Hurricane Sandy’s northward track over the past few days (top middle of your screen), animated from images captured by NASA’s GOES-13 satellite.
Stay safe, Northeastern friends. Earth’s just working out some aggression because of how stressed out all this climate business has her. We’ll see ya on the other side, and we’ll try to make it up to her.
So, what are your plans to stay occupied during the storm?
(via n-a-s-a)
Stunning GIF Art by Patakk
GIF is no longer just a medium for celebrating the stupidity of humanity or memes through the millions of hilarious of GIF animations roaming the web. Instead, many artists are using the format as a means to create animated, looped artworks. These series of GIF art are the creations of the the artist Patakk. There’s no real explanation about the these pieces, but the works are truly mesmerizing! Check out his Tumblr blog for more of his stunning GIF art!
Mind-blowing digital GIF art
There are not many artists out there that use GIF as a medium to express themselves artistically. However, Matthew DiVitto shows that his design in combination with the magic of GIF loops gives his art a completely new dynamic to it. It takes him around 1 to 4 hours to create a piece depending on the complexity. More of his work can be found on his Tumblr blog and check out this interview he did for the Creative Review while you’re at it!
