# Cellular Automaton Glow: motion graphics style

> A scanning beam writes the word into a glowing grid as stable cell blocks while a life-like cellular automaton churns around it. Then the letters burst into chaos and get rewritten: emergence for tech and science visuals.

- Category: [Generative & Math Art](https://aimotions.art/category/generative-math-art/)
- Also known as: cellular automaton, life-like automaton, glider pattern, emergent behavior, pixel simulation, generative grid
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Lively · Background: Dark bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/cellular-automaton/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/cellular-automaton/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Animate the word [TEXT] inside a life-like cellular automaton on a dark square grid. A bright vertical scan beam sweeps left to right and writes the letters as a lattice of small stable 2×2 cell blocks in icy cyan, clearing a thin moat around them. Around the word, a random soup evolves step by step at about 12 generations per second: newborn cells flash pale yellow, survivors turn amber then magenta, and dead cells leave short fading ember trails. Let gliders drift in and chew the edges of the letters. After a few seconds, inject noise into the letters so they explode into chaotic growth and decay, then the beam sweeps again and rewrites [TEXT]. Add a soft glow and visible gaps between cells.
```

## Visual DNA

- Square cells on a dark LED-like grid, stepping at 12 generations per second
- Word built from stable 2×2 blocks in icy cyan, readable at any size
- Surrounding soup of amber and magenta cells with fading ember trails
- Vertical scan beam that writes the letters, then lets them erode
- Periodic burst where the word dissolves into chaos and decays

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Cellular Automaton Glow, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/cellular-automaton/