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Fritzwal is actually a redesign of an old character 🔮✨

now vs 2018
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art of a scruffy man wearing a very loud patterned shirt with a long scarf and brown hooded robe. his hair is messily slicked back with greying streaks, and his smile shows off a gold tooth. he's holding up an orb that says "buy" as he says "Got a sale on! Buy two, get two."

old, sketchier art of the same man in the same pose, but he's missing the trans swag of the redesign

October 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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that's fashion, baby 💃✨
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art showing my character King, a black furred tabaxi, wearing three different outfits. the first is a black and red ensemble that's extra as fuck, with a vest and a large coat hanging off his shoulders. the second is a more simple, sleek outfit in all black with a sleeveless shirt and long black gloves. the third outfit is an open button up shirt with grey pants and suspenders.

in all three outfits, he's wearing a mask

October 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM

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those damn cats find themselves in another situation [1/3]

RIP King 🥀🙏

#art #oc #TheSmirkus

black and white comic page depicting two characters, Fang, a feline shifter dressed in punk attire, and King, a tabaxi dressed in a clown-like outfit and mask, standing on the ledge of a fancy looking building. At King's side there is a bag full of expensive items, such as a necklace and a goblet. On the ground below them are armoured guards. They look nervous as the captain of the guard shouts up to them.

the dialogue says

Fang: "Ahhh... Shit. You think they're mad?" (he laughs)
King: "Ohh. I would say a little."
Captain of the Guard: "Surrender yourself! We're prepared to employ lethal force!"
King: "And to think, this isn't even the worst thing that we've done this week..."

next page. Fang and King are turned to each other, still out of view of the approaching guards, as they discuss what to do.

the dialogue and actions are

Fang: "So, what d'ya say? Should we fight out way out of this mess?" (he spins a butterfly knife in his hand as he smiles)
King: "Hmmm... An interesting proposal. But no, I'm afraid I'm still rather attached to living...."

Fang: "Tch. Then what? Just stand here playing with our dicks until they arrest us?" (he waves his knife at King for emphasis)
King: "I admit, I'm HURT how little you know me. I already have a plan, scemo." (King points to a nearby tree) "Do you see that tree?"
Fang: "Yeah?" (he taps his knife to his lip thoughtfully)
King: "There's no guards here. Yet. You're going to climb down and escape with our goods safely." (he reaches out to hand Fang the bag)
Fang: "Sick... but uh. What about YOU?" (he smiles nervously as he looks back at the tree)
King: "I'm going to do what I do best. I'm going to be an annoyance." (he laughs, posing mischeviously)

third page. the boys continue to talk, seemingl about to have a sweet romantic moment that quickly turns into them antagonizing each other instead before King runs off.

the dialogue says
King: "Before I go... Make me a promise..." (he reaches his hands up to Fang's face, as if about to gently hold him. Fang gives a surprised but affectionate smile in response)
King: "No matter what you hear. No matter. WHAT. Stick. To. The. PLAN." (he grabs Fang's cheeks, tugging on them aggressively)
Fang: "Okay! OKAY! Shit, I got it!" (he sticks his tongue out, looking annoyed as his tail puffs up)
Fang: "You're acting like I can't follow simple instructions." (he huffs, putting the bag over his shoulders finally)
King: "If you say so... I'll entrust the rest to you then." (King waves him off, before turning to run to the other side of the building towards the guards) "Hurry on before you miss your window. A tra poco."
Fang: "Uh, bye?" (he waves, confused)

Fang kneels on the ledge of the building, about to leap to the tree, but hesitates as he listens into King's discussion with the guards instead. he gets increasingly nervous as he hears the sound of King in danger, and instead turns around to save him. however, the final panel smashcuts to show him beat up and sitting in a jail cell.

the dialogue says

Fang, thinking to himself: "Idiot didn't even explain shit to me... The hell is he doing?"
Captain, off panel: "Halt!"
King, off panel: "Buonasera, gentlemen! Are you also enjoying a late night walk?"
Captain: "Oh GREAT, it's HIM. (quietly) Archers, hold your fire for now. (loudly) No games tonight, clown! get down here right now, that is a command!"
King: "A little forward, wasn't we? It's interesting how often we've run into each other, dear captain. Could is be that you're secretly sweet on me?"
Captain: "Absolutely not."
King: "Hm. I imagine it must be all the crime, then. But what would be awfully shameful for you. One would think I would have been arrested by now."
Captain: "Stop."
King: "What would the taxpayers th-" (he gets cut off from the sound of an arrow firing and hitting him, causing him to let out a loud shout of pain before crashing to the ground, causing Fang to look shocked)
Captain: "Who did that?! I said HOLD YOUR FIRE!"
Guard 1: "Wasn't me. Looks like we got him though."
Guard 2: "Nice. Let's fish his body out of the bushes and go home already."
Captain: "Men, have some professionalism..."
Fang: "FU-" (he turns around to fight them)
Fang: "-ck." (he's sitting in jail, beat up and upset)

September 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM

kiwi

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this guy

#TheSmirkus

A portrait of Fang in a limited color palette, sticking his tongue out at the viewer.

September 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM

kiwi

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gotta quit putting on that flavored lipgloss

#TheSmirkus #Void #SweetPea

Void holds Sweet Pea's face in her hand as she licks at her lip slightly. Sweet Pea has her arms wrapped around Voids neck and smiles at her.

July 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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A little doodle of a short haired Void

#TheSmirkus #Void

July 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM

kiwi

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These women continue to be the worst women
(Slightly suggestive content)
#TheSmirkus #Void #SweetPea

Void dressed in a ceremonial getup, several bones and skulls adorn it. She holds a skull, smiling. Sweet Pea stands next to her wearing a skintight outfit. She looks slightly confused, saying "Yeah bestie... Umm... When you said "bone festival, I TOTALLY thought something else...". There are candles and bones surrounding both of them.

Sweet Pea obliviously dancing up on Void while in her underwear, and Void sitting on the edge of the bed reading, completely unbothered.

Void holding up a piece of paper with a red "F" on it, saying "Sweet Pea...you failed." Sweet Pea winks at her as she pulls her shirt down slightly, saying "Ohh no... I guess I need to be punished. Or maybe I can earn some extra credit. ❤️"
The image below shows a disgruntled Sweet Pea sitting at a desk writing while Void is at another desk in the background reading. The desk Void sits at has "Detention" written on it.

3 panel comic.
The first panel shows Sweet Pea grabbing at Voids chest while giving her a >:3 smile. Void tells her "Sweet Pea please...at least wait until tonight..."

The second panel has Sweet Pea looking out a window at the sun almost setting behind some mountains.

The third panel shows Sweet Pea straining and scratching at the windowsill with "heavy breathing" above her head

July 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM

kiwi

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They're actually very good friends

#TheSmirkus #Void #Beowulf

Void waking to a vision of Beowulf with giant sparkly anime eyes. She is thinking "My demons return to plague my dreams"

Void with cat ears clinging to a tree, hissing at Beowulf who barks at her from below

An aggressive looking Beowulf saying "I'm going to wrestle the lions". Void stands beside him asking "Can I have your bones when they tear you to shreds?"

A shy Beowulf, covering his face and smiling, saying "...I feel like... You just get me... You know?" As Void stands behind him holding an arm full of bones

July 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 5

Teehee always look on the bright side of things, bestiiiiie!!!

July 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 5

Sweet Pea needed shoes to complete the look but...she got those hoover so she had to improvise. It's okay, Void is only partially suffering heat stroke under there

July 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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The Smirkus: Harengon Edition
(I'm sorry that these women are stupid)

#art #oc #TheSmirkus

art of ocs that belong to cosmiccadaver and myself, all with their species swapped to look like harengon, rabbit-like anthro characters. Void and Sweet Pea are jokingly dressed in bunny girl outfits with Sweet Pea holding a pink leash attached to Void's neck as Void looks unamused

next to each character lists the rabbit breed they were based on, in order they are

Void is a Jackalope, Sweet Pea is Angora Rabbit, Fang is Lionhead Rabbit, King is Harlequin Rabbit, Beowulf is Silver Fox Rabbit, Mercy is Black-Tailed Jackrabbit, Godfrey Archibald Hollingsworth III

July 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 5

Fang's prank on Void during her Séance performance didn't go quite as planned

July 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 5

Fang and Void can't stand each other

July 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 5

Zenith is Void's (ex) husband. She thought he was dead and moved on and he's struggling to accept that after returning into her life after several years of ghosting her :/ Luckily Sweet Pea is here to remind him his presence is unwanted

July 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 5

Got this cute prompt and was like oh, I simply must allow the most tormented woman to be happy

July 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM

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The Smirkus: Satyr Edition 🐏
(we're not going to discuss the outfits)

#art #oc #TheSmirkus

art of characters that belong to cosmiccadaver and myself, the smirkus. they're all sheep satyrs and the adults are all dressed in ridiculous provocative versions of their outfits that show a little more skin

July 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 4

Some goofy little Smirkus doodles that are probably only funny/meaningful to ghost and I but he insists I share these with the world anyway

A series of messy sketches that reads like a comic. The first sketch shows a close up of King (a tabaxi with wavy hair that covers half of his face) nuzzled into a close up of Void (a tiefling with antler like horns). He has his eyes closed and has a content look on his face as he sleeps. Void has on arm draped around his body, holding him to her and the other hand caresses his hair.
She has a soft smile and music notes around her face. There are SFX: "zzz" and " purr purr" around King and he says "Hmm... mamina" aloud.

The next image shows a surprised Void with a slightly mischievous smile on her face. She still holds King, but the shot switches to a full body view of them both. He is draped over her lap, still nuzzled against her, curled up as a cat would be in someone's lap. He has a shocked and embarrassed 😳 look to his face as the realization hits him that he just said the Italian word for "mommy" aloud to Void. His tail is fluffed up in his embarrassment. Void simply has a large "!" In response

The third image shows half body images of King, Void, and Sweet Pea off to the side. King is walking away from Void, disgruntled as he puts his mask on over his face (the mask is two turned ovals for eyes, with a scar over the left eye of the mask and a "3" shaped mouth. He wears a hoodie, with his other arm tucked into the pocket. Void stands in the middle, visibly unamused as her hair is tousled and frayed and her clothes are torn up, with scratches all over her body. She simply has "..." in reaction to being scratched over Kings embarrassment. Sweet Pea who stands to the side with an incredibly goofy expression holds a hand to her face inquisitively thinking "was that me?" in regards to Void's state (for context: Sweet Pea tends to get...wild...with Void. It is an inside joke)

A messy doodles of Void holding Beowulf in her arms. Void is giving him a kiss on the forehead, as her eyes are closed. She has one hand holding his head and the other wrapped around his torso. She says "Shh shh... hush young pup...". Beowulf's scruffy face is exposed in what appears to be a large sleeping bag encasing him. He has a visibly irritated but blank expression, with several "???" around him.

Multiple drawings on a page that implies a comic.

The first image shows Void and King (who is wearing his mask) talking to each other. Void has her back slightly facing the viewer, and has a relatively blank look on her face. King has his arm out inquisitively. He asks "Void?", she responds with "Hm", and he follows up with "Do you get sleep paralysis demons?"

The next image shows Void laying down in bed with her eyes open in fear/shock. Above her is Sweet Pea, staring down at her with large eyes and an open mouth as she has "Huff Huff" around her face. Sweet Pea is on her hands and knees on Voids body just staring directly at her. The image is wrapped in a thinking bubble as it moves to the third image.

The third image is Void with a distant stare on her face and wide, flat mouth. Her body language is uncomfortable and she just has a series of "Mmmmmmmmmmmm" behind her as she thinks of the previous panel. King looks at her with his hand to his face. He appears worried as he thinks to himself "This b*tch might be severely broken"

Three images that read as a comic.

The first image are two full body shots of Void and Oberon (a harengon child). Void sits in grass with flowers and trees around her. Oberon sits in her lap. Void has a soft, loving expression on her face as she looks at Oberon who is contently weaving flowers in his hands. He says "Like this, Miss Void?"

The next image shows Void leaning forward slightly to allow Oberon to place a flower crown on her head. He is standing on her lap to reach. He says "I made this one for you" as he puts the crown over her head

The third image shows Void giving him a tight hug as he nuzzles into her body. They both have their eyes shut, content. Void is wearing the flower crown. Oberon asks "Can we take a nap under the big tree?"

The entire interaction is wholesome and motherly

July 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jan 4

More void and sweet pea doodles, as they give me big dopamine hits...and are actually wholesome. For once.

Void (a tiefling with antler like horns, no pupils, and long hair) holds her gf Sweet Pea (a sheep satyr with small curved horns and long hair tied in a ponytail) in her lap. Sweet Pea wraps her arms around Void and they exchanged loving looks. They sit under drapes with lights that dangle above them, appearing in various shapes such as stars and crescent moons. The entire piece is in a messy sketchy style and is colored in tones of teal and purple

Sweet Pea (a sheep satyr with curved horns and long wavy hair that falls loosely around her shoulder blades) reaches up to her gf Void (a tiefling with antler like horns, pupiless eyes and long hair, which is wet and clinging close to her body) and puts a small towel over her head. She tells her "Bestie! You're soaked, and not in the fun way. And you smell like wet dirt" Sweet Pea has a slightly frustrated expression as she looks up to the taller girl, who gives her a somewhat longing stare down at her as she crosses her arms.

It switched to a second "panel" that shows a partial Void leaning forward and giving Sweet Pea a small kiss on her forehead. Sweet Pea has her eyes shut and has a content smile on her face, saying "Hmm ❤️". The exchange is innocent between the two of them

A half bust shot of Sweet Pea (wearing her hair up in a ponytail with flowers at the top) glances over with a surprised look on her face at Voids hand as it caresses the side of her cheek. She asks "?", "Do I have something on my face?"

There is a second image of Void and Sweet Pea standing together. Void (her hair long and braided around her shoulders) gives Sweet Pea a happy smile as she holds the shorter girl's face in her hand, saying "Huh...oh. No, I just wanted to touch you.". Sweet Pea has a very happy smile, closed eyes. She reaches her hand up to touch Void's hand and her small sheep tail wags. She says "Ahh!! Bestie!! Hehehe ❤️" both girls are shown with half body images. Void is wearing a long, puffy sleeved shirt and a long skirt, both pretty formless. Sweet Pea is wearing a corset with puffy sleeves around her bicep and a large frilly skirt.

Void (who appears as an off-white and dark dusty brown dragon) has her mouth open, exposing sharp teeth and a black tongue. She licks Sweet Peas face as she lies on top of the smaller girl, holding her with her large hand. Sweet Pea, who is laying on her back in the grass, has a scrunched expression as she is being licked, holding her hand up to Void's face. Her legs are up sort of between Voids neck/chest area as she is being held. Sweet Pea says "Euuuugh... VOOOOOIIIID!!! YUCK!". The whole mood is playful between them, even though Sweet Pea has an expression of disgust!
The piece is colored, Sweet Pea is white and pink in tones. She wears a pink open sweater that is halfway cut off by the position of her legs. Void is just dragon. They lay together in a green field of grass with white flowers and an off blue sky.

July 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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The Smirkus: Tabaxi Edition 🐈
#art #oc #TheSmirkus

art of characters that belong to cosmiccadaver and myself, The Smirkus. they're all species swapped to be Tabaxis. next to them lists the cat breeds they were based on, in order

Beowulf is a Norwegian Forest Cat, Sweet Pea is a Turkish Angora, Void is a Devon Rex, Fang is a Bengal, Mercy is a Russian Blue, Godfrey Archibald Hollingsworth III is a Persian Cat, Oberon is a Scottish Fold, and Oriana is an Abyssinian

July 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Dec 30

Void just makes me happy ok. Messy doodles of this witch and her familiar, Munin and her girlfriend/unending terror on her life, Sweet Pea

July 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jul 8

honestly someone should ban @ghostonvhs.bsky.social and i from artfight this year...

July 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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kiwi @cosmiccadaver.bsky.social · Jul 8

#artfight piece for my boyfriend @ghostonvhs.bsky.social of his fallen Aasimar, Beowulf!! He deserves the world and I only wish I could give him more. But I know bloody shirtless men is a good start.

#teamstardust #artfight2024 #art