orb spiral — http://tmblr.co/ZOLwww1Q8LqyP

gistfile1.pde

// by david whyte >:)

void setup() {
  setup_();
  result = new int[width*height][3];
  result_ = new int[width*height][3];
}

int[][] result, result_;
float time;

void draw_() {
  if (aberrationAmount == 0.0) {
    draw__();
    return;
  }

  for (int i=0; i<width*height; i++)
    for (int a=0; a<3; a++)
      result_[i][a] = 0;

  for (int a=0; a<3; a++) {
    pushMatrix();
    translate(width/2, height/2);
    scale(1+0.008*a*aberrationAmount);
    translate(-width/2, -height/2);
    draw__();
    popMatrix();
    loadPixels();
    for (int i=0; i<pixels.length; i++) {
      result_[i][a] = pixels[i] >> (8*(2-a)) & 0xff;
    }
  }

  loadPixels();
  for (int i=0; i<pixels.length; i++)
    pixels[i] = 0xff << 24 | result_[i][0] << 16 | 
      result_[i][1] << 8 | result_[i][2];
  updatePixels();
}

void draw() {
  if (shutterAngle == 0.0) {
    time = map(frameCount-1, 0, numFrames, 0, 1) % 1;
    draw_();
    return;
  }

  for (int i=0; i<width*height; i++)
    for (int a=0; a<3; a++)
      result[i][a] = 0;

  for (int sa=0; sa<samplesPerFrame; sa++) {
    time = map(frameCount-1 + sa*shutterAngle/samplesPerFrame, 0, numFrames, 0, 1);
    draw_();
    loadPixels();
    for (int i=0; i<pixels.length; i++) {
      result[i][0] += pixels[i] >> 16 & 0xff;
      result[i][1] += pixels[i] >> 8 & 0xff;
      result[i][2] += pixels[i] & 0xff;
    }
  }

  loadPixels();
  for (int i=0; i<pixels.length; i++)
    pixels[i] = 0xff << 24 | (result[i][0]/samplesPerFrame) << 16 | 
      (result[i][1]/samplesPerFrame) << 8 | (result[i][2]/samplesPerFrame);
  updatePixels();

  saveFrame("f###.gif");
  if (frameCount==numFrames)
    exit();
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////

float aberrationAmount = .45;

int samplesPerFrame = 8;
int numFrames = 120;        
float shutterAngle = .5;

void setup_() {
  size(500,500);
  fill(250);
  noStroke();
}

float x, y, tt;
int N = 66;
float t;

float r1 = 64, r2 = 240;
float r, th, dm = 44, d;

void draw__() {
  t = time;
  background(24,30,28); 
  pushMatrix();
  translate(width/2, height/2);
  for(int i=0; i<N; i++){
    th = 4*TWO_PI*i/N;
    tt = (.5*t + i*1.0/N) % 1;
    r = lerp(r1,r2,tt);
    d = map(cos(TWO_PI*tt),1,-1,0,1);
    d = dm*(3*d*d - 2*d*d*d);
    pushMatrix();
    rotate(th);
    ellipse(r,0,d,d);
    popMatrix();
  }
  popMatrix();
}