Peaceful GIFs

March 4, 2013 3:32 PM

I am looking for restful, calm, and peaceful GIFs -- like this or this.

Animations are fine, cats are good too.

Please link to anything you have.

posted by 517 to Media & Arts (16 answers total)

Head like an orange.
posted by hot soup girl at 3:38 PM on March 4, 2013 [15 favorites]

Hed Like an Orange is a great tumblr that does one high-quality nature GIF per day. The mountains and fog from the other day is particularly nice.
posted by komlord at 3:38 PM on March 4, 2013 [1 favorite]

Lovely Owl is bookmarked on my computer at work. For the bad phone calls. It helps.
posted by adiabat at 3:44 PM on March 4, 2013 [10 favorites]

Try the tumblr tag landscape gif.
posted by Mizu at 3:45 PM on March 4, 2013

Not GIFs but the Canvas Cycle Demos are very relaxing. They even have sound!
posted by hellojed at 3:46 PM on March 4, 2013 [1 favorite]

Try the If We Don't, Remember Me Tumblr. Previously posted about here.
posted by Phire at 4:04 PM on March 4, 2013 [1 favorite]

Calming cat, of course!
posted by Yma at 4:09 PM on March 4, 2013

National Geographic.
posted by mareli at 4:14 PM on March 4, 2013

Not animated, but OH how you need the Calming Manatee.
posted by Madamina at 4:35 PM on March 4, 2013

These are sometimes called cinemagraphs. A few of my favorites:

1, 2, 3, 4
posted by dephlogisticated at 4:48 PM on March 4, 2013 [2 favorites]

Calm hippos.
posted by DaddyNewt at 6:17 PM on March 4, 2013

Pusheen the cat bounces around a lot but I find her very comforting to watch.
posted by mlle valentine at 6:20 PM on March 4, 2013 [1 favorite]

Cinegraphs is also what I've mostly heard them called.

I like these ones:

snow
coffee
judo nap
bad bulb
distant lights (linked by dephlogisticated, but so nice it's worth linking twice)
caution (most of the ones in this series are great)
posted by looli at 7:16 PM on March 4, 2013 [1 favorite]

Mr. Div fits the bill.
posted by wolfnote at 9:33 AM on March 5, 2013

might be slightly faster animation than your examples, but I find davidope's gifs quite peaceful.
posted by homodachi at 12:40 PM on March 5, 2013

Like dephlogisticated pointed out, I believe you're looking generally for "cinemagraphs".

https://www.google.com/search?q=cinemagraph+gif

The first couple links are full of things that seem to match your description.
posted by arantius at 8:25 PM on March 5, 2013