Here is my latest animated banner .gif created as a promotion for my channel. It took me about five hours to create, using photoshop (counting a botched flash attempt into the time). Also included is a small .jpg still, to see the basic design, as well as for the automated thumbnail.
Original animation by Greg McCann, the author of this post and owner of this Steemit Channel. To view more of my work, please visit www.fireawaymarmot.com.