Digital artist Marty Cooper teaches kids to create GIFs

To create a six-second clip, Marty Cooper, 31, has to illustrate 72 drawings on sheets of celluloid and take photos of them individually with a stop-motion app on his phone, before piecing them together. ST PHOTO: LIO MUNOZ
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SINGAPORE- A real-life pigeon toting an illustrated boombox, a cartoon winged alligator hatching from an ordinary carton of eggs, and an animated cheese puff running out of an opened packet of Cheetos.

These are just some of the zany scenarios found in seconds-long clips created by Marty Cooper, a 31-year-old artist based in Los Angeles.

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