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The Art of the Animated GIF

Posted by samzenpus on from the high-low-and-animated-art dept.

theodp writes "Some artists work in oils, some in pastels, some in acrylics. Photographer Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg? Their medium of choice is animated GIFs. 'We wanted to tell more of a story than a single still frame photograph but didn't want the high maintenance aspect of a video,' said the two of their unusual collaboration. Needless to say, these are not your father's GeoCities 'Under Construction' GIFs — it can take several hours of manual editing for Beck and Burg to breathe the whisper of life into each image."

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  1. Not exactly animated GIFs, but can't miss this: by goruka · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

  2. not loading by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The images aren't loading on the page, so here is the original blog with more images: right here. And I would also say one of the nicest looking web page designs I've ever seen.

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  3. APNG/MNG by tomstockmail · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We need to start utilizing APNG or MNG. Firefox does support APNG, most Webkit browsers do not sadly. APNG has the advantage of displaying the first frame in any PNG capable program. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MNG

  4. If we don't, remember me. by bennomatic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These are some of the best animated gifs I've ever seen.

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    1. Re:If we don't, remember me. by bennomatic · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Yeah, I like the ones where very little is moving except maybe someone's eyes or hair, or their breathing. This one is one of my faves.

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  5. 3D Animated GIFs - Another thing to try by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've always liked these wiggling 3D animated gifs.

  6. Wake me up for animated pngs... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Zzz...animated gifs...zzz...1997...zzz...256 colors...zzzzzzz....

    Please. Wake me up when we've invented animated PNGs.