{"id":5449,"date":"2017-02-21T03:34:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T03:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2017-02-21T18:00:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:00:46","slug":"digital-tools-the-art-of-the-gif-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=5449","title":{"rendered":"Digital Tools: The Art of the GIF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(I know that this is late, but it&#8217;s been a long week&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gif-1-blotter1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5457\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gif-1-blotter1.gif\" alt=\"gif 1 blotter\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This one is a color-over of the pattern I did a week before. Not much thought went into it; Just phase the colors into their secondary counterparts, and copy the frames so the picture will go back to normal. The initial pattern was inspired by 60s-era LSD blotter art, or more specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/img0.etsystatic.com\/047\/0\/10576155\/il_570xN.713889636_tdo2.jpg\">this<\/a> LSD blotter art, featuring a portrait of John Lennon by Peter Max.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gif-2-cake2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5459\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gif-2-cake2.gif\" alt=\"gif 2 cake\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one was inspired by Wayne Thiebaud, one of my favorite artists. I admire the soft, pastel colors of his confections; How, in his paintings, the sweets are the only detailed part. I like how the eerie white background works with the muted, gentle cake and tray. I also wanted to experience with &#8216;stop-motion&#8217; gifs, where, although each frame is drastically different, but showing a progression. A story. In this case, a cake getting eaten.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gif-3-warm.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5461\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gif-3-warm.gif\" alt=\"gif 3 warm\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another small one. I have trouble with hand-eye coordination, so I didn&#8217;t notice that the pattern was off-center until after I finished it. Other than that, I&#8217;m quite proud of this one. It comes from the likes of seventies graphic design; cool, funky, organic\u00a0shapes in warm colors. I was inspired by psychedelic art again when I decided to let the colors pool\u00a0over, one by one, drowning each other out in a hypnotizing manner. Comforting, enticing, and relaxing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/test.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5462\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/test.gif\" alt=\"test\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my goals for this project was to do at least one spinning object GIF. I was listening to some Marina and the Diamonds, hence the name (&#8220;The Family Jewels&#8221;) and the subject. I originally intended to make it 800&#215;800, but the diamonds were too small and decided to leave it as is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(I know that this is late, but it&#8217;s been a long week&#8230;) &nbsp; This one is a color-over of the pattern I did a week before. Not much thought went into it; Just phase the colors into their secondary counterparts,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-tools-for-artists","wpcat-263-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5469,"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions\/5469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}