A festive little collection of our favorite animated mini-movies- just in time for the Holidays! These animated GIF's come from a project curated by Ryan Todd and built by Enjoythis and feature a whole mess of contributing artists including Super Mundane, Tane Williams, Ross Phillips, Jane Stockdale, Alex Grigg, Kiristan Hammerstad, Alasdiar and Jock and many others... Enjoy!!

Its pretty obvious- I'm a huge sucker for animated GIF's, and illustration, and the combination of the two just blows my mind. Here is a selection of a few from UK based illustrator Marija Tiurina. While they are simply sketches compared to the talent-filled array of her portfolio, they are like perfect little mini-movies for me, short enough for even the shortest of attention spans. Enjoy.

Check out these colorful & fun animated gifs brought to you from the hand of Mimi Leung. Mimi says of her work, "I dream up frenetic compositions and think of funny/gross things to draw using pen, paper and paint. Sometimes, I colour digitally in Photoshop but nothing beats using a fine brush to paint all the tiny details and leaving fine white lines between blocks of colour. I love the effect and find the whole process really satisfying."

We all knew that a new generation of Gifs were on the way, and some of the best we have seen come from Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg. They are creating Cinemagraphs, which in very simple terms, are a more classy version of the animated Gif.