This is a fun little project I made in Photoshop using an old archival film of twentieth century London and some images of various mechanical parts I found online. I was inspired by the often ludicrous and out of place animations found in many of Monty Python's short segue-style bits. Using the obvious juxtaposition of having a futuristic machine dwelling within the Big Ben clock tower, I imagined an amusing alternate world in which this looming icon of English innovation was not only able to tell the time, but lend a hand as well.
Despite being only 11 seconds in length, this Gif took over 8 hours to make - and is comprised of 159 hand-edited frames.