Showing both dedication and a delightfully impressive motion-graphic skill, James Curran took his trip to Tokyo as a challenge to create a new animated GIF every day for 30 days. Not only is that a lot of animation work, it’s a lot of creative ideation, requiring cleverness and imagination that not everyone possesses. Entitled Tokyo Gifathon, the series shows Curran experiencing some of the most strange and iconic parts of Tokyo – the capsule hotels, the fancy automatic toilets (washlets), the busiest intersection in the world (Shibuya Crossing), and many more. Playful and hilarious, the animations loop perfectly, and show a real love for the craft of motion graphics. Check out video of his entire 30 day stay, plus some of the GIFs, below. Great work.
Day 23 – Too much matcha.
Day 28 – Capsule Hotels
Day 20 – Trains
Day 26 – Seiko Museum
Day 18 – Tsukiji Fish Market
Day 4 – Shibuya Crossing
Day 13 – Bonsai museum
Day 16 – Yoyogi Rockabillies
[…] been fans of James Curran’s work for a while, his playful and colorful animated GIFs bringing a little smile to our day. He makes the […]