Sunday, November 3, 2013

Psychedelic and Grotesque

learnded:

  • These phenakistoscopes have been around for hundreds of years and even now they're so interesting to look at 
  • The phenakistoscope inspired other types similar to them like the zoetrope that was made a year later, they used a long strip with a design on it and placed it on the inside of the cylinder and spun it.
  • It's very tedious to make one of these and get them onto the computer to make it into .gif form. He would take a photo of every illustration, trying not to make them look too fast or too slow or he'd have to start again.
opinions:
  • I'm glad this type of artwork hasn't been forgotten since its so intriguing it'd be a shame if Richard Balzer never picked this kind of work up cause he wouldn't have influenced others either.
  • I think its important that he shows his artwork by using social networking sites so that it inspires other like the way he was. 
How long does it take to make a phenakistoscope or a zoetrope?

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