this is a pretty simple animation in gimp. you just gotta remember to merge the proper frames and save as animation.

click to see animation

supplies needed:

GiMP

& Tube of choice. i am using one of Ismael Rac's fabulous tubes. do not use without a license! you can obtain one from his store here: www.xeracx.net

to get started open up a new canvas 600x250 whatever color doesnt matter

fill the background with a gradient of choice

now open up your tube and position it where desired

now duplicate your tube layer 2x

zoom in like 400%

now open up the top layer and have it selected and fill in the entire eye

now duplicate your second tube layer and move it to the top of your layers

merge down only the bottom tube layer to your background

check in playback to make sure it is animating correctly

now you will want to add a border, cus everything looks better with a border, lol

add a new layer, black or whatever color you wish

go to select by color

click somewhere on this new layer

go to select again and shrink selection

shrink by 5 or whatever you think looks good and cut

duplicate your new border layer 3x and move each one above your existing layers

merge each one down individually to your tube and background layers

merge down

now add your text or name or whatever above your background layer

merge down

go to play back to check if it is animating correctly.

if it is go to save as

save as .gif

remember to click on save as an animation!

it will ask you to crop, do so

and then it will ask you how many milliseconds per frame, i went with 300 but it is up to you

and tada! you are done!

would love to see your results for this!