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·December 16th, 2013

“In the 19th century, artists relied on optical tools, things like zoetropes, phenakistoscopes, thaumatropes and other gadgets with very strange names, to bring their illustrations to life.”

Jonathan Cooper

Jonathan Cooper is author of GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained. He has animated on The Last of Us 2, Uncharted 4, Assassin's Creed 3, the Mass Effect series & more...

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