Happy Hour Gifs

When the dean’s office starting holding monthly happy hours for faculty and staff, I decided to make the invites animated gifs for fun. These gifs were included in the invitation emails sent to the faculty and staff and were effective in grabbing their attention despite the deluge of emails they received every day.

Gif illustration of white balloon with invite text on the balloon and a column of smaller multicolored balloons below that appear to turn in a spiral
Gif illustration of a happy penguin, standing in the snow and winking while the stars twinkle behind him, with the invitation details for the dean's December Happy Hour
An animated gif of Valentine's hearts in different colors moving across a dark red background and the invitation information for the event
An illustration of a neon orange skull, and a black cat, animated to turn and blink at the viewer as a neon green spider drops into frame
March invite is pastel purple and pink on a pale green background with an illustrated branch showing the first buds of spring and an owl sitting on the branch with an animated flower behind its ear
Animated gif using stop motion showing a leaf falling to the ground in autumn colors, with the invitation details on the last frame
© Jen Kristen Taylor // March 2022