Student Mixes Mathematics and Art to Make Beautiful Mesmerizing GIFs

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Written by John Oliver

2015-06-30

Digital artist and physics Ph.D. student Dave Whyte is surprising our computer screens with his hypnotizing GIFs that are the ideal union of mathematics and art. And I can’t stop watching them.

Whyte shares his excellent, procrastination-fueling works on an almost daily basis on his Tumblr account, Bees & Bombs.

Whyte studied the physics of foam and told Colossal that his first geometric GIFs riffed on computational modules that he was exploring as a student. To create his eye-catching animated GIFs, Whyte applies a programming language called Processing.

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