Flipbook Animation

Flipbook

A Flipbook or Flickerbook is a paper booklet that has pictures on it that slightly vary from page to page so when you flick through the pages rapidly the picture becomes animated by simulating motion. Most commonly used in childrens books however can be moved towards adults by using a serise of photographs apposed to drawings.

First seen in 1868 patented by John Barnes Linnett named kineograph ("moving picture").

The first flipbooks were the first form of animation of a linear sequence of images instead of  a circular phenakistoscope another form of animation used to make an optical illusion caused by our persistence of vision. It was even used by Walt Disney from 1928 till 2007 were a blacked out logo flipbook would appear and by flicking through in rapid succession Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie would appear for the intro for some Disney Movies. 

It is very simple to make all you need is a couple peices of paper 3 Pieces Paper
Stapler Scissors Markers, Crayons, Colored Pencils.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29SCiHN9zCI (How To Make)

It is also very easy to use all you need to do when you have finished making your flipbook or Flickerbook and use your thumb to flick through the pages in rapid succession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD_iNT8uwQ0  (How to use)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NQyzcDnMdE (Disneys Steamboat Willie 1928)

In my opinion the advantages of flipbooks are that it is very low cost to make it is highly flexible because it can be anything you want it to be book, brochure, comic books, virtually anythng can be made into a flipbook even websites. Disadvantages it takes alot of time to make also you have to make very minor changes to the next picture you draw or the illusion wont work.