First Things First

I hope you all are not bored at my second design post this week. But it is the only time I managed to catch up to fulfill some pending requests that I've delayed for very long. Especially @karinzdailygrind's GIF Animation which I promised her months ago.

First of all, they say 'Gratitude is Attitude' and that is why I always want to start my design post with a thankful heart because many of you have entrusted me to create your Steemit Profile Banners, GIF Animations and Logos. It is indeed my privilege to design for fellow Steemians and today, I will be showcasing @karinzdailygrind's GIF Signature. Thank you @karinzdailygrind for granting me this opportunity to create this GIF for you.

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@karinzdailygrind Signature

The Idea

When @karinzdailygrind approached me a few months back, she knew that I was on a pretty tight schedule. She just told me to just design her anything. Something simple would do but with her Steemit ID & Upvote, Follow, Resteem words.

I usually prefer that Steemians entrust full reign for me to design their banners because it gives me the satisfaction that they approach me because they like my style of design. Also, the last thing I want to do on Steemit is to turn it into a freelance platform to earn money.

When I started creating this GIF signature, I just wanted it to be snappy yet able to allow viewers to focus on the message, which is her Steemit ID and the caption. But it would be boring and unattractive to just let the words animate our like it currently is now. So I decided to play with simple shapes and add dash of warm colours to grab people's attention. When the attention is set upon the GIF animation, then only the message comes out smoothly.

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Creating Elements

I set up the main details first because it will be easier to work around once the composition of the fonts are set. In this early phase, I decided to nail down the animation and timing straight away. This would allow the other elements later on to work closely to support this main element.

After that, I created 'Rays' out of strokes and animated them according to their paths. I like adding simple elements like these to enhance the overall final look. Even though some of these elements pop up no more than 1 second but it will definitely set aside a professional and a mediocre design.

A tip for designers and animators, never ever have duplicates on ur work. It basically just shouts 'laziness' on the entire artwork. You can have same shapes but the way it is animated have to be different so it doesn't look like it's just a copy paste. With that in mind, I added another variation of the 'Rays' and just tweaking the thickness and animation to create a totally different style.

I added a few more elements to the GIF. A very quick burst of triangles. The triangles will scale larger as it burst out.

Remember the 'attention grabbing' element I mentioned earlier? It is just a simple rectangle and stroke. The animation is also very simple. It's supposed to be fast and quick and 'reveals' the main detail at the end which is the Steemit ID.

Finalizing & Polishing

Here is my colour palette for all the elements in the GIF. Previously the colours were a little darker and was in purple but @karinzdailygrind didn't like them, so I changed it to a lighter tone of blue. Blue means professional, and @karinzdailygrind is a professional at what she does too.

Started off with a darker shade of blue and come forth from the center a brighter shade of blue in a circular motion. I did this so that the viewers would immediately focus on the center.

Finally, the ends with just the Steemit ID & the caption.

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Wuaaalaaah! The final GIF at its perfection. I hope @karinzdailygrind likes her GIF signature because I think it certainly stands out among the many others out there. :)

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Thank You

If you like what I do, check out my other posts on my artworks, photography & animations.

I'm also open for

Personalized Steemit Profile Banner,logos & GIFs

DM me on discord : zord189#7776

Credits to @pinstory & @coloringiship for this lovely photo of me.

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Animated Banner Created By @zord189

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