The cyclotrope is a cycle of 18 images that is spun at a certan speed so that the frame rate of the camera filming it gives the illusion of animation .-vimeo
Created and animated by tim wheatley.-vimeo
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jimnmsSo does that qualify it for the *animation channel?
siftbotAdding video to channels (Animation) - requested by jimnms.
robbersdog49 says...That's ace! And the music works really well too. Great idea well done
Mcboinkens says...Why do I not understand how this works.
L0cky says...It works for the same reason that the wheels on F1 cars on tv seems to spin backwards.

Does that help?
SagemindAbsolutely EPIC!
AlpacaPower says...That looks absolutely amazing. Very creative use of the wagon wheel effect.
Does anyone know what music this is?
antonye>> ^AlpacaPower:
Does anyone know what music this is?
Jherek Bischofff "Kule Kule (Orchestra Version)" from "Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers" Alternative takes on Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
http://jherekbischoff.bandcamp.com/album/kule-kule-orchestral-version
AlpacaPower says...Thanks! >> ^antonye:
>> ^AlpacaPower:
Does anyone know what music this is?
Jherek Bischofff "Kule Kule (Orchestra Version)" from "Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers" Alternative takes on Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
http://jherekbischoff.bandcamp.com/album/kule-kule-orchestral-version
garmachiWas that the Kronos Quartet?
blankfist>> ^Mcboinkens:
Why do I not understand how this works.
"Persistence of vision is the phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina."
Eadweard Muybridge is considered the father of filmmaking for his first attempts at capturing this phenomenon with his Zoopraxiscope. Who says film students aren't worth something?
GenjiKilpatricksurely this is one of the best submissions ever posted.
Wonder how they did the bit with the horns.
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