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.

I died for a bit....

Just kidding I did not die, but did feel like I feel off the face of the internet/drawing world for a bit. Summer life has just had me busy and had to fight off what I hope was just a summer cold. Covid has really not had an enormous effect on me besides not wanting to be around people even more than before. My birthday happened though and as such I opted for getting a bunch of manga that I've been wanting and so besides keeping up with my crazy two year old I've been reading manga. I finally manage to get a hold of the entire Fushigi Yugi manga (it only took me YEARS). Got the last volume of Demon Slayer (this hurt my heart a bit I love this series). Picked up the first few books of Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun. I'm only part way through the first book of this, but I'm really enjoying it so far! I enjoyed The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent so much as an anime I started picking up the manga for that as well. I also started The Apothecary Diaries and I have to say I really, really, really like this series soooo much. Highly recommend for people who like a bit of mystery with some dark humor/slightly morbid characters. Obviously I have started drawing again with some inspiration from Moonfini and some other friends. Wasabi, Vesperia, and Velvet were all very fun to draw. I'll probably do a few more of Wasabi as my friend is welcoming all art of her and super happy to get stuff.
Other then that I've just been playing FFXIV again. Recently did my contribution to the free company I run by revamping some subs and airships to make them more efficient in gathering items. Leveled up in Bozjan and been working finally on my blue mage. Been doing mostly in door stuff as it is forest fire season and our air quality is questionable. Oh, and the free downloadable content for Pokemon Snap happened so I will admit that I have once again been feverishly trying to capture pokemon in cute poses in order rack up those points! I hope that all of you have been having a good summer and that you're staying cool out there!

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