Empire Ants

Managed to recover most of these from the wayback machine, and just replaced the single watermarked one with the closest equivalent in my higher-quality remake of the set. But I just had to share these, because the death of hollow-art - how I miss it so - led me down a fascinating rabbit hole in which I've made new friends and discovered new things to read.


( It's really not as good as the hype would make you believe. Use the remake instead. )

I tried, I survived for so long... and then I lost all my mental energy and just rushed through the home stretch to be able to call this done. Not to say I didn't put in an effort, but you can tell I stopped being as picky about colour correction and lighting.


( What would you do if you were sentenced to a prison where half the inmates were put there by you? )

This particular batch took an entire week to finish. Here is where my attempts to turn this movie from a dark, blue-green mess into viable icons became whimpering at my computer and finding every possible excuse to do anything else.


( I know I'm not one of your favorites. I'm not even welcome in your house. But, I could use a little attention.  )

And here we have part two of my slow descent into madness...


( Take it from me, two minutes in hell is a lifetime. )

Making this massive, four-part set of two thousand and sixty-four icons nearly broke me. At several points, I threw my hands in the air and declared my attempts to fix lighting and colour grading good enough. So just know that I tried until I could not try anymore and suddenly understand why only a select few scenes were iconned by others who tackled this movie.


( Close your eyes. And whatever happens, don't look. )

Just a remake of an old set which I removed from this comm a while back because the quality wasn't high enough. Included a small number of the old ones here, but these are mostly new. Made using ancient images in my original Keanu Reeves folder from a laptop and a half ago. (If you don't have a Keanu Reeves folder, you're doing something wrong, tbh.)


( Art is about trying to find the good in people and making the world a more compassionate place. )