Here is a short code snippet for atom (artistic-vision) animation
path1 = Table[{5 * Sin[t], 5 * Cos[t], 0}, {t, 0.0, 8*Pi, Pi/360.0}];
light1 = path1[[1]];
path2 = RotationTransform[2Pi/3, {1, 0, 0}] /@ path1;
light2 = path2[[1]];
path3 = RotationTransform[4Pi/3, {1, 0, 1}] /@ path1;
light3 = path3[[1]];
Graphics3D[{
{
MeshMaterial[MeshPhysicalMaterial[]],
Roughness[0.1],
Sphere[]
},
{
PointLight[Cyan, Offload @ light1],
PointLight[Magenta, Offload @ light2],
PointLight[Orange, Offload @ light3]
},
{
Emissive[Cyan, 5], Sphere[Offload @ light1, 0.1],
Emissive[Magenta, 5], Sphere[Offload @ light2, 0.1],
Emissive[Orange, 5], Sphere[Offload @ light3, 0.1]
},
{
LightBlue, Line[path1],
LightRed, Line[path2],
LightGreen, Line[path3]
}
},
ImageSize -> 1200,
PlotRange -> {{-10, 10}, {-10, 10}, {-10, 10}},
Lighting -> None
]
t := Mod[Round[AbsoluteTime[] * 100] + 1, Length[path1]]
SetInterval[
light1 = path1[[t]];
light2 = path2[[t]];
light3 = path3[[t]];
, 10]