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SVG Path Illustration Scene

Multi-element SVG illustrations assembled with the path-fill reveal technique — sacred geometry, ice fractals, botanical bloom, sun bursts, navigational compass, Hokusai wave, tree of life, and constellation art that draw and fill in coordinated cascades.

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Multi-element illustration · Coordinated reveal

SVG Path Illustration Scene

Eight multi-element illustration scenes assembled with the path-fill reveal technique — sacred geometry, ice fractals, botanical bloom, sun bursts, navigational compass, Hokusai wave, tree of life, and constellation art. Each scene cascades 7–28 authored elements through outline-then-fill across a unified rhythm.

Sacred geometry · 8-fold radial

Geometric Mandala

A radial mandala assembles in layers — outer ring, 8 large petals, 8 small inner petals offset by 22.5°, 8 dots between, and a 4-stage center hub. Demonstrates pixel-exact symmetry that only vector path data can produce, drawing in cascading order so the assembly is the show.

  • sacred geometry
  • 8-fold radial
  • multi-layer

Ice fractal · 6-fold symmetry

Crystal Snowflake

A central hexagon fills, 6 arms draw outward, each arm grows 4 fractal sub-branches, and 6 small hexagonal tip crystals appear. Demonstrates the natural mathematical beauty of 6-fold radial symmetry — a real snowflake, authored as pure SVG geometry.

  • ice crystal
  • 6-fold radial
  • fractal branches

Botanical · sequential growth

Lotus Bloom

A stem grows up from the waterline, three leaves unfurl in cascade, two larger back-petals open behind, then five front-petals fan out and the center pollen lights. Demonstrates how draw-to-fill timing alone tells a complete growth narrative across a multi-element botanical illustration.

  • botanical
  • 2-layer petals
  • growth narrative

Radiating sun · 24 rays

Solar Sunburst

A central sun fills, 12 short inner rays radiate outward in a clockwise cascade, then 12 long outer rays draw at the half-step angles in a second cascade. Demonstrates radial line-art geometry — the kind of star burst that anchors a vintage poster or warm welcome screen.

  • sunburst
  • 24 rays
  • radial cascade

Navigational · 4+4 directional rose

Compass Rose

An outer ring fills, 4 main directional arrows (N→E→S→W) cascade outward as elongated diamonds, then 4 secondary arrows (NE→SE→SW→NW) fan in at half-step angles, and a center disc lights. Demonstrates how SVG path data nails maritime / heraldic precision — every arrow is mathematically exact.

  • compass rose
  • navigational
  • cardinal directions

Organic fluid · sweeping curve

Hokusai Wave

A sun fills in the upper right, two background wave lines draw to set depth, then the main sinuous wave curve sweeps across in a long single stroke and 7 foam dots bloom along the crest. Demonstrates how a single elegant authored Bezier — drawn over time — can read as fluid motion.

  • fluid wave
  • sweeping curve
  • foam crest

Botanical · vertical growth

Tree of Life

Roots branch down from the base in cascade, the trunk grows upward, branches split into a tiered V at two levels, and 7 leaves bloom at the branch tips with a top crown leaf at the summit. Demonstrates how draw order tells a "growth from root to canopy" story across a single vertical composition.

  • tree growth
  • roots and branches
  • vertical narrative

Astronomical · point-and-line

Constellation Lines

Seven Big Dipper stars bloom in cascade with diffraction spikes, connecting lines trace the figure following the constellation's actual reading order, and 9 cosmic dust particles fade in around the field. Demonstrates draw-to-fill at its most narrative — points and lines drawing tells "this is HOW we see this pattern".

  • constellation
  • point-and-line
  • cosmic dust

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Geometric Mandala

  • sacred geometry
  • 8-fold radial
  • multi-layer

A radial mandala assembles in layers — outer ring, 8 large petals, 8 small inner petals offset by 22.5°, 8 dots between, and a 4-stage center hub. Demonstrates pixel-exact symmetry that only vector path data can produce, drawing in cascading order so the assembly is the show.

<svg viewBox="0 0 180 180">
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="g" x1="0" y1="0" x2="1" y2="1">
      <stop offset="0%" stop-color="#a78bfa" />
      <stop offset="100%" stop-color="#67e8f9" />
    </linearGradient>
  </defs>
  <!-- mandala composition: many authored paths in coordinated
       cascade. See slug css for keyframe staging. -->
</svg>

/* Outer ring fills, 8 outer petals cascade in, 8 inner petals fill at half-offset angles, 8 dots bloom between, 4-layer center hub assembles last — sacred geometry built layer by layer.
   Cycle 5.6s, intensity 1.00× scales bloom amplitude. */

@keyframes mandala-stage-1 { /* primary draw */ }
@keyframes mandala-stage-2 { /* primary fill */ }
@keyframes mandala-stage-3 { /* secondary cascade */ }
@keyframes mandala-stage-4 { /* accent bloom */ }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  /* Show all elements in their final filled state. */
}