Stereographic Animated GIFs

Stereographic Animated GIFs is an unusual form of art that predates the internet itself. GIF stands for “Graphics Interchange Format” and is a photography animation where two pictures are merged to form an endless cycle of wiggling or twitching. GIFs create a 3-dimensional perspective to 2D photos. 

GIFs were first seen in 1987, but its popularity first exploded in the 1990’s. There’s also something called the wobble image. The difference between The wobble image and GIFs is that in wobble image, both the foreground and the background move like something would look like if you shook your head side to side. 

Dain Fagerholm introduced his first stereographic sketches. Instead of using realistic photos, he has given his own hand-drawn monsters a sense of depth while in reality, they are 2-dimensional. He gave them the chance to live a 3-dimensional life. According to the Daily Dot, Dain said “these ‘characters’ are all creatures that live on Mystery Planet” and "they are my friends." He draws most of his characters with pen and markers and at least half contain gems in them.

Stereographic animations have been around before the internet, as stated before, and arose to extreme heights thanks to the web. Sites like Tumblr and Twitter have been using GIFs for a while because they create a sense of fun, excitement, and enjoyment. 


Since the first GIF was seen, it now celebrates its 25th anniversary. These image file aren’t just for entertainment or personal amusement, but also for businesses and advertising. Instead of GIF, most people have been wondering whether they are pronouncing it right or not. Its been pronounced as “Jiff” with a “J” sound or “Giff” with a “G” sound. The Graphics Interchange Format was introduced by CompuServe back in 1987 and was terrible for photography then.

Watch this video to see a history layout for GIFs!

Sources:

"Friends" photo (two monsters sitting)

"Creature With Amethyst Gem" photo (gemstone monster)

"Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium" video (dinosaur dressed cat)