Inspired by looping videos like GIFs and Vines that have kept millions of Web and mobile users entertained for countless hours, a startup called Coub is adding an extra layer of creativity to the mix.

How do you build a GIF that takes 1,000 years to loop? Use 48,140,288 frames that tick forward on a 10-minute interval. That's what artists Juha van Ingen and Janne Särkelä have done.

A service that creates an infinite loop GIF animation of 320 × 240 at 10 frames per second is "Face to gif"is. Normally you will need special software and some work to create GIF animation, but ...