This is a guest blog post by Adam Green, editor of The Public Domain Review. He will be co-facilitating the GIF Animation Session LIVE on Tuesday evening during the Open Knowledge Festival Fair.
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As part of the opening night’s festivities there shall be a little workshop dedicated to that wondrous darling of the internet, the animated GIF! Of course, it being a festival dedicated to the world of open, the workshop shall focus on GIFs exclusively made from public domain material. On the night itself there shall be a chance to join us in making your own, but we’d also like to invite you to make and send in your creations beforehand. You can do so via a Tumblr blog we’ve set up – Open GIFs – where you will find instructions (for the uninitiated) and also some inspiration for the wonderful things that can be done with the medium. We’ll project your animated GIFs on the night to give inspiration for others at the workshop, and for some visual delight to accompany the beer and mingling. We’ll also be putting a selection of the GIFS made (those submitted beforehand and at the workshop) on The Public Domain Review.
So, no time to lose! You can send us in your animated GIFs via the submit form on the blog. We look forward to seeing your creations! Deadline is July 13th.
