It’s also created art forms that weren’t even possible twenty or thirty years ago. While animated GIFs were once simply just another file format, they’ve quickly become an art form in its own right.

I mean sure, there are plenty of funny or goofy GIFs around for memes and reactions, but some people elevate GIFs into high art.

Nowhere has this digital art flourished more than Tumblr. I’ve already covered one Japanese artist from Tumblr, the beautiful, bizarre body art of Chooooosan, but recently, I’ve found some more Japanese artists on Tumblr, who’ve created some really incredible images.

They go by the name “rrrrrrrroll,” and the premise behind their art is simple: every GIF features something spinning (or rrrrrrrrolling, I guess) in place, while the scenery around the person or thing stays eerily still. Sometimes it’s a woman spinng around, and other times it’s a random object twirling on its own.

While the concept is very basic, these pictures still blow me away. The contrast between an eternally spinning object and a still background is just really cool to me.

You can find more Rrrrrrrrolling GIFs on Tumblr (mouse over the text at the top), Facebook, or Twitter.

Fortunately for everyone, that means a lot of less conventional artists get more exposure. There’s probably no better example of this than a Japanese artist I stumbled upon recently.

The artist, who goes by “Chooooosan” on Tumblr, does body painting. Not the kind of body painting meant for little kids (although, getting Spiderman facepaint is pretty awesome), but something much more surreal.

Chooooosan adds extra eyes to faces, eyes, arms, and wherever else she can. Facial features frequently move around when Chooooosan is around.

But she doesn’t stop there. Not content with moving around facial features, Chooooosan tacks on foreign objects to the body. A zipper running down an arm, a battery case — nothing is off-limits.

Lots of her art borders on disturbing. Seeing a five-eyed woman with an elongated mouth is off-putting, to say the least.

But no matter how disturbed you might be by her paintings, there’s no denying that she’s talented. Her work borders on photorealism and makes you look twice.

Unfortunately, she doesn’t post new creations too often. But you can check out her Tumblr for all of her work and any new updates.

Via Weird Asia News