Catnap - Blog Posts

Heya Smiling Critter Community!! I’ve been planning to do these for a while so hopefully I will this time, so time to introduce some Catnap and Dogday keychains! I should note that this is only an interest check, so keep in mind these will only be made if I see enough interest in them <3

Poll after the images!

(Images by Wooacry)

For those curious, heres the enamel pin design @qibsichan was talking about! I made it a while ago but I still like how it looks so if youd like i could sell this as a first!

Poll time!

Sleep well, little one 🌙💜

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First time on tumblr! Lovely to be here, hey there everyone! <3

What’ll be likely posted here:

Character art

Rambling

Moodboards/playlists

Stories/teasers

Music covers (possibly!)

If you’ve never seen me before, hi! My name’s Qibs! I’m an AO3 author.

Here’s my series: the Smaller Bodies Initiative! “A cat with deadly knockout gas and a dog with seperation anxiety are imprisoned in an orphanage. The only thing keeping them sane is each other.”

May update this page. Lovely to be here. 💜

Here’s DogDay and Catnap without the stars with shading! I might do the other smiling critters in this style if I get around to it.

Another Catnap drawing! I might draw the other smiling critters soon

Silly catnap gif, made by me!

Catnap drawing, working on a animated gif of em

SBI cover art! 🩵💛❤️ ☀️🌙 ❤️💛🩵

Will place as a chapter in Two of a Kind, which has turned one year old! ✨

Colour and character design practice! Feat. BigNap!!

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

HAPPY SBI 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

A bit late, I know. It was supposed to be finished at day 21 but life had other plans.

I was lazy lol

Thank you @qibsichan for creating this wonderful work and this wonderful community!

"Doggy?"

"Yes, kitty?!"

"Wot do you think we'll be when we get older? :3"

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Smaller bodies is almost one year old!!

oh boy how have my babies changed

Okay uhhh kitty. kitty. um. you. you will be. a cult leader. and convicted murderer. and also a girl. cult girl. cult

And dogday. You. You are. A not-so-happy little performer. and a Christian. who sings Barry Manilow. and is friends with EVERYONE. and has meltdowns in the toilet

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT 🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🌈💖🦄🐬🎀🌸🐬

HIII SMALLER BODIES!!! :3

Boy do I have news for you!

📣‼️ I have accessed a music distributor and can now publicly stream my music on Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram! ‼️📣

My name is qibsichan and I’ll appear as an artist account once the first release drops.

Speaking of that release, pre-save to Spotify now:

This contains two original character themes!

Kitty’s Lullaby

Puppy’s Sunrise

Both of them are 100% my composition and are inspired by the Minecraft and Undertale OSTs! 💚

They release this week as a two-pack with this as its cover:

HOORAY!!!!! <3

Edit:

IT’S OUT!!!!!! 💖

Them.

New tumblr header. :)

(Spoilers for Smaller Bodies; no spoilers for Destroy-A-Toy)

For anyone new to the AU, this is Queen Catnap, Dogday, Ollie and Theodore. Here’s a brief description of each one.

Queen Kitty was the first Catnap. Autistic and transgender, she was built with a knockout gas tank in her lungs. Her anger towards PlayCo mounted and she attacked them. She was sent to be killed but instead built a cult following with the other “destroyed” toys.

Dogday is the Smiling Critters’ leader who loves routine and pushes the entire orphanage forward each day. He believes Kitty was killed - he doesn’t know about the cult - and mourns her everyday through prayer and reciting loving memories. He’d get rather a shock when he finds out the truth.

Ollie Playtime is the company’s Security and Comms head. They also control medical supplies, file management and company censorship. They were taken from home and experimented on at 14, and now at 18, they’re using the experimentation blackmail to climb the company’s ranks and gain power.

Theodore Grambell is a tiny child adopted with the sole purpose of experimentation. He never played with the other kids or smiled like they did. For someone so young, he feels lost, empty. He was never given a chance to grow up. He may be sentenced to death soon but for what little life he had, he’s doing to make sure he’s remembered.

They’re my four favourite Smaller Bodies/Destroy-A-Toy characters :)

~🌘☀️🐬🌒~

I reached 150 followers recently!

Huge gracias to anyone following the AU. I’m so grateful to finally be confident enough to share my things <3

Happy Spooky Month! 🔮✨🪄

Here’s Celestial Witch Catnap! ✨

She wanted to be a goddess, but that wouldn’t be a dress up because she already is one! 💜

She’s based on the Royale High Whimsy Witch set with the Nightmare Witch hat!

May you have a wonderful spooky month! 💜✨🔮

GIGAMEOWER.

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Culture of the Destroyed ⛓️‍💥✨

~.*COME TO OUR LAND, OUR LAND OF LOVE*.~

So you’ve been accepted into the Cult of the Destroyed! But what is there to expect once inside?

Origin

Our beloved cult was founded in 1991 by the beautiful, holy and sacred Moon Queen. She breathed her dreamsmoke upon our oppressors and rive them to madness - while granting us the sweetest visions of our lost past. Legends say that the Queen was once a prisoner to the execution grounds… until her illustrious influence inspired a coup in her followers.

Though it began shakily, held on the backs of terrified refugees and convicts, each toy banded together in the name of once-cursed innovation to seek methods of survival. Just when all seemed lost, the Moon Queen discovered something. Seeds. And once food and water were secure, the Cult of the Destroyed began to flourish.

Layout

The Cult resides within Playtime Co.’s recycling plant, colloquially named “Destroy-A-Toy” by humans and toys alike. The warehouse is enormous and stocked with machinery, sorted goods, disposable garbage (ripe for the picking!) and many, many execution methods. Be it crushing from the plant’s crown conveyor belt, incineration from the heat pits, dismemberment from the dangerously whirring fan blades or - God forbid - digestion from the monstrous carnivore who resides inside, the cultists of Destroy-A-Toy have near-infinite ways to deal with intruders and traitors alike.

The plant’s centre is an enormous rectangular prism with an extremely high vaulted roof. In its centre sits the main conveyor belt, which leads to the crushing block. This is a gathering space and where the executions take place. The conveyor is only ever activated when the cult is legitimately in danger; therefore, the space is used for socialising, entertainment and general silly shenanigans.

To the left are the living quarters:

Rooms, tents, blocks etc.

Food court and banquet hall

The medical tent

The nursery

Most ritual activities

And to the right are the more industrial aspects of the facility:

Recycling chute

Incineration, dismemberment and digestion wings

Cell block (repurposed to hold humans)

Water purification systems

Catwalks to the cavern

The cavern leads to an enormous lake of water found under the plant. Destroy-A-Toy is powered electrically so it’s uncertain why such a large body of water exists, but what the cultists DO know is that it contains an underwater tunnel network that could potentially lead outside the toy factory if any were brave enough to dive. This lake is is filled with fish carefully managed by the Queen’s people.

The importance of the lake:

Provides drinking water once purified

Provides cleaning water

Allows crops to grow with the assistance of floodlights

Both recreational and educational fishing

The lake has been decorated with bioluminescence, fairy lights and cave paintings and is a beautiful sight to behold.

Food

Light, water and seeds are required for the cult’s agriculture. They take great delight in their cooking and host weekly banquets to celebrate their achievements. Toys were often starved as convicts and are therefore thoroughly fed under the Moon Queen’s care. Over time and through the assistance of a mysterious supplier, the Destroyed have learned to cook potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, peas, cabbage, spinach and corn. The incineration plants are used to cook, boil, steam and fry food. Most is served with fresh fish from the lake. Delicious!

This is California. The fish are ABUNDANT. And her beloved majesty is a cat, after all. If only she could grab some chicken… sigh.

Style/Aesthetic

Destroy-A-Toy represents freedom. Therefore, it adores:

Bright, pretty colours

Regal and imposing architecture mixed with cutesy little inhabitants

VEGETATION. These guys LOOOOVE their plants. Vines, trellises, leaves - since they’ve never been outside, they’re cherishing what they have. The living quarters particularly are filled with green space.

Gentle, coloured lights and bioluminescence

Celestial bric-a-brac - sun, moon, stars

Bead curtains outside the tents

Jewels/jewellery. Very celestial and goddess-y

Stuffing, coloured clothes patches etc. to fit the “toy” heritage

🌿🌺✨💎👼🌙🍇🪻

Rituals

Many of its rituals are hidden from outsiders… but you’re in the cult now, so you deserve to know!

The most important ones you must know are the Executions, the Campfire and the Cuddle Puddle.

Executions take place when traitors, prisoners or abusers are officially condemned. These are bloodthirsty public ceremonies that are NOT for the faint of heart. Just a casual reminder to never piss Catnap off.

The Campfire is the cult’s local worship ritual. The cult will gather around the conveyor belt, where a ring of fire is constructed. The Queen is seated in the centre. Music is performed and a dance celebration occurs - and, at the song’s climax, Catnap will release her smoke, iniviating worship.

The Cuddle Puddle is everyone’s favourite. According to the Moon Queen, “One cannot be happy when affected by the bad vibes! So we mush squiiiiiiish the bad vibes out! Very cuddly.”

Are you staying? ✨

We hope to see you participating in the Campfire soon… 🐦‍🔥

Oh! And here’s our playlist! For the vibes :)

Eeeee thank you!! Yep, I made it! In my AU Catnap fits into a goddess/queen role, so I drew her being fancy schmancy. The full one looks like this :D

Ibispaint my beloved!

Thanks 4 following me

No problem buddy! <3

Finally found a solid pfp

Sugar Breath is looking good today!

Found it!

@nebu-lime They’re watching Lady and the Tramp! Shh, don’t disturb them…

A DTIYS (draw this in your style)!

To celebrate passing 500 followers both on here and on my Twitter, I’ve decided to try my hand at hosting one of these!

I’ve always wanted to do this, so I decided that now is the best time! Feel free to join! I:d be happy if even one person took part-

[POSTED ON TWITTER HERE]

@wafel1160 @the-smiling-doodler @nathaniel-prime098-blog @sailorjules26 @qibsichan

Reblog with your OC!

Or - join the Smaller Bodies discord!

(REFRESHED LINK)

In the #ocs-in-the-cult channel, please!

More info below!

If there are too many new characters, some may not get in.

Where will my OC be used?

Answer: the Cult of the Destroyed.

If you’ve read ‘Til Queendom Come, you’ll know that the story ends with Catnap starting a cult. This cult is comprised of disabled, rejected or rebellious toys who were sent to be killed at Destroy-A-Toy.

The next series features Dogday struggling to cope with Catnap’s “death” before a source willing to help him reveals that - no, Catnap is not dead, but she’s in a land full of cultists…

Those cultists are you! :D

You're also allowed to join the server just for fun! It's not just for the event. You can post art, music or writing there, meet new people, just generally chat! Just please adhere to the rules.

This is just for fun! Please don’t stress! 💚

My display name is Queen Catnap! Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Members already there include:

@calebtsm

@nathaniel-prime098-blog

@lemonbaloni

@the-smiling-doodler

@wafel1160

@sugary-knacks

And some friends who don’t have tumblr but you’ll see them there! <3

“I POSSESS A QUESTION, ONE ASKED OF MY PEOPLE. I AM BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO LIFE SURROUNDED NOT BY HERETICAL HUMANS BUT BY THESE "SMALLER BODIES". THEY HAVE WELCOMED ME TO THEIR QUARTERS.”

There's a new toy on board! Introducing BigNap! (Unless a more eloquent name is suggested!)

Sarificed for research and condemned to an unsustainable body, Theodore Grambell's old body has melted away at the hands of Miss Delight and Harley Sawyer. His mind has been reignited in a different vessel - one twelve feet tall and with the power to tear a school bus in half.

But it's alright, because while BigNap may be vengeful and venomous, he's quite the dear little kitty to those dang Smaller Bodies in the Playcare.

So much so that he's introduced in the very first chapter of Destroy-A-Toy! It's underway!

Now, Bigger Bodies Catnap's question is:

(He asks because his debut is in the very first story for DAT and therefore his formatting must be worked out.)

How This Creature Works

Big Catnap, as colloquially named by the Critters, children and teachers of the Playcare, is the new-and-improved replacement for that old, faulty thing who cried too much. He is twelve feet tall and an absolute tank - if you ignore the protruding ribcage and ominous growling stomach.

Appearance

The same as the Catnap found in the original Poppy Playtime. Big Catnap is a large, scrawny creature with a protruding spinal chord and disconcerting slices of ribcage jutting from his paper-thin skin. His eyes are minuscule and set deep into mouth-like sockets. His fur is abyssal-dark felt soft to the touch.

Deep inside his throat, if one were to look, pipes could be found. Who knows what they produce?

Personality

Quiet, docile and allegedly "friend-shaped" (according to my friend Foxfire), this Catnap looks like he can kill you but is in fact a cinnamon roll. At least, to people he likes. Otherwise you can expect yourself to be on the plate.

BigNap is possessive over the Playcare children and loving towards toy experiments - but has a VERY strong hostility to humans. This is an issue because of the upcoming Toy Tour…

Theodore gasses the children not out of obligation but out of concern for their health and sleep.

Biology

A creature of this size requires LOTS of food. The problem is - he isn’t given the correct amount. Why drain resources for an experiment that may not survive anyway? As such, Big Catnap is constantly just one bite off from a full belly.

His tank possesses MUCH greater quantities of poppy gas - however, it’s watered down. The gas:

Takes up to 10 minutes to knock out children and 30 for adults

Does not leach oxygen

Works slowly but surely to lull the victim to sleep

This is NOT how Smaller Bodies Catnap works. Her smoke is quick-working and oppressive while this Catnap works much more as a calm, steady, peaceful lull to sleep.

-🌟🌙✨-

Smol meower 🥺🥺🥺 stinky 🥺🥺🥺

Version 2!

YOU 🫵🫵🫵 are loved! And I’ll beat up anyone who says otherwise.

HEY EVERYONE GUESS WHAT’S OUT!!!!

GODDESS KITTY GODDESS KITTY

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

+smoke:

Meet Catnap's new glorious design - the ✨ Goddess ✨ Kitty!

She is quite literally perceived as a supernatural being. The queen herself! <3

I got the most beautiful fanart from @dr3aming-stargaz3r this morning!!

Look :0

lil_dreamflower on discord! LOOK AT THIS LIGHTING IT’S SO GLOWY DREAMY OOOOOOO

Thank you so much Flower!!! :D

💜💜💜💜💜💜

Finale is almost here… two more stories to go 👀

LET’S GET DESTROYING WOOOOOOOO!!!!

Kitty’s Lullaby 🌙🎶

An original song by me :)

Catnap’s character theme from Smaller Bodies!

🔥🔨 Destroy-A-Toy Critters Mindmap

After Catnap was taken away, the Critters were never the same…

🔴❤️ Bobby Bearhug 🔴❤️

Claustrophobic and terrified of the dark

Always stays with at least one person; can’t handle being alone

Dating CraftyCorn

Frequently bursts into tears when reminded of traumatic events

🟠☀️ Dogday 🟠☀️

Deeply broken after Catnap’s disappearance

Believes that she has been murdered

Doesn’t smile, doesn’t even bother

Will defend the Critters with his life but will not defend himself

🟡⭐️ KickinChicken 🟡⭐️

Blind (one eye gouged out, the other not functioning)

Wears sunglasses 24/7 to hide his eyes

Not self-confident; fragile and traumatised

Jealous and nervous around able-bodied people

🟢⚡️ Hoppy Hopscotch 🟢⚡️

Paranoid and claustrophobic

Swears that she saw Catnap dragging a body

Sticks to Kickin constantly and helps him walk

Wants to bodybuild and learn self-defence

🩵🌺 CraftyCorn 🩵🌺

Still very anxious

Dating Bobby, sticks to her like glue

Defends Catnap’s memory but will break down in tears

Sticks to only painting happy things, avoids the memories of the fire

🔵💡 Bubba Bubbaphant 🔵💡

Constantly anxious

Paranoid that people are expecting him to do things he can’t do

Finds it difficult to concentrate and calm down

Often found alone frantically cramming knowledge in case he “needs” it

🩷🍎 PickyPiggy 🩷🍎

The only one who seems mostly unscathed

Nervous around using fire in the kitchen

Brings up her admiration for Catnap in casual conversation

Sometimes forgets that the incident even happened

And finally…

🟣🌙 Catnap 🟣🌙

Completely separated from the other Smiling Critters

No longer considers herself as part of them

Aches when thinking of Dogday and therefore tries to distract herself

Anxiety is gone

What happened?

Well, my friend.

This:

To summarise, Catnap no longer cares about keeping her violence a secret, and she punishes the entire Home Sweet Home dormitory for it…

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙❌🩷

(This is legitimately super fun to write and I’m really happy with it :D)

Help me design Nightmare Catnap! 💜

She’ll be based off the existing one:

Obviously she can't be identical because this ☝️ is the BIGGER BODIES Catnap. For starters, my girl has short, stubby legs, which that thing… uhh… does not.

In Sugar Breath, her description reads like this:

“A skeleton cat, its fur utterly shed, bones and scars and bruises jabbed all around its papery skin. The creature’s spine shoved out of its back in sharp ridges. Its mouth gaped wide, wider than possible. Human faces bubbled and boiled within its skin. A sharp, angular moon pendant glinted in the sickly light.”

The faces boiling in her skin comes from the original concept for Nightmare Catnap, here:

I personally much prefer this version and want to create something similar to it.

How she works in Smaller Bodies is that, when someone is inflicted with fear and under the affects of poppy gas, they watch her fur peel off and shed, revealing the bones beneath.

She would also keep her jewellery. Here’s a very rough sketch:

So far:

No cheek fluff

Exposed ribs

Extremely sharp spine that extends to the tip of the tail

Earrings have changed (everything’s sharper, the heart is upside-down, the stud is a skull)

Her gentle 🌙 is now more of a jagged ‘C’

Ears are sharper, less fluffy

Claws are very long

Keep in mind that this sketch was hammered out in 10 minutes so obviously it’s missing a lot of details and overall looks very odd.

Ideas:

Exposed poppy gas tank in belly

⭐️ Please comment/reblog with any ideas! ⭐️

She’s showing up for the first time in Sugar Breath and I need her to be fabulous ✨