This is currently a WIP - I want everyone to be aware of that Currently in the works is actually a May merch concept! I made this with band tour tees in mind and so far I'm really enjoying the idea! I'm basically on a personal quest to release merch for characters who usually don't get any! 1/2

Re-highlighting this one again because I'm mad at SNK for putting out a god-awful AI slop filled trailer for their Season 2 DLC characters. Support real artists man.

It's Always A Blockbuster...Best Keep Your Eyes Open Stick comm for the lovely and illustrious @galacticpunt.bsky.social Inspired by rally and drift car livery and general racing aesthetic! Super fun to work on and pull in my general Axl design flair; thanks so much again for comming me!

Business proposition. You commission me, I buy Taco Bell

Actually mildly insane how little I was set up for life things growing up. What on earth do you mean I'm learning basic work/life balance tips from an FGC Discord server. Thank goodness for my fellow gamers lowkey.

Alright. 2026 goals. - Make my design work my full time job/be self employed - Prioritize my own mental and physical health more - Escape pools at every event I attend - Somehow get Rick TheHadou to look at my work and hire me - Just take a breather sometimes man (get off Twitter) Here we go!

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, my retail job stifles my creativity and I really wish I could stop working and focus on my design work but I can't because it doesn't pay the bills. I'm so tired.

Leverless stick artwork for the lovely and illustrious @pulverizerx.bsky.social Working on this spawned a bunch of ideas for merch and other creations so I'm glad I got to work on it! Appreciate the comm! Cheers! #ggst #fgc

Trying to talk about how normal I am about Armored Core while trying to dance around the fact that I've read Hound/Handler and other mechsploitation stuff like it's a minefield.

Merry (late) Christmas from my little family to all of you out there!

Surprise! New triple drop! Introducing the "BOUND BY CHAINS" shirt alongside the "THIS S**T IS FREE" and "TIMESTOP" stickers! Now available on my shop linked below! All profits go to my Frostys' fund so go check it out! Also get free shipping with code "FROSTY26"

Shoutout the Ohio FGC scene apparently??? Huge ups to my goat @kibotsu.bsky.social for putting everyone onto the shirts as well! (this is so awesome)

GAPPLE MATCHUPS IS LIVE AND COMES IN 3 CHARMING COLORS! As an added incentive, if you spend at least $25 in my shop, you can get 25% off your order with promo code "POSTEVO25" so go check out Street Cat Saga Vol. 1! Link Below!

Gapple fact! You show an immeasurable amount of skill with your low tier! Introducing the soon to be produced "Gapple Matchups" design! Honestly I saw a guy with Snapple shirt while watching EVO and this idea wouldn't leave me alone. Keep an eye out for the drop! I'm excited! #fgc #shirtdesign

Updated banner for my dear pal and fellow Streets gamer @imjustadamant.bsky.social Dug a little old school for this one! Very inspired by NEO GEO arcade cabs, the Fatal Fury opening screen and just the general classic arcade vibe! Always a joy to make some Terry stuff so thanks again! #fgc #snk

Street Cat Collective x SGF Devices A monkey and a cat walk into a supermajor; you know the rest. So proud to announce that I've partnered with @sgfdevices.com to have some of my artwork at the one and only EVO Las Vegas! Feel free to swing by the booth and check it out! #fgc #EVO #fightstick

Soon ™️

Fightstick artwork for a fellow Axlbro DeafHeaven! Always a joy to work with Axl motifs whenever I'm creating and it's always really cool whenever I get to put it into action! Thanks so much again for commissioning me! #fgc #design #art #myart #graphicdesign #ggst #ggst_ax

Logo for a small time up and coming Guilty Gear team! Huge huge thanks to the folks at JKR for trusting me with the creative vision! #art #myart #graphicdesign #logo #logowork #fgc #ggst #guiltygear

Was in the business of helping a fellow artist last week with some general composition and just adding "flair" to a general piece and I recorded a small little time-lapse about it. Naturally I didn't want this to just sit in my files so I'm sharing it! Check it out! #design #art #esports #rss

Alright so. After WAY too long, a proper and decently put together comms sheet is FINALLY real! Prices are baseline what you see on the sheet but are always negotiable. If you've ever been unsure of what prices are, now there's a resource! Thanks for the support gamers! #design #commissions #fgc

Frustrating to still have to go to work when literally all I want to do is be at home and work on my commission and design work. I'm so ready to be able to do this full time I swear. Feels like I'm being suppressed creatively lol. #calicosthoughts

From Concept To Reality: a Lesson in Creation Got to make a killer stick design for my absolute goat @bloodborneluvr.bsky.social Super fun project going with a gambling theme and being able to make something cool based around it! Thanks again for comming me! #fgc #fightstick #graphicdesign #ggst

A fun highlight, waiting for tekken8 to start with @calicosplace.bsky.social -me “oh what’s this” (picks up paper) —see next comment for image x2) -me “oh looks something else” (picks up gold egg) (same thing) -me “yo calico is tht a pin on the floor? -C “Thts a crushed wrapper my dude

Socials banner for @leavsea.bsky.social This was such a blast to work on and it was honestly kind of a journey to get to this final vision! Went through 3 different variants before settling and it was a fun challenge all the way through! So proud of how it came out! #fgc #ggst #graphicdesign

Cat Scraps Vol. 2: Proposed playercard alternative for VICE FGC based on the banner I created for them that wasn't chosen but I still think is cool. Thanks for looking! P.S. $20 comm slots open so I can buy myself lunch at work today. #fgc #art #myart #graphicdesign #ggst

Elphelt fightstick commission completed for a private client! Super happy with the result and was a joy because the project felt more like a collaboration than a straight commission! Thanks so much again for comming me! My commissions are still open! #art #myart #graphicdesign #ggst #fgc #ggst_el

Did a fun self exercise where I tried to name as many Axl players as possible and came up with 21 off the top of the dome. Coincidentally that's probably the total number of Axl players in the world smile. We all know each other and it's great.

Y'know, I fear I've developed a genuine caffeine dependency and that's Something ™️

Presenting "Cat Scraps" which is a showcase of un-used and scrapped concepts and ideas that either my clients didn't go for, or just never ended up getting used! All of these have been sitting in my files collecting dust for ages so I wanted to give them a new home! #art #myart #graphicdesign #fgc

Actively feeling my braincells die off at my retail jobs really sucks. I'm so close to having a breakout in the larger fgc art-wise and I'm so CLOSE but art doesn't pay the bills yet. I just wish for the day that it does. #calicotalks #yapping

My localized FBI agent frowning and shaking his head as I look up "gambling aesthetic" on Pinterest to get reference ideas for a client

Updated my social media banners showcase page! I'm sure most of you saw this in my pinned post, but I wanted a provide a new version of it considering I've made so many already. Feel free to check it out and maybe hit my line if you want one of your own! #ggst #fgc #graphicdesign #art #myart #sf6

Howdy! My name's Calico, I'm a freelance Graphic Designer who mostly specializes in visual branding and merch creation! I'm looking for independent client and contract work! Check out my Carrd in my bio! Please find me here: 🌐https://allycatcafe.wixsite.com/portfolio 📧[email protected]

A little bit ago I had the lovely team behind Lunar Temple reach out to me in order to construct the visual look for their brand new tournament! I went into the lab and came back with this! I was honored to be able to work on this and I'm excited for the future! Go check out the tourney! #fgc #art

Twitter banner that I'm very proud of for DxG's own @djtheyandere5.bsky.social Working the VICE project has invaded my mind with a lot of retro/lofi/80's inspired sort of aesthetics and I really tried to reflect that here. Super proud of how this came out! #art #myart #graphicdesign #fgc #ggst

Y'know for the FIRST time in my professional art career I actually have to CLOSE my commissions! My backlog has grown larger than I anticipated and I want to catch up before I take on new ones! For once I'm TOO busy. Thank you to my commissioners for your patience!

Social media banner for my fellow Axl brethren and personal goat DeafHeaven over on Twitter! Working on Axl stuff is always an absolute blast and it was a joy to get the opportunity to do something like this! Thanks ever so much for comming me again! #art #myart #graphicdesign #ggst #ggst_ax #axl

Backlog Adventures! Had the immense honor and pleasure of working with my fellow gamer @unversedworth.bsky.social to help create and bring to life a Shadow-centric stream overlay! One of my favorite projects to date and I'm glad I could help! #art #ggst #graphicdesign #shadowthehedgehog

Backlog Adventures: Socials banner for the illustrious @senorgangstar.bsky.social that I finished up a little bit ago. Always a pleasure to work with my fellow gamers and this one was super fun to work on simply based on the color scheme! Thanks again for comming me! #art #graphicdesign #ggst

Backlog Adventures: Socials banner for the illustrious @senorgangstar.bsky.social that I finished up a little bit ago. Always a pleasure to work with my fellow gamers and this one was super fun to work on simply based on the color scheme! Thanks again for comming me! #art #graphicdesign #ggst

Had the immense honor and pleasure of getting to work with the team at Mr. Badguy's Wild Ride in order to re-design their whole visual look from the ground up! Huge thanks to @medikitt.bsky.social and the team for bringing me on and trusting me with their project! #fgc #ggst #graphicdesign

I now present to you: Mr. Rat's Frosty Faustings 2025 Adventure. Absolute highlight of my weekend was @jaidlyn.wakeupbuttons.com and @/jaytsu.tns.gg absolutely FAWNING over him during GGST pools. Frostys was a total blast and I absolutely can't wait to do it all again next year. CB here we come!

So I put together every single banner that I've ever worked on onto a canvas together! Looking at all of these its crazy to think that I've done so many, and yet I'm still immensely proud of all of them! If you want one, reach out! My comms are open! #art #comms #fgc #graphicdesign

Behold. Quite possibly the greatest clip of my Strive career thus far. Shoutout my goat ATLRiot_ for LITERALLY walking away from his PC when I hit this lmao. Always nice to have a reminder as to why I still play this game >:3 #fgc #ggst_ax #ggst

Reminder that my commissions are open friends! Trying to bolster my Frosty's fund a little bit and make some really cool art! Feel free to toss a DM my way if you're interested! #fgc #ggst #graphicdesign #art #commissionsopen #commissions

Alright gang I have a job interview today everybody say "Good Luck Calico!" please and thank you kindly

WE MADE RENT BABY! Additionally to every person that donated you'll get a free piece of art on the house!! Reach out if you want to cash that in! (Now to somehow pay for Frostys reg...)

Hey gang. I hate making posts like these. About a week ago I got fired from my job. Today I was served the 5 Day Notice from our landlord. I have an interview tomorrow I just need help making the last of rent here: gofund.me/1a20b054 Or you can comm me directly too! Thanks! #fgc #gfm #design

Yet another fun and funky socials banner for my fellow MASHer and all around gamer, Rozay! This one is definitely a lot more simple than some of my usual pieces but I kinda like it that way? Either way, you can pick up a banner of your own because my comms are still open! #fgc #ggst #design