The Brilliant Black & White Animated GIF Art of Kevin Weir

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[D]esigner Kevin Weir uses historical black and white photographs to transform them into quirky animated GIFs. He got into making black and white GIFs as a way to occupy himself during the downtime of an internship he had during grad school.

The basis of his works are old pictures he finds in the Library of Congress online archive.

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I wonder if he takes requests…?

Also, check out this awesome music video he made:

Artist Kevin Weir via IGANT for more.

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I design video games for a living, write fiction, political theory and poetry for personal amusement, and train regularly in Western European 16th century swordwork. On frequent occasion I have been known to hunt for and explore abandoned graveyards, train tunnels and other interesting places wherever I may find them, but there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I am preparing to set off a zombie apocalypse. Nothing that will stand up in court, at least. I use paranthesis with distressing frequency, have a deep passion for history, anthropology and sociological theory, and really, really, really hate mayonnaise. But I wash my hands after the writing. Promise.

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