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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Apr 8

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.

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 10h

somewhat busy until dec but happy to talk if anything seems like it might be a good fit

formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Apr 8

i'm A, would love to draw some more collections of symbols & glimpses in any form (covers, posters, etc) #portfolioday

formyths.com
[email protected]

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 1h

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

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 10h

somewhat busy until dec but happy to talk if anything seems like it might be a good fit

formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Apr 8

i'm A, would love to draw some more collections of symbols & glimpses in any form (covers, posters, etc) #portfolioday

formyths.com
[email protected]

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joe dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 2d

my friend Ahmad and his family of 11 need your help. following the ceasefire, ahmad returned to his home in the north of Gaza alone. they can't afford the transportation cost for the rest of their family to move from the south, nor the cost of rebuilding. please support them ❤️‍🩹
gofund.me/65ac9ad68

pictures of my friend Ahmad, a young palestinian man, standing in front of his family's home in Gaza. it has been completely destroyed by the israeli occupation.

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 12d

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

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gryme @gryme.bsky.social · 3d

aria #counterweight

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 3d

also realize these are probably rookie Small Press numbers but i'm possibly on my way to printing/collating/assembling/trimming ~1000 zines/books by myself this year........... let me finally start looking into wholesale/consignment...... also let me take a break from that next year.....

formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 3d

i've also made the pdf of viscera free/pwyw on my itch store if u were one of the people who bought it way back when and want to get a copy with an updated name :') formyths.itch.io

formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 3d

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

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danielle taphanel @treelet.bsky.social · 4d

"i'm in love with my own reflection, i'm in love with the fruited earth."

A green line drawing featuring a figure looking out the port window of a space craft unto the glowing planet below. Various plants sit on the table. The text beneath reads: "i'm in love with my own reflection, i'm in love with the fruited earth."

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 11d

1-2 reams of paper rly sound like a lot until ur printing 😔

formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 12d

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

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 18d

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

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 20d

haha..yess...

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 26d

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.

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 26d

realized this is accidental? subconscious? fanart of the cover of the trade paperback edition of watership down i read as a kid..

formyths @formyths.bsky.social · 26d

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

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Sep 14

i LOVE peking opera blues...... was literally so excited to get to see the restoration on the big screen recently its so fun and good

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Sep 12

anyway sign up for my newsletter so that one day i can be free from having to make posts here or anywhere updates.formyths.com

what is formyths doing

art updates + a few other things every 1-2 months

updates.formyths.com

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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Bulgilhan Press @bulgilhanpress.com · Aug 25

Good morning! We're 52 hours out from the end of our Kickstarter campaign for Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social and Faster by @jesselonergan.bsky.social.

Less than $2,500 to go!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bul...

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Aug 25

love all ur books

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Lonnie Garcia 🦠💚 @sixgills.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hey there! I am running a raffle to help my new friend Mahmoud evacuate Gaza, all the info is in slides below.
You have the chance to win a lot of Snoopy merch for a good price, forca good cause. There is also art provided by my @bizargomez.bsky.social and @kresendoe.bsky.social (1/2 🧵)

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