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The butterfly
The Butterfly is a 7 second looping GIF that cycles through most colors of the rainbow. The inner wings, and parts of the outer wings, cycle through multiple colors.
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The Butterfly GIF is designed to simply inspire awe and serve as eye candy.
Original Picture: https://pixabay.com/photos/butterfly-insect-animal-142506/
Software used to create The Butterfly: Adobe Photoshop
its time!
It's Time is a humorous GIF in which a clock counts down to 3:15pm. When the timer reaches 3:15pm, the bells vehemently vibrates (serving as an alarm.)
The GIF is hand-drawn, and therefore I think has a more personalized feel and adds to a stronger animation. Hand drawing the GIF also helps to liven up the image by showing that it is not a serious GIF; it is supposed to be cute and funny (compared to a picture perfect clock.)
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Do you know the significance of 3:15pm?
Software used to create It's Time!: Adobe Photoshop
The Lighthouse
This serene lighthouse has just realized that a large thunderstorm is coming their way, and the lighthouse is not ready for such a storm. Thus the lighthouse begins to send an S.O.S. signal via morse code.
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Unfortunately for the lighthouse, the thunderstorm arrives before help does. One zap of lightning hits, destroying the luminating light ... and who knows, maybe the rest of the lighthouse.
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This fantasy-like GIF is meant to deliver a sense of mystery, awe, and quite possibly horror, to the viewer.
Software used to create The Lighthouse: Adobe Photoshop
It's a new day
In this hopeful and inspiring GIF, the dark and dreary rainstorm turns into a bright and sunny day; the cold landscape, accompanied by pouring rain and dreary skies transition into a clear, sunny, and warm day.
The takeaway message here is that no matter the worst day, there is always a chance for things to turn turn around for the best.
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This was the 4th GIF I designed, and after the previous GIF, which was the cold and dark Lighthouse GIF, I figured I should focus on the opposite theme and make something warm and fuzzy!
Software used to create It's a New Day!: Adobe Photoshop