Nata Metlukh is a Ukrainian animator and illustrator currently working in San Francisco. She's animated multiple successful shorts before however her gifs are what I love. Why I like them:
- The colours are very bold and eye catching without ever-being overbearing. They are also always harmonious with the style of the animation, and really add to the appeal of these looping gifs.
- The style of the drawings - they're rough allowing for quicker animation however they are so appealing. The line quality appears to be sketchy but it still has a clean quality to it, which makes these gifs feel like moving illustrations rather than rough animations.
- Texture. Metlukh uses texture a lot, for both the shading and colouring. This becomes really effective when the texture itself is animated, such as the shading of the characters in the second gif.
- The simpler drawing style allows for wacky perspective and movements to be animated without looking out of place, and Metlukh utilises this a lot. Her animations are always extreme exaggerations of everyday activities or surrealistic loops, making you want to watch them over and over.
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