A little research was needed on these because I love the history of art and creative people in general. I wanted to know where these originated from because I knew I had seen them a few years ago somewhere. So I was excited to see Anna come out with a die cut for them. And don't the Anna Griffin papers and die cuts look beautiful on them! I've discovered the earliest book on these types of dissolving pictures. I ran across this so now I don't have to wonder about all the ones on YouTube and who was the originator of these so I could give proper credit. (I have a curious mind!) I think I found the originator of the dissolving picture.
Dean's New Book of Dissolving Views (movable ) Published by Dean and Son, London, 1861.
I also found references to them in The Golden Age of Pop-up Books at Indiana University libraries and The University of Exeter where you can find pictures of the pages if you're curious and also a .pdf of some of them changing.
I do get inspired by watching other artists make things or by going back on YouTube 6 to 13 years ago and so do a lot of artists when they need a good idea or a new project. This is one of those. And look at this page from the actual book of Dean's New Book of Dissolving Views (movable) that I found. The pages have pull tabs that change the picture. There's a windmill (shown changing into) and a ship on this page from the book.
Also, it's acceptable for other artists to come up with their own version of these things (as they will do) because it's in the public domain. I can design one and change up a few things about its assembly, size, etc. and brand it as my own copy and can even call it a dissolving card, magic card, magic picture card or some other name of my own choosing.
I've often researched pop-up and movable book creators like Lothar Meggendorfer who was a well known German paper crafting, moving mechanism and pop up book creator. Many published and non-published artists have used his ideas as a springboard for designing their own pop-ups in books and cards. And one of the greatest postcard artists of the twentieth century IMO, Ellen Clapsaddle who had a tragic ending in her life and career in Nazi Germany at the end of the war. You learn a lot of side stories researching art history and that can give you a greater appreciation of the art makers that came before.
I think it's just common courtesy to point to your source for inspiration and to give credit for all these wonderful things you find on YouTube and in the public domain that are originated by other artists by linking to the originator of the original design as close as you can determine it.
I always try to give proper credit for my resources. Just about all my stuff comes from the public domain. Even my "original" paper has elements from public domain flowers and photoshop brushes. Sometimes you just can't track down the originator of the original design, and sometimes you can.
I knew I had seen these before! About 6 years ago Lawn Fawn came out with a set of die cuts to make these. They called them Magic Picture Changer. Simon Says Stamp put out a video on YouTube about them too around the same time to introduce the die cuts.
You can find a free copy of my re-design in the templates section. Feel free to change the dimensions and style to suit yourself. One thing I might have done differently now that I think about it is to wrap the edges of the inner sliding cards so they can slide smoother. They also have to be very straight to work well. Play around and have fun with it!
Other resources you might like:
Duncan Birmingham's Pop-up Channel on YouTube with tutorial on the dissolving card
ENJOY!!
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