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Gus Becker
@gusbusdraws.bsky.social
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Scientist & artist drawing cartoons of robots, aliens, & sometimes wizards in Denver, CO. I love making #zines!
Check out my space on small web:
https://gusbus.space
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Bug astronaut doing bug and/or astronaut things
Digital drawing of an astronaut with a bug head holding some pliers and floating in front of a starry background
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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✨See a mage, post a mage✨

Magic axolotl!
An axolotl mage releasing some magic bubbles
October 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Had a great time at #Denver Zine Fest this weekend! This was the first time we tabled as UFO Country Press!
Photo of me & my buddy Earl behind our table of zines!
September 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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For folks near #Denver that also like #zines - I'll be tabling at Denver Zine Fest this Sunday as UFO Country Press!
Digital flyer reading "I'll be at Denver zine fest as half of UFO Country Press" with an intimidating sasquatch and alien. A UFO wears a cowboy hat with the text "they forced me to believe" in the tractor beam. Below read the names Earl Anema and Gus Becker, as well as the details for the fest: Sunday Sept 14, 11 to 5 pm, Denver Central Library
September 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Dragon driving a lil car
Digital drawing of a dragon driving a little car
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Ice mage surfing
Digital drawing of an ice mage in a cloak that looks like a winter sweater surfing by zapping the water with magic that freezes a surfboard
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Medieval siege mech
Digital drawing of a mech that looks like a medieval suit of armor baking in a castle gate
September 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Always out here drawing fun little guys!
Alien crew collecting some fungus off asteroids Hi Viz-ard, a raccoon that fights for good urbanism A digital drawing of a cyborg holding a big sword with a wrench taped to it Digital drawing of mothman holding a ray gun & wearing flip flops
September 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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On the run!
Digital drawing of an alien running through the desert wearing jean shorts
August 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Every week is goblin week
Digital drawing of a goblin with some armor and tattoos in the desert
August 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Here we see a Crust-Bust Unit approaching a refuel station with a dangerous amount of void crust growth. Much more & it could attract a worm!

Exploration for a #worldbuilding project
Digital drawing of a spaceship with two arms and a glowing chainsaw in front of a refuel station with some yellow fungus-like growth
July 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Share some favorite character designs of your own!
Here are some I like from recently.
Digital drawing of a robot made of a crt monitor and oscilloscope holding a vhs Digital drawing of Mothman Ina spacesuit holding a Clam with big eyes Digital drawing of a raccoon wearing a traffic cone on their head with a hi vis best and a traffic sign post as a staff Digital drawing of a robot in the desert with a cow skull for a head
July 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A space worm cultist.
Playing around with halftones!
#art #scifi
Digital drawing of a robed figure floating in front of a big space worm. An asteroid with some fungus floats below.
July 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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A Public Infra Corps crew collecting some void crust.
#scifi #space
A digital drawing of a spaceship with an alien crew of three: one piloting, one holding a laser chainsaw to some fungus like material growing on an asteroid, and a third sucking some of the fungus debris into a tube connected to a container on the back of the ship. Floating around the crew are more asteroids covered in this branching fungus.
July 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Here’s an evolution tree from the elephant wikipedia page. Elephas includes Asian elephants, Mammuthus mammoths, and Loxodonta African elephants.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant
May 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Space Wizard, my beloved
May 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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See a sword, post a sword!

This reminded me of this mind controlling sword I made for the Cursed Relics challenge a few years ago, hosted by @albabbgg.bsky.social
Digital drawing of a goblin holding a large sword over their head. Sword has some runes engraved on it, and some glowing magical effects connect the sword to the goblin’s head. Goblin’s eyes are glazed over and their open mouth is drooling
May 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Some of the sketches as I was working out the new Hi Viz-ard design
#characterdesign
Page of pen sketches of racoon wizard with sign post staff and traffic cone hat Two more pen sketches of racoon wizard with sign post staff and traffic cone hat, this time with trash grabber gauntlet
May 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Hi Viz-ard joins the battle of #WizardsVsTemplars3!
A digital drawing of a character: a raccoon with a traffic cone over their head, wearing a hi viz vest. The have a robotic claw for a hand, and hold a sign post as a staff in the other.
May 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Working on a wizard to submit for LLOPX’s Wizards vs Templars challenge on IG! Which concept do you like better?
Digital drawing of a raccoon wizard with a traffic cone on their head and a hi viz vest cloak. Their staff is a street sign Digital drawing of a rat wizard in waders. They’re holding up their hand and it’s glowing, guiding a horde of rats into the same shape!
May 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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If you see this, post skeletons!

This is Boone, an outlaw wanted in three star systems!
A robot with a cow skull for a head standing in the desert, wearing cowboy accessories: tiny hat, tasseled vest, boots.
February 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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"I know just the guy"

The guy:
Digital drawing of a character that resembles a brain floating in the bubble helmet of a spacesuit. Holding a tablet with some connected nodes. Text above reads "DATA GUY" in blocky bubble letters
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Playing around with an algorithm called reaction diffusion!

If anyone has thoughts about how I might combine this with some hand drawn elements, I'd love to hear them.
#creativeCoding
February 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Some new stops on the Smallweb Subway webring system!

If you have a page on your website that matches one of these themes, you're welcome to join!
gusbus.space/smallweb-subway
Map in the style of a subway system showing the layout of 6 different webrings visually. The 6 themes are sci-fi, zines, doodle crew, creatives club, comics, and poetry.
February 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Finally added a button wall to my website, gusbus.space! If you have a website with an 88x31 that you'd like to be added, let me know! #smallweb
Screenshot from my website showing 7 buttons! Text reads "Net Neighbors - Here are some sites of folks who link back here!"
February 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM