I am a huge fan of both your throbbers.
I especially thought the first one with the peeing dog was an entertaining idea. It really captivates the emotional feeling that people usually get when they encounter a throbber. Instead of hiding the annoyance of having to wait, you enhance this feeling by literally making people look at a dog urinating.
Anyone who ever had to walk a dog would know that they sure can take their time.
For improvement, you might consider to either animate the pee stream or the pee container (That was a sentence I never thought I would have to write). Maybe having the contain empty and then become refiled in an endless loop. I imagine this would keep the users informed that processes are happening continuously.
For your second throbber I really like the aesthetics of the end result. It's quite different from the peeing dog, and is more relaxing in a sense. The colors match well together. The only thing I really thought could be interesting to experiment with, is randomizing the sizes of the flowers. This would give the throbber a refreshing feel, as it would be a new experience every time. Daniel Shiffmans videos about function parameters and arguments covers this in great length (Around video 5.1-5.2 i think). But these are just reflections over different approaches you could have had to your throbbers.
I am a huge fan of both your throbbers. I especially thought the first one with the peeing dog was an entertaining idea. It really captivates the emotional feeling that people usually get when they encounter a throbber. Instead of hiding the annoyance of having to wait, you enhance this feeling by literally making people look at a dog urinating. Anyone who ever had to walk a dog would know that they sure can take their time. For improvement, you might consider to either animate the pee stream or the pee container (That was a sentence I never thought I would have to write). Maybe having the contain empty and then become refiled in an endless loop. I imagine this would keep the users informed that processes are happening continuously.
For your second throbber I really like the aesthetics of the end result. It's quite different from the peeing dog, and is more relaxing in a sense. The colors match well together. The only thing I really thought could be interesting to experiment with, is randomizing the sizes of the flowers. This would give the throbber a refreshing feel, as it would be a new experience every time. Daniel Shiffmans videos about function parameters and arguments covers this in great length (Around video 5.1-5.2 i think). But these are just reflections over different approaches you could have had to your throbbers.