While my skipping animation worked out to be sized well, even though I measured this animation and other tests they weren't working. This was mostly due to the fact that the images are spaced too far apart (and not overlapping like with my skipping animation) So the reel they were on was far too long to put on a reasonably sized plate for my animatrope. To overcome this I tried slicing out some frames as a test, as you can see above. The result was not what I wanted and the animation was no longer looping correctly. The only way I could have gotten a full loop is if the images were a lot smaller - too small to view properly. I also didn't take into consideration that the space people will walk into will be almost pitch black, and they wouldn't even be able to find the other animation strips to change each animation. This lead me to the conclusion I would just stick with one animation. Still trying to work out how I can encourage people to interact with the object. The switch and dial are very hard to see when in complete darkness. Perhaps I need a small light hovering over them.
