Page-A-Day Flip Book – finished!

Page-A-Day FlipbookAt the beginning of last year, I started my Page-A-Day Flip Book, and I’m happy to say it’s finally finished! The aim of the project was to draw one page every day, and see where it led. Although I missed a few weeks here and there, I managed to keep it going all year, and finally finished it up last month.

The project had its challenges. For one thing, if a flip book gets too long, it becomes hard to flip. This animation filled three tablets, so I could never see how the entire thing looked. I also made a rule that I could only draw one page at a time, so I didn’t do any keyframing or storyboarding. And I didn’t allow myself to go back and change drawings, other than minor cleanup. This made it difficult to control timing, but it was a great challenge.

I photographed each page with a digital camera and assembled the images in Flash before exporting as a Quicktime. I worked out music on the ukulele that would fit the piece, and put it all together. It was a fun project, and I hope you enjoy watching it!

 

18 thoughts on “Page-A-Day Flip Book – finished!

  • February 13, 2012 at 2:09 pm
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    Holy Toledo, this looks awesome! And the music fits perfectly.

  • February 13, 2012 at 2:40 pm
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    You are so stinkin’ talented, it’s ridiculous. That music was perfect, and the story of the boy’s journeys was whimsical and sweet. Way to go, John!

  • February 13, 2012 at 2:44 pm
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    Wow – very cool project and a great looking piece at the end.

  • February 13, 2012 at 6:55 pm
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    Way to go John! It came out spectacular!!

  • February 13, 2012 at 11:55 pm
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    I love how it turned out!! It looks so great. I want to make one now!

  • February 16, 2012 at 1:21 am
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    Awesome!

  • February 16, 2012 at 11:29 am
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    It’s WONDERFUL! I was smiling through the whole thing, and that’s my highest compliment!

  • February 18, 2012 at 2:15 pm
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    This is great!!! Congratulations!!! I enjoyed a lot watchig it, listening to your wonderful ukulele and also your sharing of the process 🙂

  • February 24, 2012 at 8:58 pm
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    Pretty cool to think you created this bit by bit… So wonderful!

  • February 24, 2012 at 9:42 pm
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    Thanks everybody! All this positive feedback is really inspiring, and I definitely plan to do more animation in the future.

  • March 10, 2012 at 8:57 am
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    Wow. This is amazing, John. My son and I enjoyed watching this a few times over. 🙂

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