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Design Course
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details
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Design Course
Introduction
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook Flip book is a bundle of drawings drawn in a movement on the paper. It is the most easiest and interesting meth-
by od to make animation. It gives leisure to have fun with even rough drawings.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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introduction

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details Flip book.
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Design Course Our mind is capable of making stories. And, ideas just come and go in a moment. Putting down those ideas in the
Flipbook Animation form of drawing, telling a narrative is actually a creative exercise.
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

Source:
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introduction

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links Small bundle of stories.
9. Video
10. Contact Details
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Design Course
Mechanism
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook The mechanism behind flipbook is the flipping movement of paper, which gives an illusion of motion to the static
by drawings.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay • Each successive frame may show movement by drawing the object in a different location.

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mechanism

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Showing the movement of the deer.

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Design Course • Change of any action at the same position.

Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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mechanism

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
Change of action at the same position.
10. Contact Details
If you want to show some stationary elements then you have to trace them in each frame. For Eg. Most of the
time a background remains the same etc.
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Design Course Flip book is also more popular because of its small size. It can be called as a tangible version of animation in a
Flipbook Animation product form which makes it unique. This is how flipbook derives its name by constant change of elements creat-
ing an illusion to the human eye.
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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mechanism

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video Flipbook with different sizes.
10. Contact Details
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Design Course
Features
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook The best features of a flipbook are:
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Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal • It brings simple rough drawings to life with just flipping of pages. Unlike any artistic medium, flipbook is com-
IDC, IIT Bombay prised most of rough drawings and mostly simple figures.

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features

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details
The rough simple drawings.
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Design Course
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

Source:
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features

1. Introduction Working while flipping.

2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Tracing the drawings.

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Design Course • It doesn’t require any camera or other external device. Hence, one need not carry high technical stuff but only a
Flipbook Animation pencil and a paper to start with.
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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features

1. Introduction Technical Equipments.

2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Pencil, eraser and paper pad.

Flip book can also be created digitally, which is then printed out.
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Design Course
Creative Story Ideas
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook How Does Flipbook Works:
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Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal One can tell a small story by drawing on a flipbook. The mechanism behind flipbook is the illusion of motion by
IDC, IIT Bombay flipping of static drawings. All kinds of films, both animation and live action are the best examples of how motion
brings illusion of life to a human eye.

Ideas keep coming and going in our mind within fraction of seconds. When these simple ideas are put down in
the form of a drawing a story can be created. So start making your own films with creative ideas.

Think of Creative story ideas:

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creative-story-ideas

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details
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Design Course
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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creative-story-ideas

1. Introduction
Story Idea - 1.
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details
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Design Course
Materials Used
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook The materials used in making flipbook are as below:
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Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal • Pencil and Eraser:
IDC, IIT Bombay Pencil and eraser gives liberty to correct the work at any point of time. After a bit of acquaintance with the
method and material anyone can draw directly with pen on paper also. One can also use pen and coloured mark-
ers for the final look.

• Big paper clips/ Elastic bands/ Stapler:

You can also use big paper clips or elastic bands or stapler to bundle the drawings.
Source: • Paper pad and Coloured Post-it:
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A paper pad, coloured post it, is ready to use material but a stack of paper gives more liberty to add and remove
materials-used
frames at any point of time.

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Materials required.
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Design Course • Light Table:

Flipbook Animation Light table is used to trace the drawing with reference to other drawings. If you don’t have a light box, you can
also use a window with adequate lighting. A carbon or tracing paper can also be used as an alternative.
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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materials-used

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video Light box for animation.
10. Contact Details
So try to create flipbooks and have fun with your drawings.
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Design Course
The Making
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook The process of making a flipbook is explained below in 5 simple steps.
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Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal Step 1:
IDC, IIT Bombay To make a flipbook animation, one can start with taking a pencil and a paper stack of small size like 5 to 2.5 inches
or any other size. The size of animation and its subject is not restricted. One can use a note book or a paper stack
for drawing.

Before starting, the approach of the work has to be understood. There are two ways.
• Try making a storyboard with pose-to-pose technique.
• Or else, drawing directly on paper using straight-ahead technique.
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making

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video Story board preparation for flipbook.
10. Contact Details
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Design Course Step 2:

Flipbook Animation Moving on to the second step, take a simple stick figure, like a short cyclic action which changes into a loop ani-
mation. For instance, activities like walking, running, jumping etc.
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

Source:
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making

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Cyclic / Loop animation.

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Design Course Step 3:

Flipbook Animation With the third step the animator decides how a character will behave in its line of action and path of action. This
is the time when a light box is helpful in tracing and tracking a path more comfortably. During this step of creat-
Art of Making Flipbook ing frames, placement of paper and its drawings has a major role. Light box helps to imitate the earlier drawing
by with reference to the latter.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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making

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details
Tracing the drawings
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Design Course Step 4:

Flipbook Animation In fourth step, the actual process of drawing starts. You have to draw the pre-planned key frames from the earlier
stage and then keep adding or subtracting the frames for a smoother look.
Art of Making Flipbook
by After drawing stick human figure in the fourth step, flip the paper for testing of animation.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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making

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Tracing the drawings

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Design Course Step 5:

Flipbook Animation The fifth step is important to understand, especially for those who have followed the straight-ahead animation
principle. In straight ahead, the final animation might end up being of long duration, so one has to keep a check
Art of Making Flipbook on the narrative, by flipping the drawings and keeping the story interesting. Thus, it is better to draw less frames,
by say 20 to 40 for any movement or sequence.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay In a pose-to-pose animation, the number of frames is already defined or pre-planned which will be a conscious
decision by the animator. The restriction on the number of frames may be because of many reasons, for feasibili-
ty in flipping paper, for better attention span or for cutting down laborious work.

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making

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details
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Design Course
Do’s and Dont’s
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook Do’s and Don’ts while making a flipbook.
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Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal • Movement or Change in action:
IDC, IIT Bombay You have to keep in mind whether,
- You want the movement across the paper
- or, only need the change in action.

If you are finding it difficult how and what to draw use simple stick figures or get references from the links given
in the reading section.
- http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/
Source: - http://www.muybridge.org/
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dos-and-donts

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Horse rider- storyboard.

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Design Course • Smooth Transitions:

Flipbook Animation Smooth transitions are important while making animation. So change the drawings with convincing movements.
Art of Making Flipbook For Eg.
by A car changes to big guy in just another frame without smooth transition in shape and volume, this looks abrupt.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal That’s why a light box or carbon paper is used for making gradual changes in frames.
IDC, IIT Bombay

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dos-and-donts

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2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Smooth transitions of car in motion.

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Design Course
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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dos-and-donts

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making Smooth transitions of a ball in motion.
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links • Clean up:
9. Video Clean up the frames with eraser, looking for any inconsistencies which may distract the animation and finalizing
with colour pens.
10. Contact Details
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Design Course • Extra length:

Flipbook Animation Extra length should be avoided from the start. The paper stack should be of same dimension but if not then get
rid of the extra length. Flipping is to be done in an angle so that the bottom of it is angled out. Simply attach the
Art of Making Flipbook clip on the other side and flip away.
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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dos-and-donts

1. Introduction
2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Avoid extra length of flipbook.

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Design Course
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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dos-and-donts

1. Introduction Be a proud flipbook maker

2. Mechanism
3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
10. Contact Details

Customize the flipbook for friends and family.

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Design Course
Links
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook References:
by • http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal • http://www.muybridge.org/
IDC, IIT Bombay • http://www.creativebloq.com/illustration/flip-book-animations-12121459
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH97UerMW6I
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoFUtoyr7i0

• Music:
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1. Introduction
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4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
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Design Course
Video
Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
IDC, IIT Bombay

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3. Features
4. Creative Story Ideas
5. Materials Used
6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
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Design Course Contact Details

Flipbook Animation
Art of Making Flipbook This documentation for the course was done by
by Geetanjali Barthwal at IDC, IIT Bombay.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Geetanjali Barthwal
You can get in touch with her at
IDC, IIT Bombay
Email: gbarthwal[at]gmail.com

You could write to the following address regarding

suggestions and clarifications:

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6. The Making
7. Do’s and Dont’s
8. Links
9. Video
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