Dancing Babe GIFs Invade Venice Beach in EMA’s “So Blonde” Video
February 26, 2014 | Marina Galperina
From EMA’s upcoming album “The Future’s Void,” here’s “So Blonde,” a chippy new video shot in Los Angeles. Directed by Vice Cooler in collaboration with digital artist Molly Soda, who is responsible for all the GIFs. “Watch for venice beach vibes x dancing babes x rainbows,” which is what Venice Beach actually feels like at its best and your brain’s most pixelated. Wait, I thought we decided that “Fuck California, you made me boring…”
Pittsburgh's VIA is hosting a T.GIF Tournament. Vote now and every day through April 7th, until the best GIF wins (a gift certificate to Gifpop!, the indie resource that allows digital artist to print lenticulars of their GIFs.) We've written about several artists in this show but the best part is to watch…
In an effort to better understand animated images' ability to "convey emotion, empathy, and context in a subtle way," a pair of MIT researchers created GIFGIF. The site presents you with two randomly selected animated GIFs, and asks which better conveys a specific emotion, like fear, shame, excitement, or amusement. The…
Klear.me is a new online tool that lets you manipulate any gif into your own personal psychedelic fantasy, using transparency as a starting point. The creator, Vince McKelvie was inspired by oscob, a Tumblr-based artist. The tool allows you to "select a colour for transparency, alter the amount of visible…