Prince's spectacular haircuts in one amazing GIF
LONDON -- Tributes have flooded in since Prince passed away aged 57 on Thursday, but one British artist has shared a really creative look back at the artists' life.
Illustrator Gary Card made an awesome GIF showcasing some of Prince's best haircuts over the years.
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The project, which documents many of the styles Prince sported from the late '70s to recent years, was started several years ago in response to a magazine commission, Card told Dazed.
He made a centrefold poster charting 30 years of Prince haircuts, and subsequently created a GIF of the images. Prince himself tweeted the GIF, bringing it millions of views across the world.
Since Thursday, Card has been sharing the artwork that went into the GIF on his Instagram account. He's also created illustrations of the last three years of Prince haircuts to complete the work.
A lifelong Prince fan, Card told Dazed that the singer was a "mystical wizard" that "represented creative freedom to me."
"For a painfully shy, gay nerd growing up, he represented an imaginary alter ego I could retreat into," he added.
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Tim Chester was Senior Editor, Real Time News in Los Angeles. Before that he was Deputy Editor of Mashable UK in London. Prior to joining Mashable, Tim was a Senior Web Editor at Penguin Random House, helping to relaunch the Rough Guides website and other travel brands. He was also a writer for Buzzfeed, GQ and The Sunday Times, covering everything from culture to tech and current affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Editor at NME.COM, overseeing content and development on the London-based music and entertainment site. Tim loves music and travel and has combined these two passions at festivals from Iceland to Malawi and beyond.
