No.238
Flipbook Animation
Japanese name: パラパラまんが
Materials
- A small notebook or notepad
- Pencils and coloured pencils
How to play
- Test whether you can hold the notebook's edge and flip its pages quickly. Choose about ten pages and plan a simple shape, such as a small circle, in the same general area.
- Work backwards from the last page, changing the picture's position or size a little on each preceding page. Draw near an edge where the picture will be visible during flipping.
- After drawing about ten pages, align their edges. Let them slip gradually from under your thumb to flip through them and see what movement appears.
- If the movement jumps, add an intermediate drawing or redraw a frame. Invent your own movement, such as a rotating circle or lengthening line.
- Give the work a title and share it with others who wish to exchange. Viewers try different flipping speeds and finish by describing a change they liked.
Ways to adapt
Younger primary school children: circles on ten pages. Older primary school children: a continuous sequence.