I've never done anything with animations before, but I felt inclined to try it spontaneously one night a few weeks ago, inspired by Ironclad's adorable idea of a Pusheen-styled Butterbamf. (He's a super-chubby little bamf I have a tendency to doodle in my spare time.) When it turned out way nicer than I could have hoped, I gave it to Ironclad to use as an icon!
This took me maybe just under 2 hours to do? I've been toying with the idea of having a specialty sale for a few very simple animated icons done in Pusheen style, if people would be interested!
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Ironclad has good ideas.