# Radar Sweep Scope: motion graphics style

> A green phosphor radar scope sweeps over range rings; each pass paints echo blips that glow and decay until the returns resolve into the word. Borrowed from naval and air-traffic displays for tech and discovery themes.

- Category: [Sci-fi UI & Modern Web](https://aimotions.art/category/sci-fi-ui-modern-web/)
- Also known as: radar screen, sonar display, ppi scope, radar animation, phosphor sweep, green radar, target tracking
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Dark bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/radar-sweep/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/radar-sweep/

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

```text
Show the word [TEXT] appearing on a circular green phosphor radar scope. Near-black green background, concentric range rings, bearing ticks every 5° with labels every 30°, and a crosshair through the center. A bright sweep line rotates clockwise once every three seconds, trailing a wedge of glow that fades over most of a turn. [TEXT] is made of small round echo dots: on the first rotation the letters appear only where the sweep has passed, then every pass re-brightens them while they slowly decay in between. Add faint clutter speckle near the center, two or three slow moving contacts with short trails, and a side table that lists each new track. Calm and steady; fade the echoes and loop.
```

## Visual DNA

- Rotating sweep line with a long conic phosphor afterglow
- The word built from dot echoes that only light up as the beam passes
- Range rings, bearing ticks and degree labels in dim green
- Track list on the side that fills in as contacts are acquired
- Faint sea clutter speckle near the center, a few slow moving contacts

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: Radar Sweep Scope, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/radar-sweep/