Lol, I knew it would win too, but I still remember making it for t-r and thinking 'this is such a ridiculously literal and cliche icon for this prompt, with that overused wolf texture and all!', so seeing how much people liked it was really a surprise. I remember no messiness at all from that round though, I think you were as awesome as always (I'm really sad that I couldn't participate on the anon/alias round, it was a brilliant idea with gorgeous results. Crossing my fingers that I'll be able to do the next round!)

Ohhh really? But there's text magic, lighting magic and deep gorgeous colors and contrast and lots of other wonderful techniques I personally associate with your icons in your top10! Not in all of them sure but all of these things are present in the top 10 (if I counted right...). And I totally absolutely love your winning icon, it was one of those icons that are really easy to remember after seeing them, really unique and gorgeous. I totally voted for it with 9 other beauties, but now that I think about it maybe something more lighting-heavy would have been a more representative winner. But, with the text magic and all I still think fits the vibe I get from your work as whole :)