Hhhhmmm.... So I suppose this is where I explain what this is. I guess this is my spot for my ramblings, what's happening, etc. Let's start with Hi! I'm Calicoe or Urtica. Those are my main two online alias that I tend to go by. I'm an avid anime/manga fan and I try to do art in my free time. I'm married and have a one year old son and two cats. I'm here to make friends and hopefully improve my art. On that note I am willing to accept safe for work art requests, but depending on demand and my available free time it might take me a little while to fulfill. I am a stay at home mom so my free time is in short supply. Also I mentioned it once on one of my pieces, but I tend to keep clean line art of most of my drawings so if you are interested in doing a recolor of one just let me know all I ask is for credit for the line art.

DTIYS Challenges

So lately I've been doing more of the DTIYS challenges on artfol. I mentioned on my last piece that I feel like I'm really learning something new from each piece that I enter. This one really had me experimenting with colors for shading and the one before was really fascinating due to the odd lighting from the star she was holding. I highly recommend trying some if you never have. I think it puts me outside my comfort zone in a good way!

I wanted to show another process picture of making this piece! So you'll see the rough sketch, line art, base colors, and then the finished product with shading and an added background. I wanted to put the original piece in the center so you had an idea of where my concept came from! Well as always thanks for reading the rant!