{"id":562,"date":"2012-12-20T02:28:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T02:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harwoodben.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2012-12-20T13:18:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T13:18:59","slug":"my-first-animated-gif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harwoodben.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"My first animated GIF"},"content":{"rendered":"

After seeing a call by Alan Levine<\/a> on Twitter about a certain animated GIF festival under way, I began to see more of the familiar DS106 animated gif on different sites I follow. I’ve never made an animated gif before, and to be honest, I’ve never understood the cult-like fascination with them in DS106<\/a>: “What do those guys do in DS106? Well, they make animated gifs. Word.” And so much more! What this means is I’ll start making many more animated gifs to keep the DS106 energy going over winter break. It wasn’t until I saw one by Andy Forgrave<\/a>, Zack Dowell,<\/a> Brian Lamb,<\/a> and then the great Reverend <\/a>himself, that I finally decided to give it a shot. I’m not one who’s inclined to follow tutorials in general. I end up learning much more about my own process while stumbling along the way toward the light. Having the community chime in via comments is especially helpful. Still rather new at the blogging scene compared to folks out there who model best practices and who’ve been at this since the beginning, I’ll follow their lead and leave comments enabled on my site. I’ve never understood why some well known and established bloggers disable comments on their sites. So, back to the lecture at hand, I’ve revise and improve thanks to you kind folks out there giving advice. While I know there’s a more acceptable way to do this with all due DIY artistic merit and pride in mind, here’s how I did it. I did a quick web search for animated gif generator and found Image Flip.<\/a> Jim Groom’s Gun Crazy Gifs<\/a> post is inspirational and right on the mark about the bigger picture context of American civilization in the wake of the Newtown tragedy.<\/a> It really got me thinking about the obsession American culture, for good and bad, mostly worse, has for guns, violence and rugged-individualist machissimo. I chose Clint Eastwood in the unforgettable role of Dirty Harryin the most memorable scene from Sudden Impact.<\/a> Harry soberly mutters early in the morning and before his first cup of coffee: “Go ahead, make my day.”
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