it's a matter of time, patience, trials, errors and dedication.
keep doing what you're doing and you'll notice improvements c: compare your art to your old art, not other peoples :D
You can already have gifs as a profile picture. Xenforo supports gifs as profile pictures, but they need to be 200x200px (that's the recommended size I believe) the only problem is that it doesn't display the frames until you've clicked on the profile picture.
If there's some other way where...
How do you propose we display who posted the thread? Do you have any examples and whatnot? ;w;
You can always very easily just click on the thread and then it's there, but it would be nice to just instantly see who made it. For now I'll vote neutral until my questions have been answered.
Hello, nice to meet you! c: I hope things turn out great for you in the music/theatre industry. I also play the ukulele, it's a fun little instrument. I hope to see you around the forums more and I hope I get a chance to listen to your music ;o