Flipping Great Flipbooks
As a kid you probably experienced long periods of boredom at school, especially in lessons you either couldn’t understand or didn’t like or both. I had a lot of that, you’re not exactly reading the words of an academic genius here. However I’m not alone, some of us under-achievers did more than stare out of the window and gaze at what could be. Some of us filled our time with doodles, my mathematics text books were for the majority of my teens filled more with crazy doodles of aliens and battles beyond the stars. Others took it a step further and produced full blown animations by drawing a frame of the story board in the corner of every page. For the most part my school buddies would barely get past the “nudie” stage, usually involving an obscenely voluptuous girl getting up to all sorts of mischief.
Times have moved on, technology has ramped up the game, with the rise of Youtube and other video sharing sites the level of excellence in flipbook art has gone into hyperdrive. Take a peek at what is probably the work of future head honchos of Pixar and the like. Flipping great flipbooks!
Matrix style flipbook animation
Parkour Flipbook Animation
Here’s a great variation on the norm, this flipbook is more like a “flip poster”, imagine how many movie pitches would sell better with a dynamic storyboard like this one!
Breakdance Flipbook
Okay so it’s thin on the plot but the artist has really got the “feel” of a break-dancer in his short flipbook animation.
A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything
Sure it’s not the most beautifully drawn flipbook but this artist deserves 10/10 for ambition and scope!
Yellow Sticky Notes
A rather beautiful collection of Flipbook animations drawn on the most humble of mediums, Post-It notes. Still not precisely a flipbook seeing as he doesn’t “flip” the images but I think we can forgive him, can’t we?
I Love You Flipbook
A simple title for a simple Flipbook, If you like this one you can buy your own hand drawn copy at Etsy.
Cut Out Flipbook
An absolutely amazing abstract flipbook that works on both sides of a Mylar notepad. This one’s for sale too but it’s rather expensive and a limited edition (100 in total).
If you’ve found any other flipping great flipbooks add a link in the comments section and if I can embed it in this post I will ;)
If you want to know more about how to create your own flipbook check out this video. You don’t even have to use traditional materials anymore, there are plenty of apps out there to help you through the process including one for the iPhone called FlipBook by Josh Anon. So the next time you’re sitting there bored, why not take your doodles to the next level and make your own flipping great flipbook?
Those lil books are so much fun. I remember keeping a stickypad in my purse and would doodle to pass time. I’ve only done paste up flipbooks. maybe I should think about doing a sticky flip book. sounds like fun.
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I’ve just spent the last few days coding a site for making flipbooks online. For a preview version follow the link . I’m a CG animator normally, but I love getting back to basics like this. Flipbooks and chalk on blackboard and oil paint on glass are all brilliant!
nice work josh