promenade

An early intertrope by Ryan Buyssens. Little matchstick men appear to walk around the perimeter of the wheel.

The mechanism was designed to present animation in two or three dimensions, independent of the need for mirrors, slits or even special lighting. The device performs a cyclical intermittent rotation, starting and stopping in rapid succession. At each stop in the rotation, the viewer briefly observes a frame of the animation. Through the phenomenon of persistence of vision, the eye and mind perceive each of these steps as continuous movement.

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[Pastry21]

Super cool

[mirabilis]

are you sure?

[Karlfalcon]

Moving Pictures of Matchstick Men?

[MaidenMilitia]

... ok that is weard.

[stockon]

oiy -- it has nothing to do with the camera -- it works just by watching it in person too

[lgnat]

(im taking a guss)

each man there is a little still fiure and part of a walking animation. one is starting tho lift the leg up, the one after it has the leg higher, etc. the wheel is spinning at a rateof a bitmore/less rps then the fps of the camera so each man statue is seen by the camera once and the next one is seen in the next frame and it looks like theyr walking

[javatar77]

amazing

[footonthefloor]

Very well done.

[Niko1020]

woah how does that work