Op Art Bulge

About Op Art Bulge

Flat bands of stripe run edge to edge until an invisible lens moves under them, bowing the lines out into a dome and back through a pinched waist.

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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