Phénakisticope

‘The phénakisticope (better known as phenakistiscope or the later misspelling phenakistoscope) was the first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion. Dubbed "Fantascope" and "Stroboscopische Scheiben" (Stroboscopic discs) by its inventors, it has been known under very many other names until the French product name Phenakisticope became common (with alternative spelling). The phenakistiscope is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry.[1] Like a GIF animation, it can only show a short continuous loop.’ Wikipedia

This is an animation of a Phénakistiscope (a.k.a. Fantascope) disc by Thomas Mann Baynes. It was published in 1833 by Ackermann and Co., who had also produce...

Maxim Kelly’s music video for Django Django (2020), is made up of an unending series of hypnotically spinning mandalas. The video features six of these ‘fantascopes’, all made by hand but combined with digital techniques. According to Kelly, the images are an attempt to “translate the psychedelic trip”. Read More

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Watch more Animation Techniques videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/148840-How-to-Create-a-Phenakistoscope The phenakistoscope is a predecessor of the flip...

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