Sine Curve Man  (1967)

Sine Curve Man (1967)

First digital morphing of human face

Silent, black and white film

Video (narrated by author)

Trivia:

1) Expanding on Csuri's early work in blending of line drawing images (Hummingbird), Mark Gillenson (now at IBM) developed a system (WhatsIsFace) that used techniques of key frame animation to blend images to create facial drawings, a system that created a significant amount of interest in the police and investigative communities. This system was one of the first formal contributions to the technology that is now called "morphing". 

2) Working with a fellow faculty member (James Shaffer) from the Department of Mathematics, the make series of images using a sine curve mapping and a mainframe computer (IBM 360). Lacking an output medium for recording this primitive animation, he plotted the intermediate frames on paper using an IBM plotter to create a haunting blend of images.

3) Most famous example with this effect was used in music video Michael Jackson - Black Or White (1991).