Image Trail Following Cursor
Moving the pointer across a dark stage leaves a trail of grainy gradient tiles: every 40px of travel a new tile blooms under the cursor with a slight twist, hangs for 0.6s and dissolves, stacking above the last.
- Cursor
- gsap
- canvas2d
- intermediate
- medium perf
- mobile: full
- reduced-motion ✓
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