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The Matrix: Short Tutorial And History

A digital drawing of a man with blond hair, a long black trenchcoat, and dark shades, playing with a yo-yo. The man looks like Doctor Popular, but dressed as Neo from the Matrix. The drawing is slightly animated to give it a light wiggly aesthetic, and it has a green background with text drooping down from the top (like in the opening scenes of the Matrix).

Last week I was invited to a private screening of The Matrix on a big-ass Dolby theater screen here in SF. One of my all time favorite movies and it still looks great. I’ve been obsessed with it ever since and was inspired to create a short video teaching The Matrix.

The Matrix was one of my first tricks to catch on in a big way. I found it in late 1999 a few days before I created Skin The Gerbil. If you want to learn more about the Matrix and Alpha Flow, check out this longer video:

The original video from late 1999:

And some original Matrix yo-yo art I made using WigglyPaint:

A digital drawing of a man with blond hair, a long black trenchcoat, and dark shades, playing with a yo-yo. The man looks like Doctor Popular, but dressed as Neo from the Matrix. The drawing is slightly animated to give it a light wiggly aesthetic, and it has a green background with text drooping down from the top (like in the opening scenes of the Matrix).
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