Empire Ants

Cast your peepers upon the divine glory that is Hongjoong's split-dyed hair. Also, Memento Mori because that year totally cemented my mental associations with this colour scheme forever.

Now contains mirrored versions of the selfie icons because it was driving me insane that I forgot to flip them to make the hair colours appear on the 'right' sides. You may need to refresh if you previously viewed the set, because my brain also made me put them 'in the right order' so icons were erased and reuploaded with new file names.


( I shine more in the dark. )

The final of five sets I made of the Brazilian Instagram model Mia Alves. This particular set is sourced directly from her Instagram account. The youngest she may be in these is 19 based on when she created her account, but the vast majority are in her 20s so I'm not dual tagging age.

This set contains icons with long hair and updos.
Some icons are mildly NSFW.


( I envy her hair styling skills. )

These icons feature Lee Minhyuk (aka Huta), well known for being in the K-Pop group BtoB - not to be confused with the same-named Lee Minhyuk known for being in the group Monsta X. I'll probably make more of him in the future, since I still have a ton of images, but I wanted to focus mostly on bleached and dyed hair for a specific muse.


( I know, you may feel like crying. You don't need to pretend that you are okay tomorrow. I understand; you don't need to say anything. )

I did not have the mental energy required to fix the colour grading and/or lighting in some of these. 🤷 But I tried to make sure they were all visible on my monitor and I run it at the absolute minimum brightness, so they should be usable.


( Am I forever young or will I simply fade before I'm old? )

The second I saw this video today, I knew I had to icon Ethan's new look.


( There's so much that even I don't know! )

These are very artsy fartsy, and I'm not sorry. I mostly played around with colours here instead of trying to correct them, because I don't enjoy going insane trying to make something lit in neon strobe lights look as if it's neutral. That, and it'd be a horrible disservice to the cool aesthetic of the music video, so... There are, however, quite a few that actually have a visible face and such.


( You think I'm sick of it? I wouldn't have it any other way. )

I had a rough time trying to make these look right and I'm kind of in a quitting mood lately so I settled on close enough for most of them. Hopefully I still managed to land somewhere in the ballpark of "actually worth using."


( So you do exist. )

Leather jackets and motorcycles... Honestly, what more could you possibly want?


( It's a five-year law program; you get your bachelor's and your JD all at once. )

Seriously, I'm kind of in love with Nate's cover of Bury A Friend. Sorry, not sorry.

I almost didn't alter the tone on these, but the stark blue tones just made him look like a ghost or something once I brightened the caps.


( Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now. )

Ah, yes, the wonderful world of 2000s-era teenage fashion! Considering I can't shake the vague "Adam Lambert mixed with Hot Topic kid who poses for 'stock photography' on deviantART" vibes coming off this aesthetic, I'd say the costume department did a decent job capturing the general look.

These come from Roswell, New Mexico episode 1.06: Smells Like Teen Spirit, the caps for which were made by capseroo. ♥ I'll be doing the rest of the set later, but figured I'd separate the young!Alex icons from everything else. (Tagging note: Tyler's in his early 30s, can easily pass as 20s, and is playing late 10s here. So age tag soup ensues.)


( With the lights out, it's less dangerous. )