Animation and design · lesson 3 of 24 · free

Flipbooks — Animation for kids

A flipbook is a little book of drawings. Each page shows the picture a tiny bit changed, and when you flip the pages with your thumb the picture moves. Draw near the free edge (not the spine) so the drawings show as you flip, use thin paper so you can trace the page before, number every page and keep the background still. If you flip 12 pages each second, a 48-page flipbook lasts 48 ÷ 12 = 4 seconds.

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Creator's tip

Trace and change — “trace the last page, change it a little, and repeat to the end”

  1. Seconds = pages ÷ pages flipped each second; pages = seconds × pages each second.
  2. Change only a little on each page; trace the page before.
  3. Draw near the free edge, use thin paper and number the pages.

Use it for: Making your first animation with just paper and a pencil, and planning how many pages to draw.

Worked example: 📒 A flipbook has 48 pages. You flip 12 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last? → 4

  1. Seconds = pages ÷ pages flipped each second.
  2. 48 ÷ 12 = 4 seconds.

Check: 4 seconds × 12 pages = 48 pages ✓

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