Empire Ants

I had to, in honour of my childhood idolization of Wednesday Addams. Also, y'know, this was a super easy set to icon because all you have to do to make monochrome look nice is brighten it a little. I can pretend I'm productive!

Screencaps by samanyana, who's a bit new to the "capping on IJ" game and totally deserves attention for the epic caps. ♥


( You severely underestimate my apathy. )

This is a remake of a previous set that I over-pink-ened (which is now a word, deal with it) when trying to emphasize Toni's hair. I wasn't able to get all of them perfect, if only because she was directly under pink lighting in a few, but I think I did a decent job making the lighting better and the pink in her hair pop without an "everything is in a pink filter" look.


( Wait, I’m confused, is this real or are we playing a game? )

These took a lot less time to make than expected! Suggested by truebornstark and made with caps from kissthemgoodbye.net.


( Do not feed the zombies. Beware the ghouls. Do not look the witches in the eye. )

The lighting and colouring on this show are nightmares. But hey, here's one more planned set finally tackled.


( Usually, you have more of a flourish to it. )

I was so confused when suddenly Mariana was blonde, but she's adorable either way so... I iconned it.


( Mikey the Bikey! )

It's kinda wild how much she resembles Maia Mitchell at a glance, tbh. Excellent casting choice was excellent!


( Archfield's so... uptight. )

The lighting. The fucking lighting! 😩


( Well, if you're gonna steal jokes, you should probably steal them from someone who isn't a total ass. )

I still haven't watched the show, and I still have a ton of icons to make from it for characters in my PSL, but hey at least I made some. I think the last set I made from The Fosters was back in 2019, so yeah... Progress!


( I just need to grab some nail polish. )

This all began with a random photo my parabatai found wherein Betty's hair looked blue from the lighting. Her Betty happens to be in a relationship with my Toni, which means this line of thinking kinda spiralled out of control and became Betty should dye her hair. But where were we going to find blue-haired icons? Exactly. Thus, I volunteered faster than Katniss when Prim was reaped and these icons were born.

It only took like a week of hand-painting the hair (and occasionally shirts/makeup) and individually adjusting the lighting on some of my previous icon sets to create these. This is a thing sane people do... right?


( I have a girlfriend and she is so blue. )

This is a ridiculously small set, but the expressions were too good to discard.

Here's hoping you're all having a better 2020: The Sequel 2021 than I am, 'cause ngl mine is not off to a great start.


( I am embarrassed by how small this icon set is. )