

I did this illustration for my friends at the amazing design site FormFiftyFive. The illustration was designed for the site’s masthead. It is my first attempt at making an animated gif. The animation is very simple, but I think a nice subtle touch.
The idea was to create a masthead based on inspiration. I decided that I’d play with the theme — inspiration being such a mysterious and random thing. I created this character emerging from the dark depths of who-knows-where holding abstract letter forms of three F’s (the site’s acronym). I wanted to work with the design of the site, which is generally quite dark. The dominoes act like neurons, which when knocked over will be set in motion, forming an idea as each thought connects to the next.
I don’t normally like explaining my illustrations so formally — people have such great imaginations and I feel explaining things often ruins it. In this case, I felt a little rationale would prove interesting. Hope you like it! Any feedback is more than welcome.
~Jes
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