Gallery: 10 Awesomely Tasteful Animated GIFs
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Artists like [Guillaume Kurkdjian](http://bisouslescopains.tumblr.com) are using animated GIFs to a somewhat unique end: creating tasteful (and sometimes commissioned) illustrations. *Image: Guillaume Kurkdjian*
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[Rebecca Mock](http://), a Brooklyn-based illustrator, is one of a handful of artists who have done GIF work for the *New York Times.*
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Laurene Boglio, a French graphic designer and illustrator based in London, started exploring GIFs two years ago as a way to add “a new dimension” to her drawings. *Image: Laurene Boglio*
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“Producing a GIF is essentially a matter of patience,” she says. “I find making them very relaxing.” *Image: Laurene Boglio*
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Illustrator Robin Davey has been contributing masterful GIFs to WIRED Italia. *Image: Robin Davey*
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Kurkdjian posts his GIFs weekly on a Tumblr, which has new garnered some 17,000 followers. *Image: Guillaume Kurkdjian*
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Boglio says she's had a few commissioned, but often times they fall through. *Image: Laurene Boglio*
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Erich Nadler, an art director for the Times, explains how they can be more work: "The trick with animated GIFs is that the final image needs to work as both a still image in print that can stand on its own, and also as an animation online that adds to the meaning or emotional resonance of the image and the story." *Image: Laurene Boglio*
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When done right, though, they can add a subtle bit of action to a layout. *Image: Guillaume Kurkdjian*
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*Image: Laurene Boglio*
