# Gooey Ink Cursor Blob: motion graphics style

> Gooey ink text effect: a glossy red ink blob follows the cursor and melts into black ink letters, pulling sticky bridges and drips before it lets go. Ideal as an interactive, animated website hero title with a tactile, liquid feel.

- Category: [Reactive Styles](https://aimotions.art/category/reactive-styles/)
- Also known as: gooey cursor, metaball cursor, liquid cursor text, blob hover effect, sticky ink text, gooey hover, ink blob cursor
- Demo built with: WebGL · Energy: Lively · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/gooey-cursor-blob/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/gooey-cursor-blob/

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

```text
Render [TEXT] in a heavy rounded lowercase as glossy black liquid ink sitting on warm bone-colored paper, with white highlights, a faint oil-slick sheen on the rims and a soft cast shadow. A blob of glossy vermilion ink with a short wobbly tail floats near the word, the two inks blending where they touch. At rest it drifts along the letters, merging into each one it touches with smooth bridges. On hover the blob follows the pointer with a springy lag and grows: letters swell toward it, fuse into it, and stretch into sticky strands when it pulls away, until the bridge thins and snaps back into the letter. Quick moves shed thin drips that slide down and dry away. A press makes the blob swell and drop a fat drip. On touch screens the blob follows the finger.
```

## Visual DNA

- Glossy black ink letters on warm bone paper with a soft cast shadow
- Red metaball blob with a lagging tail that merges into the black letters
- Letters bulge toward the blob and stretch into sticky bridges
- Thin drips peel off and slide down, then dry away
- Oil-slick rainbow sheen on the rims, white studio highlights

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: Gooey Ink Cursor Blob, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/gooey-cursor-blob/