GIF Animation

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Creating an animated GIF was definitely the most time-consuming project so far. I first had to create the images and icons I would use in the animation. I used Adobe Illustrator to create such icons and start the process. I traced the meditating man and the face portrait with the pen tool. Then, I created the fire using basic shapes and the smoke with a pen tool. The fire was the most important part to draw because it is the part that shows most of the animation. After finishing the creation in Illustrator, I started the animation process using Adobe Photoshop. The hardest part of the project was adding and removing layers from the intended frames, as sometimes it changed things in previous frames and made me start over. 

Nevertheless, the animation is named Peace of Mind as it resembles a state of tranquility in an individual's brain. Everything starts with our mind, every action, and every word. In the end, I managed to create the animation, and though it was not as good as I had pictured it in my mind, I was satisfied with the result.