tli-AnimatedLoop

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I didn't start with a sketch for this piece but rather a concept: tiling. My goal for this gif was to create a grid of many shapes that shift together in visually stimulating ways. This gif was strongly inspired by the video Canon, which we were shown in class. After I finished implementing a basic unit that can rotate in four different directions, I experimented with different layouts, movement patterns, subdivisions, and layering of the various arcs before I settled with this result. I tried to encourage visual interest by obscuring certain elements and revealing others, but it was a fine line between visually interesting and chaotic. I still think I failed to create a cohesive piece, but I take this as an opportunity to experiment with these simple moving tiles. After reviewing other people's work, I almost wish I had gone a representational route instead of playing with abstract shapes. I used the doubleExponentialSigmoid easing function.