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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · 1d

CW: body horror, blood, gore

DO NOT SAVE ME is an upcoming kinetic novel set in a dark tale where a maiden fears an obsessive knight as much as her monstrous captor.

[ #cosmocreates | #ocsky | #gamedev ]

A woman with dark skin lies down, her eyes filled with constant tears. She is terrified by thoughts of a pale-skinned, smiling man holding his sword in a clenched, bloodied fist while obscured by shadow. His kill resembles a green beast missing its head, thanks to a gory decapitation.

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Sep 8

4️⃣2️⃣ You have 42 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. This morning, we've passed $80,000 for queer artists.

itch.io/b/3062

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 80 over a background of genderfluid pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a ribbon shape creating a woven appearance, with rainbow and transgender pride flag colors and various textures.

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Aug 4

We're back! Purchasing the Queer Games Bundle for $60 (or $10+) is a direct action that you can take right now to support queer people in a life-changing way, and in exchange, you get over 600 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games and artworks.

itch.io/b/3062/

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PRGE @pizzapranks.bsky.social · Aug 1

Playing the role of a voyeur's muse, you can decide to rupture or repair the relationship between you and his camera's barrel. Through conversation, you find out where you lie with your faux-stalker.

Snapped Distance by @cozystars.itch.io

pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-67

screenshot for the game Snapped Distance showing a closeup a person with their hair covering half their face

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Silly Billy @harmfulplant.bsky.social · Jul 15

art fight attack for @cozystars.itch.io who is really cool and nice and good and you should follow just sayin

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Tobi Jam @tobilangly.bsky.social · Jul 26

My Friend Cosmo : - ) for @cozystars.itch.io

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jul 30

Snapped Distance is a proud addition to this bundle! Support it if you can, share if you can't.
Have a great rest of your week, loves

Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 25

for #makeaterriblecomicday2025 ! some folks cant enjoy a sandwich in peace..........
[ #misdoodles ]

A three-panel comic featuring two characters. The first has someone smiling at the character in the second panel. Disturbed and interrupted by the sub they were trying to eat, they yell, "STOP THAT."

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 20

and if you'd like to support me a bit more financially........there's always my ko-fi!
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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 20

Happy #Juneteenth to all my fellow black creatives! Here's a lil' promo for myself to celebrate. If you like horror, character design, and sequential antics, I recommend that you tune in ^_^ Thank you!

A sun-faced older man embraces a dark-skinned man of similar age while weeping. They embrace in a pose similar to Gustav Klimt's 'The Kiss.' Unlike the original art piece, they wear robes of differing colors. The patterns on them are abstract shapes, lines, and simplified flowers. Behind both of them is a moon with a face, along with white stars.

Alternate Universe designs for characters from Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." From left to right: Ellen, Ted, Gorrister, and Nimdok. Their clothing is in various states of disarray and wear, and most requires sewn-on patches to stay together.

An illustration of five portraits of a cast of characters. It is titled "The Embraced of Central County." The first portrait on the top row, left, is Daniel Spears. He is a light-skinned middle-aged man wearing a green scarf and pink shirt. Next to him is the portrait of the Prince and Sheriff of the county. One is a suited man, and the other is a well-dressed woman. Both have their faces obscured by rolling red markings. On the bottom row (left to right) are Ezra Baptise, Trent Smith, and Paul Concolor. Ezra Baptise is a dark-skinned man with an intense, pouty face. He wears a sweater vest and a plain dress shirt. Trent Smith is a young, light-skinned man wearing a formal business suit and tie and smiling. Paul Concolor is an older, light-skinned man showing off his canines wearing a blue business suit.

"Chibi"-styled refs for two characters, Paprika (left) and Basil (right). Paprika is a black person with dyed-red dreads, glasses, and wears a business casual outfit. Basil is a dark-haired, mixed-race black man who wears more casual clothing than his partner.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 19

Some help for the rest of the month would be highly appreciated! Thank you for this thread
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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 19

Some help for the rest of the month would be highly appreciated! Thank you for this thread
ko-fi.com/cozystars

Buy Cosmo Solís a Coffee

Become a supporter of Cosmo Solís today!

ko-fi.com

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 4

an homage to my first big fan comic for something that STILL means the world to me, featured in a wonderful zine full of like-minded, ever so excellent, artists. ty for everything limbolane. here's to more years of wonderful games!

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Jun 4

💐let's grow together🌼
[ #cosmocreates | #downlimbolane | #smileformegame ]

A digital colored illustration of Boris Habit and Kamal Bora from Smile For Me together. Suspended in the air, Kamal places a hand onto Boris's, and both are smiling toward each other. Boris's hair envelops Kamal closer, wrapping around his body as well. Boris cries tears of joy as Kamal accepts his apology, which takes the form of a bouquet of roses. The roses have a tag which reads, "F: Habit," meaning they're from Habit. Behind them is a sunflower and white lily, with the sunflower place behind Boris and the Lily behind Kamal. Boris wears a yellow button-up with jeans, both featuring a floral decoration. And Kamal wears a turquoise shirt and brown pants and vest combo. The vest has white squiggles and dots along the side and back.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · May 31

preview for the lovely limbolane collab coming out tomorrow!!! woawwowow
[ #cosmocreates | #smileformegame ]

Kamal Bora places his hand onto Boris Habit's. Both characters are from the game, Smile for Me.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · May 7

more doodles. still don't know which direction I'm going with these folks but be aware ☝🏿 its a supernatural one

Two rough sketches of Madeline and Quinn standing beside each other in alternative outfits.

Two sketches of Penelope. Both look equally disgruntled.

Three sketches of Madeline. From right to left, the first shows her in color. She is a platinum blonde with tan skin who wears all pink. The next is another bust, uncolored. The last is of her face grinning widely, which is missing certain facial features and hair.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · May 7

i've been doodling #htp oc ideas. cant believe this series makes me willingly create British people 😔
[ #misdoodles ]

A person greets a customer entering a store. The person is black with natural hair, wearing an apron, a tomato pincushion, a bow, and striped pants. With a smile, the person says, "Welcome to Pygmalion's Pin! Where a sense of style is set in stone. How can I help you?" There's also additional information displayed on the right side of the sketch, which describes them as "Quinn B. Bonilla, they/he/her, age 25. American fashion student that couldn't handle the bustle of Soho, so settled for an internship at a local store in North Norfolk."

The second sketch is of an older woman named Madeline DeVenus. She has strong facial features and an explosion of light, curly hair. Madeline wears very revealing clothing proudly. The information on the right describes her as "Somehow a big deal. Acts like it too." There are extra bullet points that add, "Quinn's boss, retired model, and real odd."

The last sketch is of Madeline's daughter, Penelope, with a typo (noooo :') ). She has similar features to her mother, but looks agitated towards life. Penelope wears a sweater and blows her bubble gum into a large bubble.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 24

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! means a lot coming from you 💗🥺!

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 24

CW: blood, eyestrain
these *were* going to be added to the zine but didn't cause I cant draw guy right >_< oh well
[ #cosmocreates | #misdoodles | #htp ]

Sketches of Guy Chapman from Hunter: The Parenting in an alternate uniform consisting of an all black overcoat with a matching tie, and red undershirt and accents. He also wears an altered guards cap. His white gloves and black shoes are stained with blood. Another sketch of him is in the same outfit, only this time, there are red stitch marks on the coat and pants. In this second sketch, he's doing a stereotypical "Frakenstein's Monster" pose. Black text on a red background overlays with text that reads, "Wettworth's Monster." An agitated Kevin Wettsworth adds, "Stop calling yourself that." The border of both images contains differing depictions of Frankenstein and his creature, along with Renfield from the 1931 version of Dracula.

This is another sketch of Guy in the outfit from the previous image. He smiles with a bloodstained mouth and teeth, his gloved hand on his chest spreading the mess to his tie. His eye is barely visible, but he stares directly at the viewer.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 23

cozystars.itch.io/htpslays - Enjoy and take care :D

Hunt That Catwalk by CozyStars

An Hunter:The Parenting Fanzine!

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 23

CW: eyestrain, blood
Ever wanted to see Grimal in a blood-stained, outrageously frilly dress? Well, I did! And you can, along with other characters, thanks to my new fanzine now on Itch! Link below :3
[ #cosmocreates | #htp | #huntertheparenting ]

Grimal from Hunter the Parenting licking up blood from a nosebleed while staring down her implied opponent with crazed determination.

Elise from Hunter the Parenting is smiling while wearing pearls and a beret. Pale green flowers cover her pale skin.

Kitten from Hunter The Parenting is yelling something and is wearing a gray hoodie with cat ears.

Markus from Hunter the Parenting is wearing sunglasses and putting a thumbs up while smirking.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 19

CW: blood, eye strain
do you think he holds dracula watch parties like this
[ #cosmocreates | #jp&e | #smb ]

An alternate universe design for Waluigi from the Super Mario series. He is dressed in an elaborate vampire costume. He bites down on a purple rose, holds a tiny glass full of (hopefully) wine, and smiles towards someone off-screen. The costume is complete with bite marks and blood spilling down from his mouth onto his neck.

A close-up on the previously described illustration.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Dec 30

[ #misdoodles | #jp&e | #supermario ]
waaaaat the fuck do you call this dynamic

A four-panel comic depicting AU versions of Luigi and Waluigi from the Mario Series. Both are dressed for their tennis match against each other. The first panel has Waluigi standing confidently with his racket over his shoulder. Grinning, he says, "Ay amico mio! Good luck on the court. You're gonna need it." In the second panel, Luigi looks very scared. To himself, he thinks, "Don't be intimidated, Luigi. Try to imagine him in his underwear..." The third panel has Waluigi's head plastered over a photo-realistic man carrying a tennis racket, similar to how he did in the first panel. In the fourth and last panel, Luigi panics at his plan backfiring on him and thinks, "OH NO HE'S HOT!"

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 4

Only the May Dryad is left :0!!! Thank you to those who've supported me <3

CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 2

CW: eyestrain, body horror //
!!NEW!! Mythic Months Adopts for April, May, and June.
Open now till the end of June.
Ko-Fi listings are linked below!
[ #cosmocreates | #adopts | #characterdesign ]

Three designs lined up together under the title, "Mythic Months." From left to right, the designs are called "April's Fool," "May Dryad," and "June Demon." April's Fool is a robotic clown in the style of a Pierrot design with added light green and turquoise. Their face plate can be removed to reveal different terrifying smiles, contrasting with their original frown. The May Dryad's main feature is a lure in the shape of an attractive femme made of greenery, complete with flowers in their hair. The lure's face has a distant look and a fake smile, all to put up appearances. The dryad's true form hides behind a bush and grins to reveal that its lure is attached to a branch-like tongue. Ringed eyes look forward to their next meal. Finally, the June Demon is a smiling imp with primate-esque features. They wear orange beachwear that complements their sandy fur and ringed horns. Under their right arm, they hold a beach ball with a skull.

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CozyStars💫 @cozystars.itch.io · Apr 4

cw: eyestrain//
I'm so glad I met you.
#conclave

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