This animation was created in several steps. First I created a large 256x256 image and created the G, the glow and the background using the supernova filter. I then made a new 150x150 image. I moved the background slightly for each frame, flattened the image, and copied the same 150x150 pixel area I had selected earlier. I then pasted this onto the new image, made it a new layer, and undid the flatten on the other image so I could keep moving it around.

After I got it too look the way I wanted, I scaled it down to 22x22 pixels. The animation playback plug-in for the gimp is truly awesome. I had a lot of fun doing this, as it is my first time entering a gimp contest.

Looks kinda X-Filesish, eh?

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