How it's made: grey height map, moving light stripe, and a gradient-map palette
bbssppllvv · x · 2026-10-01
The creator shared the recipe behind the effect: a greyscale height map plus a moving light stripe to shape the form, then a gradient map turning each grey value into color, so the palette wraps the shape and flows — reproducible in shaders or generative visuals.
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