We’re celebrating Pride Month by featuring artists whose work reflects different aspects of LGBTQIA culture. In this installment, we interviewed Mexico based illustrator, El Chico Tabla. Here’s what El Chico Tabla had to say about GIFs, stickers, queer culture and more!

GIPHY Arts: What’s your favorite GIF/ sticker?

El Chico Tabla: This one for sure:

GA: What’s your fav gif within your body of work?

ECT: My fav gif is the “Horny” one. I love it because its pretty direct. The heart wants what it wants. 

GA: What does Pride mean to you?

ECT: Pride means being able to express yourself and love whoever you wanna love.

GA: Can you show us what you’re working on right now?

ECT: I am currently working on some new enamel pins for my store, they are gonna be super cute! Expect them to be animated soon in GIFs ;)

To see all of El Chico Tabla’s GIFs and stickers, head on over to giphy.com/elchicotabla!

We’re celebrating Pride Month by featuring artists whose work reflects different aspects of LGBTQIA culture. In this installment, we interviewed LA based artist, Nate Makuch. Here’s what Nate had to say about GIFs, stickers, queer culture and more!

GIPHY Arts: What’s your favorite GIF/ sticker?

Nate Makuch: The original shadetress herself - Mariah 

GA: What’s your fav gif within your body of work? 

NM: Ranch Daddy. He knows how to have a good time.

GA:  What does Pride mean to you?

NM: To me pride is about ditching shame and being visible. It’s also about recognizing the people who made it possible to do that. I am eternally grateful to the LGBT community who came before me and particularly the trans women of color who paved the way for my generation to live a simple and happy life out of the shadows.

GA: Can you show us what you’re working on right now?

NM: Still super rough but I’m working on a homo-fied version of the Last Supper with oiled men and wigs!

To see more of Nate Makuch’s GIFs, head over to giphy.com/natemakuch

We’re celebrating Pride Month by featuring artists whose work reflects different aspects of LGBTQIA culture. We’re kicking off this week’s Pride series by interviewing writer, director, and visual artist, Samuel Leighton-Dore. Here’s what Samuel has to say about GIFs, stickers, queer culture and more!

GIPHY Arts: What’s your favorite GIF? 

Sam: I really love the cheeky/queer icongraphy of @xtn_love’s GIPHY channel: 

GA: What’s your fave GIF within your body of work?

S: My fave GIFs in my own body of work would have to be my Janelle Monáe ‘Pynk’ sticker, as well as my ‘rainbow vom’ sticker.

GA: What does Pride mean to you?

S: To me, Pride means having the strength to know and express my authentic self, while honouring those who fought to give me the freedom to do so.

GA: Can you show us what you’re working on right now?

S: Right now I’m working on developing my first solo art show around the theme of fragile masculinity, incorporating ceramics, paintings and GIFS.

To see more of Sam Leighton-Dore’s artwork, head on over to giphy.com/samleightondore