kineograph - Flip Books

Flip Books are a well know way of creating the illusion of movement, and a very accessible way of creating an animation at home. A flip book is a small book of images that gradually change throughout the pages, so when flicked through quickly enough create again a moving image and often a short story.

The Flipbook was invented around 1868 by John Barnes Linnett and originally called a kineograph. They were one of the first forms of animation to use a liner sequence of images rather then having to be spun like the zeotrope and Thaumatrope.