The Art of the Animated GIF

The Art of the Animated GIF 129

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 25, 2011 @12:53AM 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."

The Art of the Animated GIF

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Not exactly animated GIFs, but can't miss this: (Score:5, Interesting)

by goruka ( 1721094 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:03AM (#35926684)

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

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by phantomfive ( 622387 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:05AM (#35926698) Journal

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

APNG/MNG (Score:3, Interesting)

by tomstockmail ( 2056752 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:06AM (#35926700)

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 [wikipedia.org] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MNG [wikipedia.org]

If we don't, remember me. (Score:5, Interesting)

by bennomatic ( 691188 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:11AM (#35926744) Homepage

These [tumblr.com] are some of the best animated gifs I've ever seen.

3D Animated GIFs - Another thing to try (Score:5, Interesting)

by martin-boundary ( 547041 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:14AM (#35926758)

I've always liked these wiggling 3D animated gifs [well.com].

Wake me up for animated pngs... (Score:2, Interesting)

by xxxJonBoyxxx ( 565205 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:30AM (#35926830)

Zzz...animated gifs...zzz...1997...zzz...256 colors...zzzzzzz....
Please. Wake me up when we've invented animated PNGs.

Re:If we don't, remember me. (Score:4, Interesting)

by bennomatic ( 691188 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2011 @02:41AM (#35927136) Homepage

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

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Not exactly animated GIFs, but can't miss this: (Score:5, Interesting)

not loading (Score:4, Interesting)

APNG/MNG (Score:3, Interesting)

If we don't, remember me. (Score:5, Interesting)

3D Animated GIFs - Another thing to try (Score:5, Interesting)

Wake me up for animated pngs... (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:If we don't, remember me. (Score:4, Interesting)

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