Woodblock GIFs

September 21, 2015 8:57 PM

Japanese woodblock prints re-imagined as animated GIFs. (via Giant Cypress)
posted by jedicus (13 comments total)

Neat.
posted by MartinWisse at 10:43 PM on September 21, 2015

Wonderful! Loved the Shinkansen one, and the fireworks over the water.
posted by valetta at 10:49 PM on September 21, 2015

Aw, this is pretty sweet. I like that some are cheeky and some are straightforward extensions of the composition to varying degrees of subtlety.
posted by desuetude at 11:01 PM on September 21, 2015 [1 favorite]

Oh, and the one with the wiiii i i i i i nd. Ta for posting these. Japanese woodblock prints lend themselves well to giffination.
posted by valetta at 11:01 PM on September 21, 2015

Why is Mt Fuji bobbing up and down? Did they mistake it for a wave?
posted by Segundus at 12:58 AM on September 22, 2015

I think it is the viewer who is bobbing up and down (not entirely convincingly).
posted by ikalliom at 1:49 AM on September 22, 2015

Not Mt. Fuji. Not the viewer. Mind is bobbing up and down.
posted by J.K. Seazer at 6:10 AM on September 22, 2015 [6 favorites]

Duuuude. Now I grok.
posted by Segundus at 6:42 AM on September 22, 2015

Witless and horrible.
posted by Wolof at 7:54 AM on September 22, 2015

Does this require Flash by any chance? It's not working for me. The idea intrigues me.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 9:19 AM on September 22, 2015

It's working on my iPad, KR, so it doesn't need Flash. Do you have animations turned off or something?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 1:29 PM on September 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

Could he do "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife"?
posted by Koheleth at 2:55 PM on September 22, 2015

Animations work fine. Must be some other glitch then. I'm on an older iPhone.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 6:00 PM on September 22, 2015