Am still finding GIFs I posted years ago that I was relying on HTML dimensions to enlarge, which became unfeasible when browsers all adopted the Safari model of making edges look as soft as a baby's skin (so you are protected from "jaggies" that might upset your web surfing mood). Am remaking them one at a time to look as they originally did on most browsers.
This one was made from individual frames captured from a popular anime series. It took forever. (Making GIFs used to be a struggle.)
posted to dump.fm by gridworks1 (a. bill miller) and reposted on his blog.
From behind the datamoshed, invaginating pentagon of complementary orange and green, Saul Bass-like 50s movie title graphics peek out--or are they animated Joseph Albers Persistent Percussion LP cover motifs? You only have a few frames to make that determination before each geometric eclipse.
GIF made with screen capture from the Rotor 34 - HyperMolecules page
(thanks again to Duncan Alexander for automating my atomic vocabulary - he saved me years of work)
animated GIF by 82times
82times has some programming chops and makes many of his GIFs with command line software, from what I've observed/overheard on dump. Not sure how this one was done but it looks like someone else's image(s) were significantly reduced. The suggestion of a photo-negative plate and badly-scrubbed data intrigues; at the same time there is a fair amount of information and movement here for a mere 41 KB GIF. And that greyed down mauve is to die for, as they say. Unlike many artists with tech savvy, 82times does not put out a press release with every image announcing his mad skillz. His understatement and willingness to play around, try things out, and change tone and style is much appreciated.
