What is the image above an example of? Describe how it works and how it was used by animators.

An artist that creates various images in frames that depicts an illusion of movement is called an animator and the art is called animation. They are widely used in movies, televisions and video games.

The image is an example of:

Phenakistoscope

The animation can be explained as:

Therefore, the motion of the pictures illustrated shows phenakistoscope.

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It is system invented in 1872 that produced the first illusion of movement. Basically it was a disk with a series of drawings around the edge, showing the same object in slightly different poses. When it was spun, it created the illusion of movement.

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