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.

Art References

This post is basically about my use of references for poses. For me I can't stress enough how important having references is when it comes to drawing. I have to say that it has drastically improved how I draw dynamic poses. I mentioned in a comment that I really like to use dancer poses for my drawing and it really is due to the fact that most dancers tend to wear tight clothing making it easier to see how the lines of the body should flow. It make it really easy to figure out proportions as I can do a comparison of how long a leg is compared to an arm or yes a person's body really CAN bend that way! The image I'm posting is the references and then the picture I did from them.