Animation post 7 - GIFs

This is the first quick animation style I thought I would look at. There is something about a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) that I have loved for a long time now. As small and simple as they are (to make too), they can still portray the animation principles. To make a GIF all you need is photoshop and a small image sequence to work with. I suppose they are very similar to flip books, but they are just a digitalised form.

I had a long look through my Tumblr account (I used to be a bit of a blogger...) to find some of the best examples of GIFs that I like.

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/26097653031)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/21404991145)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/20118073001)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/12481786796)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/12031171516)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/21157264974)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/15030435789)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/22042605478)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/22033720149)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/18996307632)



GIFs have also been made from small sections of Animated films or small animation shorts.

 

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/25952744211)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/25087066197)

(http://naturalcatastrophe.tumblr.com/post/21428382102)


There is also a really good website with professionally done GIFs :http://www.gifparanoia.org/
Some are really well thought out, so it is well worth a look.