make a "pikapika" style animation

make a \"pikapika\" style animation

this was inspired by: http://www.instructables.com/id/EA0BRX3F0B5PTFM/
and the people who make the pikapika light doodles: http://tochka.jp/pikapika/
 
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Step 1Learn how to make a long exposure light doodle

learn how to make a long exposure light doodle
learn here: http://www.instructables.com/id/EA0BRX3F0B5PTFM/

for this test i used a Panasonic DMC-LZ5 in the "STARRY SKY" setting with a 10 second delay and a 30 second exposure time. this is a one man show so i must allow enough time to hit the button and get the doodle complete before the shutter closes. the light source is a simple L.E.D. keychain thing.
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Jun 8, 2010. 3:08 AMhiuwo says:
its good that you said pika pika but not light doodling in your title. i think i would have got pissed if you did haha
Jun 12, 2008. 3:47 PMmdrobbins says:
how do you do the animation without your hand showing up?
Aug 5, 2008. 10:35 AMtubbychick3n says:
try doing it in the dark, and try not to have the light shine on your hand
Aug 5, 2008. 3:55 PMmdrobbins says:
would wearing black gloves help at all?
Aug 6, 2008. 5:44 PMtubbychick3n says:
hm, well i haven't thought of that. that could help, but also try not to stay in the same place for too long
Feb 6, 2008. 9:30 PMBuster Friendly says:
I'm a little confused about how your coat hanger model works. Does it stand in between you and the camera as you're drawing? It seems like that would block some light.

It's probably very simple and I've just overdosed my brain tonight on hours of Russian homework. =D
Feb 8, 2008. 11:42 AMBuster Friendly says:
Haha. I knew it. I feel dumb now.

Thanks for the reply. =)
Feb 3, 2008. 9:17 PMunklstuart says:
Very cool. We made a light doodle animation with a GIF file. I think this was about 18 frames and I built it with Image Ready.
dog_frisbee.gif
Feb 4, 2008. 10:11 AMunklstuart says:
Good question. All I can say is that my wife (the artist) inherited the doodle gene and can "see" the completed drawing in her head before starting. I just take the pictures.

See more of her drawings at our web site LightDoodles.com
Apr 15, 2007. 6:36 PMT3h_Muffinator says:
Nice! Very nice work!! I really need to try animation some time, but I'm just too lazy to take that many pictures. It took me 30 tries to get my muffin right.... =X
Apr 16, 2007. 4:53 AMdarkmotion says:
You'd hate to be me then. I am an animation student, and I animate like 200 frames a night as well as shooting :(
Apr 16, 2007. 3:25 PMdarkmotion says:
I have a couple of them on my blog (just basic things I had to throw together for university)
http://darkmotion.com/blog

But I have a showreel in the works. :)
Apr 16, 2007. 3:26 PMdarkmotion says:
I'd suggest monkeyjam.
It's free: http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam/

I use it to shoot all of my paper animation

Cheers
Apr 16, 2007. 2:41 PMT3h_Muffinator says:
Ouch! Got any links to your animations? I'd like to see what you can do! =)
Apr 15, 2007. 8:09 PMT3h_Muffinator says:

I used LEDs initially too, but was just too lazy to put a switch in, so flashlights worked pretty well for me.

I just thought of what I should make an animation of: A muffin eating pac man! That should be pretty funny XD

Glad to help =D, even gladder to see that you went on to make an animation instructable, and used mine in order to do so. =)

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