Original Guide, Part 4

Sequence: Tornado!

watch tornado flipbook

Musical Sequences

Remember the page about the Awesome Drummer?  Also, you can't forget about how that flipbook teaches you how to read another different language that other people know:  the language of musical sequences!  Look at him go!

What do those little red and yellow blocks mean?  The top *yellow means "hi-hat."  The next, which should be *orange, is the "snare."  And at the bottom, you have this little red square next to BD which means *bass drum.  That's what is going on inside of the screen.

To the side, you'll witness green blocks, lighting up whenever the little man hits a cymbal and plays something on it.  That's the indicator that those symbols are "Active" and you will note that they are lit up to the side of where the HH and BD are.  That, within itself, is a reminder that you can play sequences by reading flipbooks.  Not only that- you can also essentially get away with making real music by organizing your songs into these Audiomatic Expressions, like the ones you see below.  Here they are.  

Pro Wrestler

Here are the objects in the Pro Wrestler flipbook.  You can draw one on your own as well.  As you can see in this stage (or set, if you would like to refer to that page...), there are three faces of the Pro! Wrestlers you might encounter as you traverse across the world of animating professional wrestlers.  

So here we go.  In addition to just that, there is also a stage up there on which you can add your wrestlers.  That is a mighty good set, wouldn't you say?  It could include information about the wrestler, as well as a Life Meter. 

It is up to you to determine what moves cause how much life to detract from the top rings.  You can choose.  

As you can see at the bottom, there is a little tiny sequence built in over there, for the average contest.

See the world as a series of sequences.  It will help you think better about your life, and assist you in understanding why things happen the way that they do.  

Tank Object and Sequence

In this illustration, a tank rolls over a hill.  Note that its scope changes position over the course of the animation.  First, identify the parts of the object that change over the course of the sequence.  Just the top, right?  The bottom just moves linear, the top part rotates.  In the upper four frames of the illustration, we see what the thank looks like in its completion over the course of this short bit of time.  Note how the second row of animations display that the bottom of the tank rotates as well.  Below that, we see what the tank appears like as its upper part pivots 180˚.  This part illustrates how to make a thin cylinder turn from sideways to facing, in just a few frames.

note:  The tank later became known as the "Paco Bell Cannon" when it was announced that one of the rules of drawing flipbooks via the Analog Basic illustration method involves never demonstrating anything actually destructive.  Paco Bell Cannon plays one song constantly and serves Mexican food.

Concepts: Stickfiguring

The Illusory Senses

What makes us sense "motion" with vision?

Yes, we sense motion.  But, why?  

Your eyes see the world, and convert it into a series of images that you then visualize in your mind.  Your mind then translates those images you see, and converts it into something you understand based on what objects and shapes you recognize.  You can also recognize patterns in motion which take on their own identies, in a way.  Illusion becomes a part of taking advantage of where human senses are limited.

Flipbooks and Stopmotion

Flipbooks are one way of creating the illusion of motion from objects that are technically stationary.  Stopmotion of physical objects are another method that you can put in place.  

In modern times, it's the same thing as "magic" and people who can do this well are largely considered to be contemporary magicians.  Some people's magic is good, and it helps the world.  Others cast spells on others for their own temporary gains.  

"If I had superpowers, I would spread helpful and optimistic messages to the people of Earth." 

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