Make an Animation With Paper
A simple activity for budding young artists is to make an animation with paper. Using simple stop motion techniques, you can make cartoons with the illusion of motion. If you plan to be a cartoonist one day, this is excellent practice to hone your skills.
Instructions
1. Purchase a small pad of paper. Large pads are harder to flip, so small pads work better for beginners. 3 inch by 3-inch sticky note pads are ideal for this type of animation.
2. Draw a simple object such as a ball on the bottom left corner of the top page. Flip the page.
3. Recreate the identical object on the second page, but move it slightly. For example, to bounce the ball up and down, show the ball 2 centimeters lower and 1 centimeter to the right from where it started. Continue in this fashion, moving the image slowly across the pages. Move no more than 3 centimeters on every page.
4. Add lines to show motion, such as the bounce of the ball or the rush of wind next to it.
5. Move the object by grasping the lower edge of the pad of paper and flipping through them quickly from front to back. You will see the cartoon motion of the ball as it bounces through the pages. To make the ball bounce backward, flip from back to front.
