and the sun & moon in endless procession.
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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riso printed in sunflower, bright red, + blue! forgot to take any process pics except this one if u want a glimpse into the "risograph can't connect to computer so i have to print out each layer to scan in but also i don't own a printer" editing process
using a white color pencil to lighten areas of a grayscale printout
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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printed by lucky risograph! original poster was a private commission that i really enjoyed getting to work on
A close up of some of the portraits from the film poster, with different characters facing away in various scenes from the film.
March 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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yi yi (2000, dir. edward yang) - riso printed with sunflower, aqua, bright red, + black ink #riso #art
a risograph poster for Yi Yi, a film by Edward Yang. Small scenes of different characters facing away from the viewer are arranged in a grid, only the backs of their heads visible. Below the grid is a larger scene: empty wooden chairs in a room, a doorway open to daylight outside.
March 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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i'll be @ MOCCA fest this weekend Mar 15-16 @ table 18.. will have my new zines, some new riso prints, + some other new things ?? stop by and find out
A Liang Chan / @formyths @ MOCCA fest 2025 @ table 18, Mar 15-16 NYC - a promo graphic featuring a table map a promotional graphic with various riso prints, priced from $5-$30 a promotional graphic with zines & books, stickers, and charms a promotional graphic with two 12 by 18 posters, with the note "depending on if I have space"
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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made a new riso zine - Acrophobia is a collection of fragments—mostly writing with some drawings and photos—all falling at varying distances from the titular theme. 28 pages, printed with mist, fluorescent orange, sunflower, sky blue, and black ink
the cover for Acrophobia, by A Liang Chan, a tall, narrow zine: sunset clouds, framed in an oval, are printed on slate blue paper. The title & author in small black bubbled text at the top and bottom. A faint pattern of asterisks stretches over everything. A spread: a pencil drawing of plummeting wings in a small panel on mottled parchment paper, and segments of text & footnotes. A spread: a black & white photo of the sky between short fragments of text, and a 1 page comic in grainy pencil showing distant aerial views. A spread: a section of text & footnote on speckled paper, a pencil drawing of a soaring comet on one page.
February 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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09 / 25-02 / macrocosm

again, and again. 3 color riso print (bisque, light lime, mist). february's print patreon.com/formyths
a riso print in light lime and pastel warm grays: icon-like silhouettes of creatures in the sea, beasts on the earth, and birds in the air are arranged in layers, a spiral unfurling above.
February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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year of the snake 🌱🐍 1 color print in risofederal blue, printed on paper trimmed from a previous project
a riso print in dark blue: a snake coils in a labyrinthian design, overlaid with the shadow of a branch, a halved plum in the upper right corner. crop & registration marks in red from a previous project are visible on one edge.
January 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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the introduce yourself with 4 movies thing
Goodbye Dragon Inn, directed by Tsai Ming-Liang Cemetery of Splendor, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Exiled, directed by Johnnie To Green Snake, by Tsui Hark
January 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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got to design some year of the snake red envelopes + stickers featuring local chinatown businesses 🧧 more info + how to get them if you're in nyc www.instagram.com/p/DFIgRJnu2Js
a red envelope with a gold foil design of a curling snake, framed by tree roots. a sheet of 5 stickers in red in gold features hands holding cards, nasi lemak, a sponge cake, beef jerky, and a bowl of pho.
January 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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3 tall, narrow zine prototypes are laid out on a wood table
January 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM