November 2012 – Greg Blee

STOP Plover

My recent obsession with animated GIFs bears humble fruit.

(UPDATE: Alas, i see the shrunken version that appears here may not be animated. Click to view.)

The charm of the GIF

Here’s a serendipitous interweb discovery : an artist named RRRRRRRRoll (8 R’s) who produces charmingly animated GIFs like the one above (many more on her Tumblr site).

The GIF is a low-resolution old format dating from 1987 (Wikipedia article here). It would have disappeared long ago Continue reading “The charm of the GIF”