Inkling Studio 印象工作室

18/08/2025

✨ Internship Opportunity ✨
We’re looking for art & design graduates (or soon-to-be) who are curious about the world of independent publishing, printmaking, and storytelling.

You’ll gain hands-on experience in:
• Risograph printing & production
• Event & workshop support

We value interns who are passionate, detail-oriented, and eager to learn in a collaborative environment.
📍 Location: Our studio in Bukit Mertajam, Penang
🗓 Period: September - October 2025
📩 Apply with your portfolio & CV: [email protected]
💥 Bonus: Free Riso prints during internship period (MAX 3)

25/07/2025

Things About Friendship is a tender exploration of companionship through the eyes of This zine pairs delicate illustrations with handwritten bilingual prose, capturing the quiet magic found in the presence of a friend. Intimate and sincere, each page gently reflects on the small, meaningful moments that define connection, trust, and shared joy.
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Things About Friendship
3 colours Riso
130x130mm / 16p (comes with 3 bookmarks)
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Launching at

13/06/2025

We’re excited to share that our zines are now available at our very first Penang stockist—
It means a lot to be part of their shelves, as we’ve long admired their work as both a publisher and bookstore.
If you're in Penang, do drop by and give them a visit!

16/05/2025

✨ Riso Digital Workshop ✨
We’re super excited to host our first ever Risograph Digital Workshop at our cozy studio! Join us for a session where you’ll learn how to set up Riso-ready files, handle colour separations, and prep your artwork for Riso layered prints.

📌 What’s included?
- Learn how to set up Riso-ready files
- Take home 5 A3 prints
- Get a free Riso colour chart for future reference!

📌 Participants must bring:
- their own laptop/tablet (with Procreate, Photoshop or Illustrator installed)
- their own artwork (either scanned copy or digitally designed piece)

📅 Date: 15 June 2025
⏰ Time: 1PM – 5PM
📍 Venue: Inkling Studio, Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Suitable for creators with some design experiences.
🌟 Spots are limited, so register now to secure yours.

📩 Sign up / inquiries:
📧 [email protected]
📷 DM us on Instagram: .press

Stay tuned for our next Riso zine session! 😉

01/05/2025

Day 1 of
Come chat with us about all things Riso at GMBB GM 3A-16~

26/04/2025

OPEN CALL: INK & IMPULSE
We're looking for local artists to publish their zines with us!

At Inkling, we believe in building space for ideas that are bold, offbeat, and rooted in research. That’s why we started Ink & Impulse—to invite curious minds, story-driven creators, and lovers of the odd and honest to co-create zines with us.

You bring the ideas, we bring our experience in zine-making, riso printing, and storytelling. We’ll work closely with you to shape a zine that resonates with readers and stands out in the indie publishing scene.

If you’ve got something quirky, layered, or deeply personal you’ve been itching to tell — we’d love to hear from you.

Submissions are now open.
(Link in bio)

🔔 Deadline: 30 June 2025

11/04/2025

We'll be joining KLIF 3 weeks later! Come chat with us about stories and anything Riso!

Inkling Studio .press

We are an indie publisher and Risograph micro-press from Penang, Malaysia. We'll showcase riso-printed goods, collaborative zines with various artists, and our in-house creations, highlighting our passion for exploring new narratives and pushing the boundaries of independent publishing.

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Event Details:
📅 May 1-4, 2025
🕚 11:00-20:00
📍 GMBB, Kuala Lumpur

Ticket Prices:
🎟️ Standard One Day Pass: RM20
🌟 Full Event 4 Days Pass: RM58

23/03/2025

We wrapped up our first Riso workshop today! 🎉✨

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us, experimented with colors, and embraced the beauty of Risograph printing! We hope you had as much fun as we did!

Missed this session? Stay tuned—our next workshop will focus on preparing digital files for Riso printing! More details coming soon. 👀

28/02/2025

✨ Riso Workshop Announcement ✨
We’re super excited to host our first ever Risograph Printing Workshop at our cozy studio! Join us for a hands-on session where you’ll learn the basics of Riso and create your own 2-colour print using drawings.

📌 What’s included?
- Learn the basics of Risograph printing
- Create your own artwork & print it in Riso
- Take home 20 A5 prints (printed on 5 A3 sheets)
- Get a free Riso colour chart for future reference!
- All materials provided – just bring yourself!

📅 Date: 23 March 2025
⏰ Time: 1PM – 5PM
📍 Venue: Inkling Studio, Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Perfect for beginners and open to all ages!
🌟 Spots are limited, so register now to secure yours.

📩 Sign up / inquiries:
📧 [email protected]
📷 DM us on Instagram: .press

Looking for a digital Riso workshop? Stay tuned for our next session! 😉

27/12/2024

✨Hin Artist Market Recap✨
Last week marks the second time we’ve joined an art market in Penang! The first was a Riso-focused event back when we were still fresh-faced newbies. So, when we saw Hin Market was organizing its first-ever art-focused market, we knew we had to be part of it.

As Penangites, it’s been amazing watching Hin Bus grow into a vibrant art and cultural hub over the years. Fun fact: we even held our graduation exhibition here back in the day! Supporting Hin Bus felt natural—it’s like coming full circle.

This time, we met so many talented and passionate creatives who take their art businesses seriously. It’s incredibly heartwarming and inspiring to see such dedication to pushing the boundaries of art in Northern Malaysia.

We joined this event simply out of support, but we left feeling hopeful, nostalgic, and uplifted by the amazing energy of artists and art lovers coming together. Here’s to many more years of creativity and collaboration at Hin Bus!

27/12/2024

Nezha Animation / Colour chart
by Zhao Hong
The Colour Chart & Animation Poster serves dual purposes as both a Riso DUO color guide and an animation display of Nezha’s rebirth. Showing a range of Riso ink color combinations, this piece functions as a resource for Riso printing enthusiasts and as a decorative A4 poster that showcases frames from the animation.

Currently on display in .tsutayabooks as part of Riso: A Beautiful Mess, a collective exhibition themed 'Blossom', until 5th January 2025.

27/12/2024

Lotus Reincarnate - A Riso flip-book animation by Zhao Hong
This is my first attempt at drawing animation, and it was such a fun challenge to bring Nezha’s legendary rebirth to life through Risograph printing!

For this piece, I studied Taichi-inspired spear and polearm sequences to capture fluid, graceful movements. I also looked at how a lotus blooms to bring that symbolic transformation into the animation. The result? 56 carefully drawn frames.

Special thanks to , who was an animator before, for answering all my questions and helping me proof-check the keyframes—it made the whole process so much smoother!

Currently on display in .tsutayabooks as part of Riso: A Beautiful Mess, a collective exhibition themed 'Blossom', until 5th January 2025.