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An illustration of a person seen from behind, standing before a rectangular frame. Inside the frame, a colourful, abstract shape floats above the person’s head.

Charming and surreal GIFs from the award-winning it's no biggie blog

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Date
15 May 2015

It was way back in 2012 that we first featured Thoka Maer’s it’s no biggie, a blog of joyous GIFS that capture little moments in life, by turns sweet and surreal. A lot has happened since then – not only the fact that we can now actually embed GIFs on our site and show you Thoka’s creations in all their glory. She meanwhile has graduated from the Visual Communication course at the University of the Arts, Berlin, and inb (as all the cool kids are calling it) won the self-initiated category at last year’s Association of Illustrators awards.

I think the more recent updates are slightly less dark than some of the older posts but they’re still superbly executed and there’s enough bittersweet subject matter to cut through the charm.

An illustration of a person standing before a large, glass claw machine. The machine is filled with a tangled mass of white and red ribbons.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An animation of a person in a blue coat and red boots standing in the rain. They open a red umbrella, causing the raindrops to disappear.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An animation of a simple drawing on a white background. A figure in a purple swimsuit swims through the air towards a red ball.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An animation in which two people hand a swaddled baby between them. The figures are rendered in a grainy, textured style against a plain white background.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An animation in which a person with red hair, wearing a dark T-shirt and orange trousers, falls from the air. They land on a grey trampoline, causing their body to bounce.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An illustration of a person wearing a hat and a red scarf, sitting on a white bench. Three small birds gather on the ground in front of them.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An illustration of a nude person reclining in a folding deckchair, reading a book. A piece of clothing is draped over the back of the chair and spills onto the white ground.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

An animation of a person sitting on a large blue exercise ball at a desk. They wear a red T-shirt and work at a computer with a red mug nearby, moving subtly as they type.
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Thoka Maer: it’s no biggie

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About the Author

Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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