Crayolascope: an Analog Depth Display
With a desire to find out how a deep display would look, video artist Blair Neal created the Crayolascope, a fantastic 3D depth display out of a dozen hacked Crayola Glow Books.
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Paper Animation of Prometheus Trailer
This obsessively faceted little gem made me smile so wide, I thought an alien lifeform was going to burst forth from my face! This shot-by-shot homage to the Prometheus trailer is done with 100% paper (and flashlights). It was directed, edited and paper-construction by Travis Betz (aka “The Receptionist” on YouTube). I guess people are […]
Lightplot: Painting with Light in 3D Space
I absolutely love Ben Cowell-Tomas’s Lightplot, a 3D light painting system. An animation is imported into his custom software which, in turn, drives a robotic arm to draw each frame with an LED in a 3D space.
Tinker, Tinker, Little Star
We hope you and your are having a fantastic holiday in whatever tradition you celebrate. Speaking of tradition, last year we posed this depression-era Fleischer brothers cartoon, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year.” It got such a positive response, I think we’ll make it a tradition. It so delightful, inventive, and a perfect holiday message the maker spirit.
“Swimming Koi” Scanimation Table / Rug Illusion
Extremely clever trick from designer John Leung, who’s put a coffee table with an optical grill on top of a rug patterned with a few “hashed” frames of a simple, looping animation. The net result? As you move around the room, the patterns on the rug, viewed through the table, appear to move.
A Hat Tip to Eadweard Muybridge
You’ve perhaps seen Eadweard Muybridge’s Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, an early experiment that led to the development of motion pictures. This fantastic knitted cap pattern by Ravelry user Leah B. Thibault perfectly honors Muybridge’s contribution to cinema. Luckily, there’s no need to make anyone dizzy by testing it out; here’s an animated GIF of […]
Handmade Pirate Film
Daisy Edwards is an awesome animator and is currently working on She’s A Rebel a stop animated short film about the escapades of the kick-tuckus female pirate Anne Bonny and her trusty, dress-making side-kick Pierre.
