Herringbone Parquet

About Herringbone Parquet

Planks lean alternately left and right into a herringbone floor, and each one slides a little along its own grain as a wave crosses the room.

Part of Tessellation Backgrounds. Runs 10 seconds by default, exports in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5, as MP4 or transparent WebM up to 8K.

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