We all float down here...

This was generated using nothing but an image of a venus statue, processed by handwritten code to implement each of the desired transformations and mathematical calculations and generate each of the frames that were then combined into a seamlessly looping video.

Interactive graphical tools can make it easy to create stunning effects, since the effects have already been developed for the artist to use, and that's perfectly fine. For me personally, I see a certain beauty in manually developing everything from scratch, even though the results might seem rudimentary in comparison.

This is a piece for the ones who see the beauty in creating art with code.