Why not make the gif and then tesize it?

Oh I do all of that in the same same process.
But the problem with gif is color limits, and the more color the heavier.
So for those icon where i dont want them to be flat and highlight n shadow I dont to maje sacrifice n lower the quality of it.

D: well i have no ides then

dont worry XD
Just idk why they went with a 55kb size.

That why most icon with be flat or very simple shade.

I feel your pain. I have a .GIF I use for my Weasyl account, that's a short loop from Transformers: The Movie, but it's way too large for FA. :< So I have to use static images for my icons here.

Boo it sucks =3=

I demand my right to use larger icon sizes, dammit! Vive l'animation! GIVE ME LARGER FILE SIZES, OR GIVE ME DEATH!. :<

But like I said, it reduced the quality of gif greatly.
And those online "resizer" are even worst culprit.

Plus I dont need them since I can manage that with just photoshop.