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bike wheel animation by katy beveridge


katy beveridge creates animations by the spinning of paper cutouts fixed inside the wheels of a bicycle


by assembling paper cutouts into the wheels of bicycles, london-based graphic designer katy beveridge
creates a zoetrope-- the spinning devices that typically produce the illusion of a moving animation from a series of static pictures.

interestingly, this zoetrope effect can only captured on film; to the naked eye, the movement of the wheels
occurs too quickly and is perceived as a blur. captured frame by frame, however, beveridge's snowflake-like designs
produce captivating animated visual effects that mimic bobbling gears, growing plumes, and other abstract forms.



video footage of the bicycle zoetrope



view of the bicycles with designs



full view of bike wheel



early test video, with moving images placed along the tires


via thenextweb

jenny db
11.25.11  
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I noticed this effect as a child, on a car passing by my family's, at night. I figured out, later in life, that the street lights pulsed at 60Hz and that simulated the shutter effect which allowed the wheels to appear to be turning backward as the car moved forward, at just the right speed.
Danux   11.25.11
waycool
dbkii   11.25.11
this is pure love

::)
nachofabio   11.25.11
there is a company that makes nice light displays for bicycle wheels: http://www.monkeylectric.com/ . less zoetrope and more just motion-based visual illusion, but they have some kind of neat visuals.
JRG   11.25.11
The Zoetrope uses a shutter, usually created by a slit in the walls of the cylinder. In this case, the "shutter" is the camera shutter--even digital cameras take multiple distinct images which play back faster than our eye can recognize as non-moving. I think 24 frames per second is the speed usually used by movie cameras shooting on film.

Taping a piece of cardboard with a wide slit cut into it onto the fork may provide enough shutter effect--it will give your eye a place to rest while the image moves behind it.

But very bike-related would be to point a flashing bike light at the wheel. The stroboscopic effect will freeze the images--the only challenge would be to not ride so fast that an observer doesn't get to enjoy the show.
Ruben   11.25.11
Nice Animation
Smash Web Media   11.26.11
Is there downloadable DIY patterns? I WANT!!!!!!!
flyingdutch   11.28.11
I love this idea! Itīs simple, beautiful and just great!
Katy, could you make some of this for us? ;-)
<a href="http://www.theyellowbikes.com/">The Yellow Bikes</a>   11.30.11
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