Encountering a zoetrope reminded me of other ways to create motion from still images - anything from flipbooks, to cartoons, to stop-motion movies. Creating multiple frames to be turned into an animated sequence was a challenge because I was always so used to seeing motion as it happens. It was interesting because what you visualize in your head is not always the way it turns out when you make it into something tangible.

The way I looped my animation was not a transformation to one thing and then back the exact same way, but it kind of did one thing and then a next and ended up in the same position it was in. It's like a rollercoaster that goes up, down, upside down, then up instead of a repetitive up down up kind of motion.

I think putting it into flash was not how I anticipated it because it gave off a different feeling when I watched it. There was a greater sense of smoothness in the transformation when looking at it through a zoetrope. My eyes had a better sense of illusion through the various panes rather than a complete slide or rotation on screen.