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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

just in case you did not know what you were looking at

a picture of the sky. a skywriter has written SKY on it.

shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today, I produced the most disastrous pancakes, and it's great to start your day knowing the rest of it is probably gonna be better. (no advice needed)

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How To Play opens today at Cal Poly, curated by @yendex.bsky.social! My game A Mending is featured (with a bunch of player artifacts from N Pierro, @saraeileen.bsky.social, Dr. Kate Lingley and more), and I'll be teaching a playful worldbuilding workshop there on Oct 16th!

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A staple of my kitchen is The Whatever Tart, and next month Mail Day patrons are getting a printed copy of this illustrated recipe. As you might imagine, it is the easiest tart to make and great for clearing out your vegetable drawer.

an illustrated recipe for the Whatever Tart, a basic tart guide that can use whatever is in the fridge, as long as there is puff pastry, some sort of cheese and some sort of filling.

a real life example of the Whatever Tart made with gruyere, corn, red onion, some tomatoes and basil.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The first four minutes of The Last Fifteen Minutes, a marionette musical short film by @shing.bsky.social and @jayackley.bsky.social.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are still in post, but I am already so delighted by our trailer, and especially listening to @jayackley.bsky.social's early demo of Rent Control here.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

if you wanna see some tiny puppets and sets, these dudes are at SVA Gramercy Gallery in NYC until July 18th.

a gallery wall of puppets and props for the film The Last Fifteen Minutes

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I feel real good about this fit today! (which is good because I am probably wearing some variant of it all weekend.)

a short haired person in poofy brown pants, a sports bra and a cropped leather jacket

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

You can now also pick up a copy of JANUARY with Heart of the Deernicorn! It is a two person postcard writing game about a long friendship between artists under the shadow of a kaiju-ridden world. heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/janu...

The front cover of a game! It is sitting on a wooden board, with a pen and scissors on either side.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Headed to Narrascope! Say hi to me for Oraclefish fortune scratch-offs and maybe my new risographed LARP zine! Also, my hair is not a bright color these days.

a person with black hair, on a train. they are holding up a card with a fish-man on it.

a selection of printed objects - JANUARY, a postcard writing game, Gods of Nothings, a keepsake LARP zine, and scratch-off fortune cards

a better view of the zine, which is risographed.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

i might be living in a dorm room as a 40yr old, but i brought handmade ceramics and handcarved spoons with me.

a corner of a desk with colorful ceramic
mugs. one of them is filled with spoons made out of wood and clay.

an arrangement of wooden and ceramic apoons(one butter knife

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I don't really have business cards, but I'm going to Narrascope with a bunch of Oraclefish fortunes!

a bunch of risographed tarot sized cards featuring a fish with legs and a scratch off component

the back of those cards, with instructions and contact info

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

many thanks to Ross at @heartofthedeernicorn.com who suggested a more retail ready back cover because I don't really have a brain for retail and was gonna let this go out with like.... a painting of an eyeball that told you nothing about the game

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My copies of JANUARY have arrived and they look so dang good. We are fulfilling Kickstarter orders soon and they'll be available at our store and at Deernicorn afterwards!

front cover of JANUARY, a postcard writing game.

interior shot of JANUARY, a postcard writing game featuring art by Jared Andrew Schorr

interior of JANUARY, a postcard writing game, featuring art by Shing Yin Khor

interior shot of JANUARY, a postcard writing game.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Of note to little guy enthusiasts are these tiny bugs that are reminiscent of strange ancient weirdos, and you get a random bug for $50. They are great to hold and fidget with, like little rocks. (I made 40 and I think they are about half sold!)

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My new sculpture body of work is available! I've been melding my ceramics and wood practices as an exploration of anxiety and ritual. Beasts of Burden is online at Archimedes Gallery, alongside work by @leslielevings.bsky.social and @evafunderburgh.com ! archimedesgallery.com/collections/...

ceramic sculptures - two stoneware beetles

a wood and ceramic sculpture of a little guy with a mask

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

oh, this picture includes the absurd detail of all the wooden vegetable bowls having hand carved sprout details!!

a tablescape of fresh vegetables. there are pomegranates and olive boughs and rosemary on the table. lots of radishes, accompanied by a honey butter and pomegranate salt dip.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

made some edible centerpieces for a dear friend's wedding this week!! i love having a little job at an event!!

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

dang, this poster for my film slaps

two animal headed marionettes appear in an window of an apartment building. a kaiju shadow is cast against it. the text reads THE LAST FIFTEEN MINUTES - a marionette musical by shing yin khor and jay ackley

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

wow, san francisco really understands environmental storytelling.

Deepak Chopra's book, Meta Human, is propped up against the side of a building. A pink post it on it says FREE.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

You know I am @mgillman.bsky.social's pal and not their student, as I have drawn all these mushroom little guys with zero research, only vibes. come see us talk tomorrow! and trade a little guy drawing with me! event info: portal.cca.edu/events-calen...

a pile of tiny and unspecified mushroom paintings with little faces.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

update on the growing little guy painting pile! come to @ccacomics.bsky.social next Tuesday to watch @mgillman.bsky.social and I in conversation and trade your little guy drawings for my little little guy paintings.

a bunch of tiny watercolor paintings of little guys

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

a new collection of work getting prepped for Beasts of Burden, the show at Archimedes Gallery in May with @leslielevings.bsky.social and @evafunderburgh.com

a collection of wooden masks with coral pink accents

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

some of the little guys available for trade. (i'll get like 20 done, they will all be very silly)

tiny watercolor paintings of little dudes. one is a half man half fish. one is maybe a bug? the other wears a mask and is butt naked.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I had Johnny Cash's version of Hurt in mind when storyboarding this song, and while there are many departures, this is still very satisfying to look at.

A still from Johnny Cash's Hurt video, a close up of his hands playing guitar.

A still from Shing's marionette film, the last fifteen minutes, showing puppet hands on a guitar.

A still from Johnny Cash's Hurt video, a medium shot of him playing guitar.

A still from Shing's puppet film, a medium shot of a marionette rat playing guitar.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

an intercultural household means replacing the lamb shank on the seder plate with representation from the puppet half of my family

the start of a seder plate, where the lamb shank is replaced with a carved wooden puppet leg.🦵

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It is unorthodox, but I've released the digital files for JANUARY for free on itch.io before our Kickstarter has even ended! That's for two reasons - the game is done, AND I think you'll see the value of this as a beautiful, tactile and physical object. itch link here: sawdustbear.itch.io/january

A mockup of the JANUARY postcard book, although the actual print copies are upgraded to be even fancier than this.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The people who pledged for the original art tiers for JANUARY are in for a treat because Jared's collages are actually even cooler in person. The depth! The detail!

a close up of a papercut collage showing its depth and detail.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I was really committed to a "do it in pre" approach to this film and am happy to announce that one of our only significant post VFX was adding pixelated dick to a shadow puppet. thank you, @lanawolverton.bsky.social

a photograph of a large monitor showing a shadow puppet scene with two animal headed figures. one has his crotch pixelated, implying a big ol honking peen.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

taking apart our puppet film sets and rebuilding some into smaller "self crating" boxes for my thesis exhibition!

a top down view of a large pile of router dust and a bright yellow miniature wall. a drill and compact router is visible.

a compact shadow box filled with small 1/6th scale furniture

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I played a delightful game of ALL-CARDS with @geoffreygolden.bsky.social using a deck pulled from the Strange Beast Tarot, @jameybash.bsky.social's Tarot of Sorts and Alexander Burden's Tarot Obscura!

a mixed batch of tarot cards laid out on a red picnic basket

geoffrey golden, holding a hand of cards. his cards are a mix of wrestling cards and other 80s shenanigans

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I used to post my little outfits all the time! Now, I usually dress like a cute boy or an old man.

a person with short hair looks at the camera. they are wearing a black sweater, green leather jacket and jade pendant.

a pose for the camera. the person is wearing a black cropped sweater, green jeans, a green leather jacket and a brown hand painted belt.

a close up of the handpainted belt, which has a fish on it.

the person's shoes, which are doc marten engineer steel toes. they are very covered in paint.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We are launching this game, JANUARY, on Friday. It is a game about keeping persistent and distant friendships in a kaiju-ridden world, about ordinary people living their lives in the face of impending horrors. I am so happy at the art @supercoolspyclub.bsky.social and I have made for this book.

Art by Jared Andrew Schorr. It is a collage of various animals, in bursts of color and fighting.

two pieces of art by Shing Yin Khor. One is a bit more abstract - tentacles, a starry sky and a sepia tinted forest. The other is a two headed lizard holding a vintage car in one of its hands. The implication is that it is very large.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I am interested in the history of Paul Bunyan in a completely neurotypical way.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm going through documentary footage by @juleshotz.bsky.social to pull some stills out for my process artbook and I'm crying at how beautiful and competent my friends and crew are!!! They are so cool!!! I love making things with them!!

my dear friend DongWon, taking a turn at puppet wrangling

my dear pal Gailey, at the helm of an absolutely ridiculous lunch spread

my delightful AD and producer and friend Erika, sort of blocked in on all sides with puppets and sets

the cinematographer, Ricky, who is also an absolutely amazing puppeteer and director, at his camera

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Here is a little preview of the work we are doing. We have finished principal photography and are in post-production now, and have spent all of our money(on an absolutely incredible crew, it has been worth it)!

A rat marionette, listening to our radio.

A puppeteer's hand operates a kaiju puppet(a tabletop and marionette hybrid), that is stomping on a building.

Two marionettes, a coyote and a cat, listen to a radio. Their room is loved in and messy.

A pigeon marionette stares out a window. She is holding a smaller and fatter baby pigeon. Her room is a bit depressing.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

secret late night announcement. I'm launching later this month, in collaboration with illustrator @supercoolspyclub.bsky.social, JANUARY : a postcard writing game for two people, set in a kaiju-filled alternate history, about distant but persistent friendships.

a photograph of a postcard book mockup. some game prompts can be seen, as can a watercolor painting of an eel. Part of the cover is visible; it features a collage and some portion of the eel painting.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !

Drawing by Shing Yin Khor featuring a person in a Spider-Man mask and sweater and bunny hat with fist upraised. Text reads "For Liam -- I hope you never have to be this scared again. We love you. #comics4liam / SYK / comics4liam.com

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

looking through all the footage we shot for my short film this week again in prep for putting out art book together and it is so rad seeing the early concept art(before any sets or puppets were built, or even designed) and how it translated on-screen.

a piece of concept art showing five people(with animal heads) around a dining room table. they are gathered for dinner. there is a kaiju outside.

a variant of that dinner scene, now staged with puppets for a short film.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Several months ago I offered sexy fish man paintings in exchange for mutual aid donations(I was purchasing 500 cans of tinned fish) and they are belated, but I have done them.

watercolor paintings featuring three fishman hybrids. one is half-eel, one is half catfish and one is half hammerhead shark.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

EARLY MOMENTS TOGETHER with you and your boo, a series of Paul Bunyan muffler men.

a screenshot of an Apple Photos album with lots of thumbnails of Paul Bunyan Muffler Men.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Apple Photos just made me a "Early Moments Together" collection about my long-term relationship ship with Paul Bunyan muffler men statues.

a screenshot of a photo album filled with a person taking selfies next to Paul Bunyan muffler men roadside statues.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

this is literally my evening activity

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I got really into this detailed isometric-ish map style of illustration, and did both this piece of art for my MFA program's shirt (A Pigeon's Journey) and the @roguelike.club shirt this year! I love little guys, and I love drawing tons of tiny little guys in iso view.

A riso print of a pigeon embarking on a hero's journey

The shirt design for Roguelike Celebration 2025. It features a bunch of people wandering a strange circus.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

this year's first bird, as per @amalelmohtar.com tradition, is a fledgling pigeon my neighbor Molly rescued from under a bridge. I will take him as a symbol of care and kindness, choosing to help small things, and to continue to wash your hands throughly to avoid all flus, human and avian.

a scraggly looking fledgling pigeon with a mostly bald and scraggly head wrapped up in a blanket

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I opened a solo show full of wooden masks and ceramic beasts alongside Leslie at Stranger Factory in Albuquerque. We've been showing here for almost a decade and it is amazing to return to a gallery that feels like home.

a person holding up a wooden mask with golden antlers

a short haired person in front of a gallery display

a many legged beast wearing a wooden mask

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I made the short film Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan, with contributions from @okaywolf.ink and @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social ! And @jayackley.bsky.social and I got our first set of film festival laurels and our first festival award at DOC LA (for Geronimo Was A Beaver).

A still from Geronimo Was A Beaver with festival laurels

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

This Communal Scream Button was installed at the corner of Silver Lake Blvd and Sunset Blvd for one day but if you pressed it, we could have screamed in unison.

a button that reads "communal scream button" with instructions that read "1. push button. 2. scream with me"

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