# Ripple Tank Interference: motion graphics style

> Three vibrating sources fill a pale ripple tank with crossing waves and still nodal lines, until the waves fall into step inside the letters. The word surges out as bold moving stripes: physics-class elegance for science and audio brands.

- Category: [Generative & Math Art](https://aimotions.art/category/generative-math-art/)
- Also known as: wave interference, ripple tank, interference pattern, water ripples, constructive interference, wave simulation, physics animation
- Demo built with: WebGL · Energy: Calm · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/wave-interference/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/wave-interference/

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

```text
Animate the word [TEXT] in a ripple tank seen from above, like the light pattern projected under a physics-class wave tank. Three small coral vibrating sources drift slowly around the edges, each sending out circular waves; where they cross they form a shimmering interference pattern with still nodal lines, rendered as deep teal troughs and white crests on pale aqua. After a moment the waves fall into step inside the letterforms of [TEXT], set in a heavy grotesque sans: there every wavefront bends into one strong traveling plane wave, so the word appears as bold high-contrast moving stripes amid the gentler interference around it. Hold, then let the waves drift out of step and the word dissolve back into ripples.
```

## Visual DNA

- Three coral point sources drifting around the edge of a ripple tank
- Crossing circular wavefronts with stationary nodal lines between them
- Inside the letters every wave aligns into one strong traveling plane wave
- Deep teal troughs and white crests on pale aqua, like a projected tank
- Waves bend into step at the outlines, then drift apart again

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: Ripple Tank Interference, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/wave-interference/