Water, water everywhere...

[dhamphir]

So... I've been experimenting. I've discovered that making water animated, and getting it to look just the way I want it to, is quite a challenge. So without further ado, here are some animated water banners. Let me know what you think, so I can continue to improve.

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Please credit dhamphir @ color_pirates

Comments

[brotherskeeper1.livejournal.com]

I saved the last one, it's beautiful!

The only thing I notice about 2, 4 and 5 is the reflectivity in the sky. But the wave action is good :)

I've never had a waterfall turn out right.

THANK YOU :)

[dhamphir]

I'm glad you like it. Thanks for letting me know.

Yeah. It's not actually a reflection but rather due to the loss of color palette when converting from a HQ jpeg to the a gif. I'm still working out how to minimize it.

The waterfall was the hardest one of all. I'm still not completely satisfied. ;)

[brotherskeeper1.livejournal.com]

Wait until you try to get animated water userpics under 40kb. I cannot do that. I can add waves to large graphics, but they are not as nice as yours. Keep at it!

[dhamphir]

Yeah, sometimes it's hard to get the file size down below 40kb so that the icon can be uploaded to LJ or DW. Thanks for the feedback and encouragement. :)