Empire Ants

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? )

Idk what happened to my download of this video, or VLC, or... whatever part went wrong in the process, but I had to trash about a quarter of the caps made and over half the icons because they were just too fuzzy and low quality to justify saving. It looks fine on YouTube, even on a 4k television, so... That's weird af. Maybe I caught all the off-frames or something? I mostly did these to capture Ethan being a flaily dork, though, and I think I managed alright. Or at least alright enough not to endure the effort of re-downloading and re-capping.


( I need water! I need sustenance! My body needs something! There's too much athletics; I'm gonna pass out! )

More of the blue floof, made from random images (and a few gifs) I had laying around. He's adorable, okay?


( Commit once, measure... nonce. )

Have some more of Jon Whitesell, whose face intrigues me. Most of these come from his Instagram with some at the end from varied sources. There's probably some duplicates in here along with several from his various roles on television.


( Who needs subtlety, right? )

There's a surprising variety of expressions here (and in the first set) from smiling to goofing off to grumpy and some really niche things - like drinking from a gigantic bottle of water - in between. That's my excuse for the absurdity, and I'm sticking to it.


( Knock, knock, knock... Don't have to knock to get into my own home. )

Microexpressions! I got overwhelmed with pruning these and just rolled with everything that made a reasonably clear icon. I'm sorry both to my future self and anyone else who has to pick icons from this set... which was actually large enough I had to break it into two pieces even with my new post format. Oops~


( Knock, knock, knock... Don't have to knock to get into my own home. )

Is his hair green or yellow? Yes.


( I predicted it! I'm a Nostradamus... or a Nostra-dumbass. )

So, here's the dilemma: I absolutely love the clothing and hair in this video, but that Santa hat is incredibly situational. The solution, apparently, is to icon and post these during the winter holidays and pretend that makes them relevant. And to desperately attempt to crop the hat out of a few in a way that makes it less obviously a festive thing.

Here's my first gigantic set since changing display formats. If you see this, then it successfully all fit into one post!

Update: This is my only icon set still using http image links instead of https - ironically due to post size limits. Let me know if the images break.


( My whole life has been a cringefest, so why would this be any different? )

More Ethan, from back in 2017 when he had partially blue-dyed hair. I can't tell if I overdid the adjustments or didn't apply enough, so I'm sorry if any came out too blueish or pinkish.

Caps made by me from "THE IKEA ADVENTURE" in which Ethan and some of his friends vlog a trip to the titular furniture store.


( Commit to the bit! )

I planned to make some wintery icons, and this batch of Halloween aesthetics happened instead. Oops?

Most icons in this set feature a pink-haired witch (of the Halloween costume variety) whose name is unknown due to the nature of being a stock photography model. As such, I have only appearance-based assumptions to go by when tagging the gender and age for this post. Please pardon any potential inaccuracies, though I highly doubt we'll ever know they exist.


( Contains no broomsticks. )