Flipbooks!

Gorosaurus · 05-05-2017, 06:48 AM

I spent most of my formative years making animations on flipbooks. It very much influenced my animation style, and I think that it's a great way to kill a few trees in the form of post-it notes.

This Sunday I grabbed a memo pad from the local bowling alley and made this animation in between 3 frames-- about 15 to 20 minutes.

It reminded me how much fun these animations can be! Now I want to dig up some of my old flipbooks and digitize them-- perhaps without my entire hand and keeping the pages still.

Anyone else do this when you were a kid? STILL do it?

Phil Williamson · 05-05-2017, 09:55 PM

I did these sometimes as a kid, but nothing nearly this elaborate. I dig it, post more!

Nick The Almighty · 05-06-2017, 09:30 PM

this was my fav thing to do as a kid, keep it up!

Gorosaurus · 05-07-2017, 05:23 PM

Thanks! I'll see if I can find some of the old ones and more properly scan them.

Pac Man was a fav, what with the easy shapes

OmniromX · 05-08-2017, 11:47 PM

Cool!

Gorosaurus · 05-23-2017, 05:27 AM

OK this one was done completely in photoshop, with only one-frame onion skinning. 3dmm was much less cumbersome when it comes to smooth animating, but of course Photoshop isn't an animation program!

05-05-2017, 06:48 AM	#1
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	Flipbooks! I spent most of my formative years making animations on flipbooks. It very much influenced my animation style, and I think that it's a great way to kill a few trees in the form of post-it notes. This Sunday I grabbed a memo pad from the local bowling alley and made this animation in between 3 frames-- about 15 to 20 minutes. It reminded me how much fun these animations can be! Now I want to dig up some of my old flipbooks and digitize them-- perhaps without my entire hand and keeping the pages still. Anyone else do this when you were a kid? STILL do it?

05-08-2017, 11:47 PM	#5
OmniromX Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 824	Cool!
OmniromX Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 824

05-05-2017, 09:55 PM	#2
Phil Williamson Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 16,900	I did these sometimes as a kid, but nothing nearly this elaborate. I dig it, post more!

05-06-2017, 09:30 PM	#3
Nick The Almighty Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,909	this was my fav thing to do as a kid, keep it up!

05-07-2017, 05:23 PM	#4
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	Thanks! I'll see if I can find some of the old ones and more properly scan them. Pac Man was a fav, what with the easy shapes

05-23-2017, 05:27 AM	#6
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	OK this one was done completely in photoshop, with only one-frame onion skinning. 3dmm was much less cumbersome when it comes to smooth animating, but of course Photoshop isn't an animation program!