Yellowtail - gestural animation

February 6, 2003 7:12 PM

Strangely compelling. YELLOWTAIL is an interactive software system for the gestural creation and performance of real-time abstract animation. Yellowtail repeats a user's strokes end-over-end, enabling simultaneous specification of a line's shape and quality of movement. Each line repeats according to its own period, producing an ever-changing and responsive display of lively, worm-like textures. If you like the Java version, you can download the full screen version with sound.
posted by Wet Spot (11 comments total)

That was really beautiful. The full screen version is worth the download.
posted by Optamystic at 7:22 PM on February 6, 2003

Very cool. Download the fullscreen / sound version, it's strangely hypnotic, too.
posted by GriffX at 7:23 PM on February 6, 2003

Strangely compelling, indeed. Nice link.
posted by Monster_Zero at 7:34 PM on February 6, 2003

now they just need a OS X version.....very cool, and very calming....
posted by ShawnString at 7:51 PM on February 6, 2003

Beautiful. My computer doesn't have the specs to handle the full program, but the web version is great. It almost seems alive.
posted by gametone at 7:52 PM on February 6, 2003

Very, very snazzy. This could eat up a lot of my time.
posted by tiamat at 8:20 PM on February 6, 2003

awesome, i say, awesome, piece of programming.
posted by elphTeq at 9:50 PM on February 6, 2003

Between this and the Celestia link we had I may never leave my computer again.

[this is good]
posted by WolfDaddy at 10:11 PM on February 6, 2003

amazing how something so simple looking can hold my attention for so long.
posted by rhapsodie at 11:27 PM on February 6, 2003

Cute chirping critters.
posted by skryche at 7:58 AM on February 7, 2003

Sweet, very sweet.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:27 AM on February 7, 2003