# Papercraft Shadow Box: motion graphics style

> A backlit shadow box of stacked paper layers (glowing sky, ridges, a pine forest) seen through letters cut from a dark front sheet, with slow parallax. Suits calm intros, ambient loops and storybook brands.

- Category: [Paper & Craft](https://aimotions.art/category/paper-craft/)
- Also known as: layered paper art, paper cut light box, shadow box diorama, paper parallax, layered papercut, paper diorama text, cut paper depth
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Dark bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/papercraft-shadow-box/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/papercraft-shadow-box/

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

```text
Build the word [TEXT] as a backlit papercraft shadow box. Stack six paper layers like a lit diorama: a glowing peach sky with a pale moon at the back, then mountain ridges and a pine forest, each layer a deeper shade of pink, magenta and plum, with soft shadows under every cut edge and fine paper grain. In front, a near-black indigo sheet has [TEXT] cut out of it in heavy rounded letters (plus a few tiny cut stars), so the word is filled with the glowing layered landscape. Open by sliding the layers in one by one from below, then drop the front sheet into place. Hold while the camera drifts slowly so the layers parallax inside the letters, then lift the sheet and drop the layers away to loop.
```

## Visual DNA

- Six to seven stacked paper layers, each one darker than the layer behind
- Backlit glow: the deepest layer is the brightest, like a lit diorama
- Letters cut out of the dark front sheet reveal the layered scene
- Soft drop shadows under every paper edge for real depth
- Slow camera drift with parallax between layers; layers slide in to build the box

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: Papercraft Shadow Box, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/papercraft-shadow-box/