Group Assignment: Colour Wheel (Building a zoetrope)

For colour theory, we were instructed to build an art installation piece which is relevant to the colour wheel. My group, after several discussions, settled on building something which involves movement, and in the end, we all agreed that building a zoetrope would be a great idea.

My group members are Annabel, Aina, Atiqah, Blue (Jie Han), Mathuri and I.

So... what is a zoetrope? Let's check the web dictionary.

credits to Dictionary.com and the respective dictionaries for the definitions.

So... what does a zoetrope look like?

Large scale zoetrope.

Handheld zoetrope.

The net for constructing a basic zoetrope.

Sample animation frames from the 19th century. A little unsettling, if you ask me.

Watch the videos below to see a zoetrope in action.



Cartoon Network's advertisement featuring several adorable animations!




How to build a basic zoetrope.



A 3D zoetrope in action!

Stay tuned to see ours, there's more to come!

— Hidayah