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Trends in Visual Storytelling

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People have been telling visual stories for a very long time. When I grew up it was all about using a camera (with film!) or drawing with colored pencils.  Times sure have changed and it's no wonder that today's visual stories are much more interesting and flashy.  Gone are the days of a simple image growing the interest and success of marketing an idea. New trends in visual storytelling today include GIFs, real-time broadcasts, and infographics.   GIFs are really starting to take off in popularity even though they have been around for quite a while. http://www.gifsmile.com/sound-waves-gif-animation A series of still images looping one after another creates an animation that can visually explain a concept.   If you would like to create your own GIF I recommend a site called Picasion .  Simply upload a series of images to create your GIF.   Makeagif.com is a site that will create a GIF from images, a YouTube video, an uploaded video or...