# Sumi-e Ink Brush: motion graphics style

> Ink brush text animation: a bamboo brush paints the word in sumi ink with dry-brush streaks and soft bleeding on rice paper, then a red seal stamps it. Suits tea, wellness, martial arts and calm, minimalist video intros.

- Category: [Ink & Hand-drawn](https://aimotions.art/category/ink-hand-drawn/)
- Also known as: ink wash painting, japanese brush calligraphy, shodo brush stroke, dry brush text, east asian ink brush, brush stroke reveal
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/sumi-e-brush/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/sumi-e-brush/

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

```text
Paint [TEXT] in lowercase with a bamboo calligraphy brush and black ink on fibrous off-white rice paper, in the spirit of sumi-e. Each stroke presses in with a rounded, wet head, glides with slight width changes, then lifts and runs out of ink so the tail breaks into dry-brush streaks of separate bristle marks. A faint gray halo of ink bleeds into the paper fibers around every stroke, with tiny feathered hairs at the edges. Strokes appear one at a time with calm pauses, the brush visible above the paper. Finish by stamping a small vermilion square seal beside the word with a soft thud. Hold in silence, then slide the sheet away like a scroll and loop.
```

## Visual DNA

- Bold brush strokes that press in, glide, then lift into dry-brush streaks
- Soft gray ink bleeding into the paper around each stroke
- Fibrous off-white rice paper with visible long fibers
- Vermilion square seal stamped beside the word
- Unhurried rhythm with pauses between strokes; scroll-like slide to loop

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: Sumi-e Ink Brush, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/sumi-e-brush/