Empire Ants

Salem, both classic and reboot, because reasons. I'm not sure what those reasons are, but reasons.

Includes eight animated icons of classic Salem.


( As long as you drop everything and stay focused on me, I should be fine. )

I made these in 2015 when I was first learning to use Photoshop to make icons. They're not great, and were mostly made for a tumblr blog that has long since been deleted, but I did have them posted on hollow-art so this is another one of those cases where I want to make sure my old icons - even if I don't like them that much - are available again.

At one point, I had planned to remake these, but frankly I don't have the spoons to deal with it. Maybe someday I'll download high quality, proper stock photos and give it another go, but these particular images aren't getting re-iconned.


( Neigh! )

Okay, so, Ein in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop is portrayed by two dogs named Charlie and Harry. I found Charlie's instagram and got overwhelmed by the sheer number of images then forgot to look for Harry. There are a few of a dog who resembles Ein, but the one who doesn't resemble Ein is Charlie, based on the images that actually list his name. So I'm guessing they used some kind of makeup or fur dye? But then, one of the other dogs has the same fur pattern - and is possibly Harry but possibly not...

And basically what I'm saying is that since I couldn't tell exactly which dog here is supposed to be Ein I just expanded this to be a generic Corgi set with Charlie's instagram as a source and included several of the doggos, so long as they appeared to be Corgi.


( Bark! )

Just a micro-set of live action Ein from a quick search for promo images.


( Woof. )

Turns out, some of the icons I made that are just micro-movements apart from one another don't actually look different at such a small size... and I may have potentially forgotten to prune a few screencaps that were very similar. But I do not have the mental energy required to prune and re-save the set, so just pretend it isn't slightly redundant in places.

No colour correction attempts - just a bit of toying around with shades and vibrancy of colours - went into this, because that would defeat the entire purpose of the aesthetic. Also, caps used are from the lovely capseroo whose image sets are an absolute dream to work with. Check 'em out, mkay?


( Bang. )

Just a super quick set for the representation of muse offspring. I'm pretty sure these are all either the same child or a set of siblings. They came from the same photographer on Unsplash and look very similar, at any rate.


( Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? )

Who needs icons of an adorable, palm-sized dragon who looks remarkably real? Everyone! Glad I could clear that up for you.

Made with screencaps by eggplants, whose post is the entire reason I know this show exists. I haven't watched it yet, but maybe I will someday!


( Here there be cute dragon icons. )

If you don't love unicorns, you are wrong. Or you just don't like unicorns... in which case, it is my humble opinion that you are wrong.

This got way out of hand, and you can see the quality getting better as I tested different techniques while making these. By the end, I finally had the facepalm moment of realizing I could use Photoshop layer groups to maintain the different backgrounds and place the foregrounds on them. Oops!

Made with several sets of graphic assets from both The Hungry JPEG and Creative Fabrica, combined and altered in various ways.



( Be a unicorn in a field of horses! )

Just a simple set because I liked the vector (I think) illustrations in the Best Friend Collection over at Creative Fabrica. (Available free until sometime tomorrow, according to the site.) Lots of doggos and their human companions... and some semi-plant, semi-abstract extras that also came with the pack.


( Insert complex pattern of barking and howling here. )

You think I'm kidding about there probably being something for everyone in these? There's literally a Lego Santa Deadpool icon. There's also a plethora of holiday cookies, glowing lights, ornaments, plushies, and even a cat who climbed into a Christmas tree. So, yeah, take a peek. Maybe you won't regret it~


( But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? )