I tried to do a muted set not too long ago. It was an absolute disaster. I think us iconners with the tendency to lean towards bright colours should just accept the inevitable and embrace the spectrum :D

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS. I have not seen a disastrous set from you :P what you say makes sense, I just always want to try something new, sometimes it's about the technique that I use (I recently made a whole set without textures and that was so weird for me :O), and sometimes about the style like going for simpler/more complex/vibrant/muted etc. Possibly because I have an obsessive need to be good at *everything*, lol. In the end it probably only leads to me being ok at everything instead of really good at one thing, and I don't know if that's any better (probably not), but I keep hoping!!! :D