In between 1883 and 1886 Eadweard Muybridge photographed 781 plates in a collection called Animal Locomotion. He used a series of large cameras placed in a line and triggered by a clockwork to study the movement of people and animals. The pictures were copied on a disc and viewed in a machine called a Zoopraxiscope. I didn't know about him when I found a webpage with the entire collection as a resource for animators. I recognized some of the series though from musicvideos and art, so I guess many have used them since then. Since I'm working on a 2d profile view in my game, these animations will be very helpful for me making my charachters and animals move. You can find all the series of men, women, abnormals and animals here.
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