Another YinYang animation - 105K!

[ss-kalm]

I like the small yin-yang that I didn't notice the first time I viewed it. Nice touch. You are a brilliant animator. You are also impossibly creative with that program.

[geminiguy]

I can just imaging how happy you felt when it all came together. Just seeing the way the yin & yang objects move with each other, tells of the amount of work and precision put into this.
May I ask you... How long did the piece take you. It's absolutely brilliant and definitely captures the mind.

I actually have a suggestion, as you asked for.
I am sure you are aware of the meaning of the design. With this in mind, might I suggest that cycles be used to portray the seeds of one, growing into the other??
If you need a clearer explaination, just ask.

[Soquili]

Great animation Mike.

Paul I'm not sure I follow you. The following quote appears to be perfectly displayed in Mike's animation:

Yīn (陰 or 阴 "shady place, north slope, south bank (river); cloudy, overcast"; Japanese: in or on; Korean: 음) is the dark element: it is passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night.
Yáng (陽 or 阳 "sunny place, south slope, north bank (river), sunshine"; Japanese: yō; Korean: 양) is the bright element: it is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the daytime.
Yin is often symbolized by water and air, while yang is symbolized by fire and earth.
Yin (dark) and yang (light) are descriptions of complementary opposites rather than absolutes. Any yin/yang dichotomy can be viewed from another perspective. All forces in nature can be seen as having yin and yang states, and the two are in constant movement rather than held in absolute stasis.

[geminiguy]

Sorry Bill, I often have difficulty expressing my thoughts into words. The meaning of the (seed) in each symbol, represent the balance of all things, good & evil, light & darkness, the existence of one within the other,etc.
I wish I had the flash capability to try to show what I mean. I'll have to attempt to explain:

I was thinking he could do a different flash where each symbol begins as a seed, grows into the symbol, then the seed of the opposite symbol appears, and grows into that symbol as the old symbol fades..... and just repeat the cycles????
(hopefully that makes sense..... cuz that was a real struggle for me) Now I have a headache

[simsmj]

Hmmm... I think I understand the idea. Essentially the various parts will morph as the animation proceeds, with the current animation as one phase perhaps, but eventually the initial situation reappears and the cycle starts anew.

Hmm.. Thanks Paul, its an interesting suggestion, and I will see what I can come up with

Fantasia 2007 ^H^H 8 here we come!

Mike

[geminiguy]

Aha!!, Yes Mike, exactly.... It's like you're inside my mind..... (scary, is'nt it??)