Ohay.

THIS. TOOK. ME. FOREVEAAAR.

Now, let me explain. You're probably thinking "Pssh. Amy, that looks like a piece of cake." But it wasn't. D:

Why:

My animation program is crappy.

And when I went to see the finished product, it turned out that the dimensions on all the frames were off, which meant the emoticon would alternately squish and stretch itself out. So, I spent about an hour longer on the animation than I should have (original animation time frame: 1 minute.)

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Anyway. This emote, as you may notice, is slightly different from my others. The reason why is that I tweaked the shading style a little bit. I didn't like the old (non-shiny) one, it was too dark at the far edge.
I like this one a lot better. What do you think?

I may post a deviation to compare all my shading styles, and then you guys can tell me which you like best for future reference. ;D

Anyhow, I like this one.

--Amy