The Quest for the Scepter: A Stereogram Animation

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Will Nameless Todd be able to make it to the scepter? And what will he do if he does reach his goal? Stay tuned and stay focused to find out!

Note about making the video: While listening to some tracks at Incompetech.com (where I get the awesome background music for my videos), looking for music for another video, I heard these two tracks and was inspired. This little adventure was made to fit the music.

Never seen a stereogram before? The goal is to unfocus your eyes and look through the screen, until the repeating pattern merges and you see the 3D image.

Three tips that might help to look through the screen:

1) Try focusing on the wall behind and above your computer screen, then *keep your eyes focused at that distance* but move them down so that you are looking through the screen.

2) If you have a CRT monitor, try focusing on the reflections in the screen.

3) Start up close to the screen, unfocus your eyes so you're looking through the screen, and slowly back away.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 3d
• stereogram
• SIRDS
• magic
• eye
• hidden
• picture
• animation
• movie
• adventure

[vtorialyn]

Your work is amazing! I could follow this pretty good until the end, then I couldn't really tell what he was doing..I thought at first he was hitting himself in the head, then I thought he was juggling lol. It's still awesome! Your work is the best I've seen on the net.

[ThePhantomChick]

@vtorialyn -- Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you like the videos! :) I think I got a little too sloppy with the ending for this one... seems like everyone has trouble seeing what he's doing. He's supposed to be dancing back to the entrance, waving his hat and waving the scepter like a cane. Thanks again for watching!

[Cemalula]

Bahh i can`t see anything...For me it seems like screen when the girl in The Ring is going to appear...

[ThePhantomChick]

@Cemalula -- Sorry you can't see it... Have you tried some of the tips in the video description? I hope they help! Love the Ring reference! :)

[27alli]

I don't really understand the end. Was he hitting himself on the head?

[ThePhantomChick]

@27alli -- No, he was supposed to be dancing out of the dungeon and waving the scepter back and forth. But it does kinda look like he's hitting himself -- blame my sloppy animation for that one. Thanks for watching! :)

[ThePhantomChick]

@woboin -- Ooh, a feature length film would be awesome! But when you were done watching it, I wonder how long it would take to focus on normal objects!!

[t0m0s1]

awesome!! its the best animation/illusion on youtube .... in my opinion :D

[elewint]

@ThePhantomChick That's cool, I didn't know Art of Illusion could do animation. The late reply is fine, it's way better than no reply at all.

[woboin]

Awesome! I've always wanted to see one of these made well. Ideally I want a really well made feature length film made