"With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk" python 3 code implementation of "Drawing an elephant with four complex parameters" (2010) using new matplotlib animations. To create movie, ffmpeg must be installed
https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows
before running elephan.py from ipython, run the following magic command to change engine to qt5
import matplotlib
%matplotlib qt5
after running elephan.py, you should see this animation: