Tribute
Make a composition using the animation techniques that is a tribute to John Whitney.
I am including two different versions of the same code, where one keeps track of more points. I cannot decide which composition I like better, as they both create wild, organic patterns that are interesting to watch for a long time.
Visual Sound
Since we talked in class about this idea of a relationship between sound and visual synthesis (and harmony) find a short piece of music (can be any duration as long as there are multiple notes; a short snippet, or a long song) and make a composition that is a visual equivalent of that sound. Think about how the make a visual equivalent using the techniques we talked about this week. Post both the sound and the resulting animation. Try to bring out some essential truth of the audio through the visualization.
Natural Phenomenon
use sin and cos to emulate a natural phenomenon (ie, something you see in the natural world). Be sure to provide some documentation (video / picture / text) of what this phenomenon is.
I attempted to simulate the sun/moon rising in the sky, and how that changes during the seasons. Besides the awful music, the following video does a great job at depicting what I was attempting to create.
Creature
Extend the xeno / atan2 code, making a creature which follows the mouse. Think of how you could use sinusoidal animation techniques to give the object some life – breathing, blinking, etc.
Tags: algo, algorithmic, animation