Getting In Touch.

Gif Fight means a page where you can find every two weeks an inspiration for an animated gif. The "fight" may mean that it is a challenge to compare yourself to other participants' creations. Still, the challenge which was designed for the headless ds106 course of 2013 makes it difficult to think about a fight. I found this, two mannequins already peacefully side by side.
 

Only for me it seemed they have difficulties to get in touch. With my gif version I tried to help them with this.

I drew leaves on different layers which twine around the neighbouring arms of the mannequins.

Then  I took an animated gif of a bunch of pink roses, which I found in the web.

One rose I copied to my tendril layers.

After this I animated the arms of the mannequins, the way that they finally get in touch. After the arms have gotten in touch, I added the animated bouquet as  a result of their new relation, which may mean creating together is better than fighting.

For the appropriate assignment idea of the ds106 assignment bank you can click here.

Spying Eyes

A suspect goes to a forbidden party. The authorities send a spy after her, which the following Gif illustrates.

This is another part of my final project. After Julie has decided to go to the underground event, she arouses suspicion to be a traitor to her government and employer. Still it is not Julie's intention to betray anyone, she has just been curious. As you can see the spy's interpretation is different.

I did this gif the way it is described in the ds106 handbook. I also applied a black and white filter, and a coloring filter in a video editor and scaled the original, so that mainly the eyes were seen in the frame.

The corresponding ds106 assignment idea you can find here. Besides I was inspired by Andy Forgraves example, which he uploaded just about the time I was looking for ideas on my final project.

Julie

The following series of animated gifs is part of my final project, where I am telling a story about a woman who was an integrated part of her country's society but then becomes part of a world which opposes her government.
The gifs show both, the character and the plot of the story in a general way.

	Julie's Career
Julie Underground

When I started searching for material for the gifs I knew Julie should be a strong and skilled woman but not without physical weaknesses like bad eyesight. however, I did not find any videos which combines the image of a heroine and she depending on glasses. I just imagine her now wearing lenses but it is not the same as the visually obvious dependence on a seeing aid.
I was more lucky with the idea that Julie hurts her foot and needs a device for help here. As you can see the last gif nicely combines Julies heroic character with a walking aid.

This work is after the assignment Multi-Frame GIF Story and I did it the way ds106 explains it at the Creating Animated GIFs with (free) Open Source Software page. On my page I arranged it in a table. At blogger you can do this while using the HTML editor and adding the code for a table. After this you can stay in the HTML editor and you can use the option Add Image, which you can find at the menu bar.

I used the following Youtube videos for the above animated gifs.

Julie in School:
Scene from the Pickwick movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u3GAQgZpww

Julie in politics and business:
Interview with Ivanka Trump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SivCXZeQlmg

Julie and combat:
Report by Global National
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RupHxNZCais

Julie underground:
A "Tatort" movie (german crime mysterie series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fStfjlNp8ro

Julie after she got hurt:
A commercial by Samsung (disabled people and sports)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SJG7apaV7c