Empire Ants

A set I meant to make literally years ago, this is my take on bases that were shared with me by someone who has long since left IJ.


( Most of these are monochrome. )

I hate working with Riverdale's lighting and colour grading so fucking much, I legit put this set on hold for nearly two years to avoid having to edit the images. Then I made myself finally tackle the project today... and it essentially took over my entire day and destroyed everything I actually planned to do. But at least I'm done with it, ugh!


( People have already seen what's underneath, and it's terrifying. )

I do not recommend trying to icon Riverdale if you enjoy being a sane human. What were they thinking when lighting and colour-grading this show?!

Sorry if any of these are grainy or overly brightened. I run my laptop on lowest brightness and tried to turn it up a few times to check these icons but it just made my eyes hurt.


( An ancient evil, long forgotten, has awoken. The embodiment of pure malice and cruelty. )

Look, it's more dark-haired Cole from me! Is anyone surprised?

Screencaps from @galleriepeach, which unfortunately only has a small selection available right now. So if you were wondering why this stops after the first couple of scenes, that's why. I might make more if I ever find a full cap set.


( Fine isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement, but I’ll take some common ground where I can get it. )

This is just a quick set of Dylan Sprouse because I wanted a few more for a character. Some of these feature his no-longer-identical twin, Cole, and a few come from his role as Lucas Ward in Dismissed.


( I used to be very scared of silence because I felt it was my responsibility to keep people occupied. )

Second half of Lili Reinhart in Riverdale 3.04: The Midnight Club for truebornstark's suggestion. This post features the LARP outfit and my desperate attempts not to descend into madness while bringing some light into the inky void of this show.


( The biker girl traded her leathers for a big lie. )

This here's the second and final part of Cole Sprouse as FP Jones II FP Jones Jr. in Riverdale 3.04: The Midnight Club. These didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, thanks in large part to the horrible colouring and shadows in most of these scenes, but I think I'm happy with the outcome overall.

Made for truebornstark's request/suggestion. Thanks for the patience and being a joy to work with here! ♥


( The high school MVP became a greaser gang member. )

Here's part one of two featuring Cole Sprouse in Riverdale 3.04: The Midnight Club as FP Jones Jr. (That's canon now, apparently, but I'm stubborn and stuck in my ways so I'm keeping the character tag as FP Jones II. You guys know who it means.) Epic kudos to the costume department for a very convincing transformation into bb Skeet Ulrich.

Made upon request/suggestion for truebornstark, but of course free for anyone to use. These took absolutely forever to get right, especially since I've been sick af lately, but I think overall I'm happy with how these turned out. I especially love this half of the set, which didn't give me anywhere near the amount of trouble as the atrocious lighting and colouring in the second half.


( Nothing serious. You know, just messing around, which she was cool with. )

Incredibly late and I still have Cole, Cami, and Lili to finish, but hopefully these don't disappoint! The colouring and lighting were a bit more of a struggle than on the other sets from this episode, and I'm not entirely certain why. Also, the shirt came out very, very blue in some of these (I think I applied the wrong filter set, oops) so I made two versions of each relevant image - the aqua blue and a more muted seafoam green.

Here's part one of two featuring KJ Apa as Fred Andrews in Riverdale 3.04: The Midnight Club. Requested/suggested by truebornstark, who has been amazingly patient while I make these. ♥


( Run fast enough and all they'll see is a blur. )

This set is primarily Cole as Jughead Jones from Riverdale in random stillframes and behind-the-scenes antics. Anything here that isn't specifically in costume as Jughead still reasonably passes as him. You'll also find a few icons of the original Serpents tattoo and the back of his Serpents jacket here because why not.


( No man is an island, especially not Jughead. )