# What is this animation style called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609 "2015-08-12T02:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/1 "2015-08-12T02:04:37Z")
The creator calls it “animated optical illusions”, but that doesn’t seem right to me. It’s not actually an illusion, really. Example here: (for those who don't like unexplained links ... starting with what looks like a jumbled mess or "magic eye" picture, you draw a grid of black bars across it, it turns into an animated picture using a kind of strobe effect. Crappy example from my kitchen table here - it's actually quite easy to figure out how to make them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsGz-dJlpIk) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/2 "2015-08-12T02:29:19Z")
They look like Moiré patterns to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/3 "2015-08-12T02:51:42Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > They look like Moiré patterns to me. _That’s_ a Moiré? ---
**Author:** ![Ornery\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/4 "2015-08-12T02:56:12Z")
Yes, this particular style is called [Line Moire.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_moir%C3%A9) ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/5 "2015-08-12T05:30:15Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > _That’s_ a Moiré? When the movie hits your eye… That’s a Moiré. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/6 "2015-08-12T06:17:59Z")
Yes! When I search for "Moire Animation on YouTube, brings up a bunch of them. [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=moire+animation](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=moire+animation) Thanks, Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/7 "2015-08-12T18:33:43Z")
A [Kinegram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinegram)? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/8 "2015-08-12T18:56:20Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > _That’s_ a Moiré? When strolling by the sea, may something bite your on you knee. That’s a moray. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-animation-style-called/727609/9 "2015-08-14T00:10:21Z")
There’s a 2007 children’s book titled [Gallop](http://www.amazon.com/Gallop-A-Scanimation-Picture-Book/dp/0761147632) that uses this method to animate animals. In this book they call it “Scanimation”; a search for scanimation has lots of DIY links.