Thursday, October 2, 2014

Make A Simple Flip Book

Lively flip books are good to play with, nevertheless they're besides a fine project for a would-be animator looking to memorize the basics of creating simulated two-dimensional movement. Path your animation with Rugged sketches on sketch paper. Don't disquiet approximately act, on the other hand trail in the duplicate magnitude and proportions as those you method to appliance for the flip volume. Attract pictures that buy for the interpretation points in the animations (i.e., day one, purpose and places where the locomotion changes plan).



Still the most rudimentary sketching can be transformed into animation with the exactly processes of drafting, interpretation and setup.

Instructions

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2. Actuate how many cards you'll exigency for your animation. Project the animation in your purpose as you craving it to cast and figure away how long it will last-high-quality animation speed is 32 frames a second, but for a flip book, aim for somewhere between 2 and 10 per second. Plan your frames accordingly; aim for a higher frame density if your animation is more complicated. Set aside as many cards as you need.


3. Cut tracing paper squares to correspond to the pages you'll need in your book. Use the paper cutter to chop pieces of paper the same size and shape as your cards and in the same number; you'll use these to draw the animation frames.


4. Mark the light box's surface with masking tape; use four tape strips to create a rectangle with the same dimensions as the cards and tracing paper pieces.


5. Draw the animation frames. Use your sketches from Step 1 as a guide and sketch out the frames, drawing the graduated images between the ones you sketched. Use the light box to draw each new image over the last one, making sure the unchanged parts of each new frame line up with the same in the previous frame.


6. Mount the frames to the cards by coating one side of each card completely with glue stick and making sure the edges line up perfectly.


7. Bind the cards. Stack the cards in order and line up their edges. Bind the stack tightly with a rubber band, then coat the left edge of the stack with a generous amount of bookbinding glue. Let dry.