DIY Gamer Flicker Book

Fed up with staring at a screen. Go analogue and make your own paper DIY Gamer Flicker book. Draw your animation image by image on the downloadable template, and get colouring. The DIY Gamer only has a one colour screen, but with the paper version, you can have as many colours as you like. Go crazy, you can can even do it in a field with no wifi or electricity. Get your head around that one...

Flicker Book template (downloadable from here)

Pens

Stapler

Scissors

A DIY Gamer has a screen that is 8 x 8, that is only 64 squares to light. It is designed like this so it is easier to program. Our flicker book version is exactly the same, with an 8 x 8 screen to colour in image.

You could animate a flower growing, or a jumping alien. We have even seen someone animate a 3D bear’s head spinning. You could also go abstract and animate lines, patterns and colours.You have the freedom to choose, no two animations are ever the same.

Get colouring. The first image is the first frame of your animation. Colour as many frames as you like.

Cut them out along the dotted lines.

Place them in sequence in a pile. There are numbers in bottom left corner to help you keep them in the right order

When you are happy, staple on the bottom edge.

The faster you flick the quicker the animation.

These flicker books get better with use as the pages start to curls, helping the flick action.

Happy animating.