Are we alone in this universe? It’s highly unlikely and over 50% of the people who report alien encounters describe these same oval-headed, big-eyed, child-size greys. Coincidence or psychological tricks, it’s fun to imagine what aliens look like. Serbian illustrator and graphic designer Vladimir Stankovic took his hypotheses a step further by animating life into the eyes of his series of portraits of The Greys. As cute as they are, I’m not sure how I would feel if I woke up with one standing over me. [Read more...]
London Photography With an Eye Catching Surprise
There’s nothing like an amazing animated GIF to make you smile. In this brilliant GIF series by Nicolas Ritter, your mind might fool you into thinking you’re looking at pictures, but when you catch the single person moving you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Appropriately titled “One”, Ritter’s animated photos bring all of your attention to the actions of a single human being in a crowd. It’s like a grown up version of Where’s Waldo! set on the streets of London. [Read more...]
Trippy Animated Geometry: GIFs by Mr. Div
Matthew DeVito or also known as Mr.Div, is becoming one the best GIF animators today. With his talent for combining the usefulness of After Effects and Cinema 4D, he creates unique geometrical GIF’s that glitter and keep you staring longer than a few moments. Chiefly inspired by 1970-80s era motion graphics, Mr.Div is continuing to hone his skill, and if you look at his Tumblr, you will see the level he has grown throughout the past year. It is not uncommon for his tumblr posts to get over 20,000 notes each. For a hobby that began just for fun, it’s amazing to see how it has become somewhat of a tumblr phenomenon. Check out his page to see his latest creations and feel free to contact him for freelance work if you so desire. [Read more...]
Vibrant GIFS That Will Show You Another World
If you like visual sensory overload, then you will love these bright animated GIFs by Yuriy Mironoff. In this series, the artist/illustrator/animator, who is based in Kiev, Ukraine, brings tribal figures to life with vibrant, colorful animation. If you listen to the music at the bottom of the post while you gaze through the collection the creatures will appear to dance to the beat. [Read more...]
Visual Bits #373> Writing In The Wind: Typography
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Visual Bits #372> My Heart Thumps For Illustrations
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Stereoviews from Old Japan Converted Into GIFS
Do you remember staring at those Magic Eye pictures, hoping to see an image revealed once your eyes reached that perfect blur? Well that magical phenomenon of stereographs was created long before the 1990′s craze, dating back as far as the 1840′s. Double lensed stereoscopic cameras allowed people to capture 2 moments at once and stereoscopes made the prints come to life as they appeared to pop off the page in 3D. [Read more...]












