I was inspired by Michael Gaurut’s p5 animation

As I began slowing down the motion, I was reminded of a lava lamp

Screen Recording 2024-02-21 at 5.15.58 PM.mov

Building off his code, I changed the colors, and showed the waves that were being combined to create the larger one.

Screen Recording 2024-02-21 at 5.10.19 PM (1).mov

I flipped the axis and turned the multiple waves into a shape. The program started to slow down and changed the lines into separate waves rather than a shape, but then it got too busy and I got a little dizzy looking it.

Screen Recording 2024-02-21 at 5.42.30 PM.mov

I decided to keep the background black and have alpha = 1. The resulting creates a vessel and animation is reminiscent of a lava lamp

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Link to code here