First animation

No changes were made from the tutorial in Chapter 2 of Derakhshani (2024).

Second animation

I created a disco for the Solar System with the following changes:

1. I added textures sourced online (cited below) to the Solar System. The Sun has a texture similar to the tiles on a disco ball and the planets and moons have glittery textures. I used the Blinn material to add shine to the surfaces.

2. I added eight spotlights above the Solar System. There are two each of red, blue, green, and yellow spotlights which all point toward the Sun.

3. I added keyframes changing the values of the planets and moons' Translate Y and Scale Y attributes to give them the appearance of dancing.

I also added a cylinder for the disco ball wire, gave the Sun its own rotation, and further staggered the orbits of the planets to make orbits closer to the Sun faster.