I hate the stupid flashy animations as well for the most part, and the sakura petals are my least favorite. They don't ever manage to not look pastede on yay.
...Yeah I generally only icon characters I really like as well. I think the 'icon what image is pretty' is a fandom universal practice. I see it everywhere.
I actually asked an icon maker friend of mine (no one you have friended) why she continued to make icons of a character she strongly dislikes and even use them (to make them is kind of odd, but to use icons of a char you dislike is even odder to me), and she just told me 'well... the image was pretty.' I guess, but I am generally not going to make icons of a character I don't love, let alone use them.
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...Yeah I generally only icon characters I really like as well. I think the 'icon what image is pretty' is a fandom universal practice. I see it everywhere.
I actually asked an icon maker friend of mine (no one you have friended) why she continued to make icons of a character she strongly dislikes and even use them (to make them is kind of odd, but to use icons of a char you dislike is even odder to me), and she just told me 'well... the image was pretty.' I guess, but I am generally not going to make icons of a character I don't love, let alone use them.