One exception, though, was the dust, which represented a bridge between hand-drawn animation and computer effects — one of the most complicated instances of merging the two distinct art forms.

Phillips created the Herrera GIF using a 2D animation program called Toon Boom ... he’d have “added rising debris, like dust and rocks.” Even without rising debris, the GIF went viral ...

By now you’ve surely heard about the massive dust storm currently raging on Mars ... grow from space is a whole different story. A new animation released from NASA compiles several images ...

as you'd expect in the cloud of slow-moving dust surrounding the comet.” Since the images are compressed into a short GIF, the action appears much, much faster than how it occurred in real time.

GIFs are pretty much an inescapable form of internet communication now, and it’s never been easier to make your own. Giphy’s online GIF maker lets you pull short YouTube clips and add captions ...

PSD file of cartoon drawings for GIF animation: <a href="https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArAEPhCK6XBWgoJc4YCE64LiRP4NSw?e=bDZscC">https://1drv.ms/u/s ...

Animation showing the cumulative build-up of dust looking from Earth’s local neighbourhood to around 13,000 lightyears towards the centre of the Milky Way. Credit must be given to the creator.

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Three has greenlit a Eurovision-themed animation, its first in two decades ... Shaun Pye’s irreverent sketch series Monkey Dust, which ran from 2003 to 2005.