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We're a traditional art multiverse webcomic taking place in different ages and scenarios with a common denominator: the two main characters. Even typical stories like mermaids and pirates meeting could've got a different development. Currently publishing Teal Sail: piracy in Guangdong, 1781, and Yellow Wars: mafias in San Francisco, 1925.
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Traditional Art: pencils, brush markers, watercolours and coffee. Sometimes tea.
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Not an April's Fool joke! Please, read carefully ππ»
Not an April's Fool joke! Please, read carefully ππ»
π PURPURA SPECTRE | MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! π₯³
Today we’re saying goodbye to 2024, finally. This year we proposed a rebirth but ended up being a failure after a failure, not only in Guzbourine-related issues but other personal as well, and depression decided to take all the year for itself. We thought it was going to be our year because 2023 was already hard enough, but even when we got rid of some burdens, we didn’t have a good attitude to progress.
Anyway, that’s not the 2024 Recap., nor the 2025 purposes post, I really want to write all of those but I’ll do it with more time once in January. This post is about saying THANK YOU!! To all of you who are still by our sides. Who supported us during the little events we attended this year, being customers, visitants or artists fellows, you are the best!! To our patrons, because we prioritise posting sketches and studies on Patreon instead of making social media posts, but are still so little, and maybe we should have it on an indefinite hiatus, but to be honest we need as much as we can gain because our situation isn’t good at all and at least pay a couple of software subscriptions we need to keep working. You save us every month you stay!! And to my dear Aurel, who’s with me, taking good care of me, carrying a lot of things just by herself to give me time for healing, and fighting with me against this monster. Guzbourine exists because of two people with a big dream, and it can’t be without any of us.
This is a good luck Armin –and a little robin– from us to you, playing carols with his flute, because I love having present our Victorian Universe for Christmas, and he’s a little angel so can bring all of us sweetness, innocence and joy. πΆβ¨
Today we’re saying goodbye to 2024, finally. This year we proposed a rebirth but ended up being a failure after a failure, not only in Guzbourine-related issues but other personal as well, and depression decided to take all the year for itself. We thought it was going to be our year because 2023 was already hard enough, but even when we got rid of some burdens, we didn’t have a good attitude to progress.
Anyway, that’s not the 2024 Recap., nor the 2025 purposes post, I really want to write all of those but I’ll do it with more time once in January. This post is about saying THANK YOU!! To all of you who are still by our sides. Who supported us during the little events we attended this year, being customers, visitants or artists fellows, you are the best!! To our patrons, because we prioritise posting sketches and studies on Patreon instead of making social media posts, but are still so little, and maybe we should have it on an indefinite hiatus, but to be honest we need as much as we can gain because our situation isn’t good at all and at least pay a couple of software subscriptions we need to keep working. You save us every month you stay!! And to my dear Aurel, who’s with me, taking good care of me, carrying a lot of things just by herself to give me time for healing, and fighting with me against this monster. Guzbourine exists because of two people with a big dream, and it can’t be without any of us.
This is a good luck Armin –and a little robin– from us to you, playing carols with his flute, because I love having present our Victorian Universe for Christmas, and he’s a little angel so can bring all of us sweetness, innocence and joy. πΆβ¨
For us, Spaniards is Christmas until the 6th of January, so Merry Christmas, have a lovely night and welcome the New Year with all the happiness you can, and if you read us from a country that celebrates Noche de Reyes, enjoy your roscón!! π Also, if you’re having bad times… remember that it’s perfectly alright to cry, to scream all your frustration. You don’t need to put on a mask, you deserve to be yourself and take your own amount of time to heal. Have a great hug from us!! π«
LOVE YOU ALL!! π
LOVE YOU ALL!! π
π΅ LAPIS-LAZULI CURSE | LU HAN’S B-DAY! π – GOLD FOIL 1ST TRY π΅
1st illustration Chris left ready before taking our flight but we didn’t have time to update, and the 2nd birthday we celebrate in April: Lu Han’s birthday is on 27th April! π§π»βοΈ This is what we chose for him; experimenting with gold foil. Not our first time, but only the second for Chris since she tried it out a long ago in class, so we’ve been doing surely everything bad, including trying not to blow or inhale the flying flakes… Advice is appreciated if you have some.
Anyway, look how bright and fancy he looks π Long live our king! Well, not exactly a king, in our Egyptian Universe that would be Randy’s role, but he can’t help trying on the headdress of his dear Crown Prince. Share with us your opinions and birthday greetings, seamen! π
POSTED EARLY + HD ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104748621
1st illustration Chris left ready before taking our flight but we didn’t have time to update, and the 2nd birthday we celebrate in April: Lu Han’s birthday is on 27th April! π§π»βοΈ This is what we chose for him; experimenting with gold foil. Not our first time, but only the second for Chris since she tried it out a long ago in class, so we’ve been doing surely everything bad, including trying not to blow or inhale the flying flakes… Advice is appreciated if you have some.
Anyway, look how bright and fancy he looks π Long live our king! Well, not exactly a king, in our Egyptian Universe that would be Randy’s role, but he can’t help trying on the headdress of his dear Crown Prince. Share with us your opinions and birthday greetings, seamen! π
POSTED EARLY + HD ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104748621
πΉ MAY ’24 NEWSLETTER | VISITING SPAIN AND FELIZ SAN ISIDRO! πΉ
Hi there, seamen! Two weeks appearing almost for nothing here, but we just updated a Newsletter about the reason... We've been visiting family and friends in Spain after two years and a half!
For just over a week, we couldn’t stop due to an amazingly busy agenda: starting with a friend’s wedding in Cantabria –north Spain–; then travelling down to our hometown, Madrid; and then to Guadalajara, to finally pick up our new companion... Chris’ doggo! Who we had to leave behind when we moved to Ireland due to a series of mishaps, so he has been living with her father until now.
Take a look at our itinerary for those days ππ» and stay tuned to our life updates through our Patreon page π‘
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104388298
Hi there, seamen! Two weeks appearing almost for nothing here, but we just updated a Newsletter about the reason... We've been visiting family and friends in Spain after two years and a half!
For just over a week, we couldn’t stop due to an amazingly busy agenda: starting with a friend’s wedding in Cantabria –north Spain–; then travelling down to our hometown, Madrid; and then to Guadalajara, to finally pick up our new companion... Chris’ doggo! Who we had to leave behind when we moved to Ireland due to a series of mishaps, so he has been living with her father until now.
Take a look at our itinerary for those days ππ» and stay tuned to our life updates through our Patreon page π‘
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104388298
Ahoy, seamen, Aurel speaking! In this house, April is a month of celebration, ‘cause on the 6th of this month some years ago, a special person came from a tiny little Easter egg: our dear author Chris! π₯
It’s not usual for her to ask me for a specific drawing for her birthday, normally she’s happy just having one if I feel to, but this year she had a special request. With a tiny mouth, she asked for this illustration which portrays a specific memory from the recent past, starting in the middle of the pandemic, when she was feeling so lonely and sad that she imagined our dear boys hugging and comforting her the way you see here. I felt very touched by a request like that and couldn’t say no, so I tried to do my best and give it a special touch since I felt that a normal portrait with the usual Guzbourine style wouldn’t be enough. That’s how I came out with this stained glass style, more figurative and brilliant, something that could be hung on a window where the light can pass through and never feel dark anymore. π
Chris has been going through a difficult time, fighting with anxiety and depression for a long time, and she’s been having a particular breakdown for the last months, the reason why our work is running slower. But even so, she doesn’t stop, neither do I. She tries her best to keep working at the pace she can, even when sadness overwhelms her, even when our work goes unnoticed after all the time and effort, because, just like me, she knows Guzbourine is our baby and we cannot let it unattended; that the only way to fulfil our goal is to keep working. So I did my best to give her a super special birthday, and I’m glad to say that she was delighted with it, illustration included, which is already hanging on the wall. π
So, please, give some love to our dear writer, graphic editor, social media manager, reviewer, tea guy, and Lu Han’s mom! Happy Birthday, Chris! π
It’s not usual for her to ask me for a specific drawing for her birthday, normally she’s happy just having one if I feel to, but this year she had a special request. With a tiny mouth, she asked for this illustration which portrays a specific memory from the recent past, starting in the middle of the pandemic, when she was feeling so lonely and sad that she imagined our dear boys hugging and comforting her the way you see here. I felt very touched by a request like that and couldn’t say no, so I tried to do my best and give it a special touch since I felt that a normal portrait with the usual Guzbourine style wouldn’t be enough. That’s how I came out with this stained glass style, more figurative and brilliant, something that could be hung on a window where the light can pass through and never feel dark anymore. π
Chris has been going through a difficult time, fighting with anxiety and depression for a long time, and she’s been having a particular breakdown for the last months, the reason why our work is running slower. But even so, she doesn’t stop, neither do I. She tries her best to keep working at the pace she can, even when sadness overwhelms her, even when our work goes unnoticed after all the time and effort, because, just like me, she knows Guzbourine is our baby and we cannot let it unattended; that the only way to fulfil our goal is to keep working. So I did my best to give her a super special birthday, and I’m glad to say that she was delighted with it, illustration included, which is already hanging on the wall. π
So, please, give some love to our dear writer, graphic editor, social media manager, reviewer, tea guy, and Lu Han’s mom! Happy Birthday, Chris! π
Happy birthday Chris! ππππ Lots and lots and lots of love πππ(and chocolate too ππ«π«π«π«π«)
Thank you so so much, and a thousand thanks more for your support!! ππππ (I had a lot of chocolate π₯°π₯°ππππ)
Last MerMay we took the opportunity to introduce you to some of our side characters, not only from Teal Sail or Yellow Wars but the whole Universe of Guzbourine, and since we asked if you’d like to see more of them, specially when the sweet blonde-blue-eel merman popped up in the stage, and you answered yes… now it’s your fault! That’s why after meeting some of the Yellow Wars’ side characters, we dropped something else from all that's in our sketchbook.
These two are exclusives from Purpura Spectre: our Victorian Universe, and this is a preliminary character concept art, just to test their facial features and some poses to see how they look, specially together because this is one of Chris’ most beloved couples and safe places. Let us introduce you to Armin O’Dair –there’s a small misspelling in his family name but being half-Irish, he uses the form O’Dair– and Bradley Clayton.
You can become a Patron to see the full post ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/93012533
These two are exclusives from Purpura Spectre: our Victorian Universe, and this is a preliminary character concept art, just to test their facial features and some poses to see how they look, specially together because this is one of Chris’ most beloved couples and safe places. Let us introduce you to Armin O’Dair –there’s a small misspelling in his family name but being half-Irish, he uses the form O’Dair– and Bradley Clayton.
You can become a Patron to see the full post ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/93012533
π JANUARY '24 NEWSLETTER | LIFE UPDATE π
Hi there, seamen! Too late to say 'Happy New Year'? Hopefully not, because here comes a lot we need you to read and comment on, if you can, and do us the favour, and explain the way we started this new year that seems already a bit tumultuous for everyone.
ππ» We published this in January for all our free and paying patrons, but we think this is important for all our readers so you can also read it –and we'd be so thankful if you do it– just by following the link! ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/97010931
Thank you so much for being still here! π
Hi there, seamen! Too late to say 'Happy New Year'? Hopefully not, because here comes a lot we need you to read and comment on, if you can, and do us the favour, and explain the way we started this new year that seems already a bit tumultuous for everyone.
ππ» We published this in January for all our free and paying patrons, but we think this is important for all our readers so you can also read it –and we'd be so thankful if you do it– just by following the link! ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/97010931
Thank you so much for being still here! π
And talking about the new social media, you can also follow us in the sky! πΆπ«οΈ For more info such as conventions, and single illustrations. We're also looking forward to following all our people so if you have it, here is our profile ππ»
https://bsky.app/profile/guzbourine.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/guzbourine.bsky.social
A bit late but reporting here as well!
This year we're publishing an N*FW (+18) Advent Calendar on Patreon with a new sketch-like illustration every 2 days until December 24th! Follow Randy, Lu Han, and some other of our comics' characters, some of them new, while they're having a good time π± Most of the illustrations will be patrons-only, but some others may fall around Twitter (X), and our brand new Bluesky, so if you have the age, take a look!
We're expecting to have a lot of work this new year so please, enjoy the Holidays and see you in 'Yellow Wars' sooner than later! ππ
https://www.patreon.com/guzbourine
This year we're publishing an N*FW (+18) Advent Calendar on Patreon with a new sketch-like illustration every 2 days until December 24th! Follow Randy, Lu Han, and some other of our comics' characters, some of them new, while they're having a good time π± Most of the illustrations will be patrons-only, but some others may fall around Twitter (X), and our brand new Bluesky, so if you have the age, take a look!
We're expecting to have a lot of work this new year so please, enjoy the Holidays and see you in 'Yellow Wars' sooner than later! ππ
https://www.patreon.com/guzbourine
Hi there, seamen!
This year we're trying to participate in more and different things to get ourselves known. One of those applications which ended up in favourable terms is a project called Dublin Canvas; a public art project in charge of turning traffic boxes into pieces of art. π¨
This time we presented three designs getting one of them selected: THE BASIN! π¦ So, if the weather allows us, we’ll be leaving our footprint in the city streets.
Our Patrons has now access to all the designs and a small look at the work in progress. Would you like to know more?! Join our crew here and support our work! ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/89378212
This year we're trying to participate in more and different things to get ourselves known. One of those applications which ended up in favourable terms is a project called Dublin Canvas; a public art project in charge of turning traffic boxes into pieces of art. π¨
This time we presented three designs getting one of them selected: THE BASIN! π¦ So, if the weather allows us, we’ll be leaving our footprint in the city streets.
Our Patrons has now access to all the designs and a small look at the work in progress. Would you like to know more?! Join our crew here and support our work! ππ»
https://www.patreon.com/posts/89378212
