A Brief History of Everything in Flipbook Form

By John Farrier in Art, History, Video Clips on Feb 12, 2010 at 8:53 am


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Art student Jamie Bell created this impressive flipbook animation depicting the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the present:

This is the final piece for my AS art course, a flipbook made entirely out of biro pens. It’s something like 2100 pages long, and about 50 jotter books. I’d say I worked on and off it for roughly 3 weeks.

The use of the Can-Can as the theme music makes it extra cute.

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  1. Deanie
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 9:18 am

    The name is not the Can-Can it is really “Orpheus in the Underground” Which might make it appropriate rather than “cute”.

  2. Lnothing7
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 9:36 am

    that was one of the best videos neatorama has had in a while and by best i mean some good ol’ down right creative young interesting art

  3. buddhaflow
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Yeah, that was mindblowingly good. I was going to nitpick the history (for instance, caesar came before jesus), but how stupid would that be? This totally kicked ass, bravo, bravo!

  4. Jeep
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 11:51 am

    +1 for the use of Team Fortress 2 sounds effects!

  5. c0ldfish
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    good animation, poor materials, somewhat anthropocentric with rather western leaning choices for highlights.

    i also hate the widespread mindless acceptance of the big bang theory, but that’s kind of a different issue.

  6. theindiestonerdude
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    That was pretty sweeet! Shall add it on my facebook!

  7. Chas
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Wonderful.

    Though, Caesar was murdered before the three wise rectangles got their butts kicked by the star. But I’m just picking nits.

  8. ted
    Feb 12th, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    Not exactly the history of the entire universe.

    And not to pick nits, Deanie, but the actual name of the music is Orpheus in the Underworld, not the Underground. We recognize it as can-can music, and what’s wrong with that?

    Picking some more, it was made WITH biro pens, not OUT OF biro pens.

    Cute, but it seems a massive waste of paper for the end result, especially since he transferred it to a digital media in the end, anyways.

  9. Diocky
    Apr 24th, 2010 at 7:35 am

    I am newbie here, but I want to put my opinion here…
    Do you know what to advise to my friend – to disaccustom to bottles?

    Sports or easier walks in the forest, at open air?


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