GIF Process Experiments

This site documents ongoing hand-drawn animation experiments. The focus is on process, iteration, and noticing rather than finished outcomes.


Idea 1: Line That Forgets Itself

Line animation

A single line attempts to continue across frames but loses its own logic. Direction, pressure, and continuity break down over time.

Notes: line restarts unexpectedly, pressure increased after frame 12.


Idea 2: Repetition Without Progress

Repetition animation

A repeated attempt at forming a shape that never resolves. Corrections accumulate rather than improve the drawing.

Notes: loop cut early to avoid completion.


Idea 3: Erasure as Motion

Erasure animation

Motion emerges through erasing rather than drawing. Residual marks remain visible.

Notes: eraser leaves ghosting, paper thinning visible.


Idea 4: Drawing That Resists Being Seen

Illegible drawing animation

Marks move toward legibility and collapse into density. The image never stabilizes.

Notes: drawing blind every other frame increased noise.


Idea 5: Hand Pressure as Time

Pressure animation

Time is represented through changing pressure and fatigue. The surface records physical strain.

Notes: page dents visible under side lighting.


Process Materials

Sketchbook Notes

Sketches, written notes, discarded frames, and material tests.


Links / Idea Sparkers