Here are some GIFs I have been working on over the years or so.
If you have an Idea for 3-10 Frame GIF you'd like to use for an avatar, etc... I can try to make one for you.
I offered this service at another website to which many of us once belonged, with mixed results--I couldn't get Spork's morphing of a spoon to a fork to work!
See some samples below:
BTW: I was thinking about JFK getting shot, and having a cute puppy come out, instead of brains & blood (still needs work)