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Classic book jackets come to life – in pictures

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Moby Dick takes a dive and Sherlock Holmes puffs his pipe in a series of GIFs created by Chilean art director Javier Jensen to animate iconic cover images

“I wanted to go back to the books that made us live, dream and believe in different things and reflect what I always imagined when I looked at their covers,” says Chilean artist Javier Jensen about his latest project. He took a break from his day job as art director in a publicity firm in Santiago de Chile to create this graphic “homage” to some of his favourite classic books.

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