Yury Gitman / Design archive
From pond to playground.
42 designs · 20 archived versions + current studies
September 17, 2026
A chronological contact sheet. Open any miniature to explore its saved design. Early drafts retain their original wording; they are not the current personal description.
The first pond
Original personal-site layout and fish animation. Early draft wording, preserved as saved.
Continuous koi
Monochrome layout, a continuous body, and an articulated tail. Archived draft.
The aquarium net
The pointer becomes a net and the koi evades it. Archived experiment; absent from the current normal experience.
Inside the loop
The first live decision panel exposes pursuit, speed, and steering. Archived draft.
Pattern & approved words
Approved personal copy and a patterned koi replace the early draft.
Every letter can swim
The whole page becomes a minnow school, with flocking and return to readable text.
Feeding time
Mouth-contact captures remove letters until the page is refreshed.
Ultraviolet tank
A dark tank and translucent articulated skeleton add a new visual direction.
Character cameras
One shared scene appears in live close-ups of the koi, minnow, articulation, and school.
Snapping crayfish
A small black crayfish adds a separate, animated threat to fish and letters.
Toy koi
Oversized flowing fins, a fan tail, and a wake. New cameras show the same bending geometry.
Close encounters
Restored arrival steering stops circling. Minnows wait, dart at close range, and return around the full fish.
Squishy Inflated 3D Cartoon
Satin volume, a compact silhouette, and a slow squeeze–release stroke.
Wobbly Scribble Line
Loose pen contours, small searching turns, and quick strokes between long glides.
Product Sketch
Chisel-marker planes, a decisive tail beat, and controlled follow-through.
Grainy Editorial Illustration
Printed color, a clear silhouette, and an unhurried, asymmetric swimming rhythm.
Annotated Sketchbook Page
Graphite and watercolor, with gentle fin recovery and a trailing tail.
Inside the loop · before two eyes
The exact previous brain study, preserved before independent eye targeting and corner steering.
Two eyes, one curious koi
Each eye tracks its own visible letter. The body chooses one reachable target and turns out of corners.
A face with the name
The headshot from Yury’s Parsons page anchors the identity beside the two-eyed koi.
Big prey, small victories
Large letters escape faster. Failed chases teach the koi to favor smaller, catchable letters.
Chomp, then bubbles
Yury’s headshot, two independent eyes, size-aware hunting, and real catches with a chomp and rising bubbles.
Still water
A quiet black-and-white tank. One shake startles the koi and every letter; each finds its own courage to return.
Ultraviolet · best of
The V6 luminous skeleton, a body that constrains every turn, two independent eyes, size-aware hunting, and real mouth captures.
Ultraviolet · living water
A soft aquarium ripple, flowing shoulders and tail, and momentum through every bite. The school keeps swimming while the koi swallows.
Ultraviolet · contour
Sparse Single-Line Contour meets the ultraviolet aquarium: an ivory outline, translucent bones, open fins, and generous dark water.
Ultraviolet · big appetite
The koi favors bigger letters, recovers briefly after a failed chase, then tries again. Nearby bystanders scatter from its approach.
Ultraviolet · live character sheets
Three shared-time fish cameras, every letter counted and inspectable, and one koi swimming over the whole live sheet.
Content draft · projects & history
A researched draft with PulseSensor, Banana Design Lab, Noderunner, writing, teaching, and dated talks. Separate from the current aquarium study.
Ultraviolet · eyes & school
Two quiet live views: the koi’s attention and every letter in its school.
Ultraviolet · essentials
The original V6 aquarium with a short, project-first introduction: PulseSensor, teaching, and contact.
Ultraviolet · full-copy comparison
All researched copy on the original V6 design, with animation limited to the introduction.
Ultraviolet · return & refuge
Letters hurry home when the koi turns away. Small openings shelter letters; the full fish stays outside the live panel.
Ultraviolet · living water
One koi and the important living text. A curated introduction with modern movement, without extra cameras or panels.
Squishy Inflated 3D Cartoon · Living motion
Satin volume, softer bends, and a tail that follows through.
Wobbly Scribble Line · Living motion
Loose pen lines, coherent turns, and lively letter minnows.
Product Sketch · Living motion
Chisel-marker planes with smooth turns and a flowing tail.
Grainy Editorial Illustration · Living motion
Printed color and grain with a more natural swimming rhythm.
Annotated Sketchbook Page · Living motion
Graphite and watercolor with connected bends and gentle fin motion.
Shared pond · six koi
Five painted koi and an ultraviolet skeleton share one pond and one living introduction.
Cleaner shrimp · edge grazers
Tiny shrimp pick algae from the glass while six koi share the living pond.
Living letters · six materials
Letter-only motion studies: inflated, scribbled, marked, printed, sketched and ultraviolet.