Within the long and storied history of the animated GIF, a little studied, and under-appreciated sub-genre of cat GIF, often goes by unremarked: The camouflage cat GIF. As I mentioned Tuesday, I have a few reservations about The GIFYs, an award series that means to reward “excellence” in the field of GIF making, without attempting to define excellence. In response, we’re naming our own award categories and giving out a few awards ourselves. Today’s GIF award category: Camouflage cats. It’s a burgeoning field but worthy of exploration.
Finalists were judged on the GIF loop quality, originality, and overall effectiveness of the camouflage. Let’s take a look.
This was a finalist in the GIFY awards, and we heartily agree with this pick. Here we see the fur seamlessly blended into smoke. This is material transformation at its best.
Stephanie Davidson, Cat Puff. I always assumed this was inspired by the Royale toilet paper cats. Anyway, hilarious.
Another Stephanie Davidson white cat GIF, this time in the sky.
This isn’t a GIF, obviously, but I wanted to include an art historical president in the cat camouflage genre. This Gabriel Orozco photograph is an obvious choice.
No loop—it’s a jpg—so this guy’s a loser but we give the image points regardless for effective use of camouflage.
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