The golfer’s classic gif is another example of executing every step of a project. I filmed myself at a driving range, color edited the video, and selected the best frames for a short gif. The “Golfer’s Classic” is a tournament I hosted and competed in back in 2018. And I won! I was the only participant.

Why did you make this?

After years of working as a production artist, executing on concepts conceived by others, it became clear I needed to self-initiate work I could call my own. It doesn’t matter that the golf tournament is fictitious, the demo is real.

What skill set does this demonstrate?

It takes care and sensitivity to keep an animated GIF to a size that is reasonable for an internet browser to handle. That challenge becomes magnified working with video. You select only the most crucial colors from the file, and delete the rest. The magenta monotone treatment helps, but that was an aesthetic choice. There are still hundreds of slight variations in color that can be eliminated and that is done with intention and care.

It also demonstrates the fundamentals of video editing, file handling, timeline management, and working with video layers in Photoshop.