# Ukiyo-e Woodblock Wave: motion graphics style

> A towering wave rises, curls and breaks into clawed foam and spray beside a setting sun, while the word sits in a paper cartouche. Inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints; an original composition for travel, food, surf and calm, crafted brands.

- Category: [Print & Design Movements](https://aimotions.art/category/print-design-movements/)
- Also known as: ukiyo-e style, japanese woodblock print, japanese wave print, woodblock wave animation, edo print look, foam claw waves, prussian blue print
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Lively · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/ukiyo-e-woodblock-wave/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/ukiyo-e-woodblock-wave/

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

```text
Animate [TEXT] as a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print with an original composition. On warm, fibrous washi paper, a graded Prussian blue band fades down from the top of the sky and a flat vermilion sun sits low on a calm horizon. From the left, a huge stylized wave rises, its body striped with pale blue lines, and curls over into a hollow; its crest breaks into white foam shaped like clawed fingers, outlined in blue, then collapses into flying spray before swelling again. Smaller clawed waves roll along the front. Every shape is a flat color block with dark indigo key lines and slight misregistration, with visible wood grain in the blue. [TEXT] sits in a rectangular paper title cartouche at top right with a small red seal. Calm, rhythmic, seamless loop.
```

## Visual DNA

- Flat Prussian blue and pale blue blocks with dark indigo key lines
- Foam crests drawn as white claw-like fingers outlined in blue
- Graded sky band and soft fibrous washi paper texture with wood grain
- A big curling wave rises, breaks into spray and reforms in a loop
- Title cartouche with a high-contrast serif and a small red seal

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: Ukiyo-e Woodblock Wave, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/ukiyo-e-woodblock-wave/