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Art Deco

Gatsby Frame

Gold SVG frame self-draws in fourfold symmetry — ziggurat corners, sunburst fans, chevrons, and a fountain medallion bloom then fade and redraw in a 4.2s loop.

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When to use it

Hero frames, title cards, luxury/editorial backgrounds, or anywhere an Art Deco motif needs ambient looping motion with no interaction required.

When not to

Contexts needing legible content inside the frame — the medallion sits at center. Avoid on light backgrounds (strokes are gold on near-black).

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change the primary stroke color from #d4af37 to #c0c0c0 (silver), slow the cycle to 6s by setting animation-duration to 6s, and increase the outer rule offset from 22px to 18px for a tighter border. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • primary gold stroke color (#d4af37 on .ad06-ln)
  • highlight color (#f3dd92 on .ad06-hi)
  • animation cycle duration (4.2s in .ad06-ln and .ad06-fan)
  • stagger delays (.ad06-d1 through .ad06-d5)
  • fountain medallion arc radii (A40, A30, A20)
  • inner shadow intensity (box-shadow inset on #ad06-svg)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • SVG defs + use mirroring pattern (fourfold symmetry depends on it)
  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard (CSS @media + JS early-return)
  • visibilitychange pause handler
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Light re-theme via the [data-theme=light] token block; catalog bg/accent describe the dark default
  • Adding new paths requires manually assigning --ad06-L length and a delay class

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More Art Deco components

  • Sunburst Fan13 tapered gold rays open and close in mirrored symmetry from a glowing core medallion above a ziggurat plinth, breathing with a 7-second CSS cycle.
  • Ziggurat RiseThree stepped gold ziggurat skyscrapers rise and settle with a damped bob against a radial sunburst on deep black — staggered entrance, then looping.
  • Fountain ArcsSymmetrical golden arcs well up from a central jet with a chevron crown, fanning outward in a breathing 7.2s cycle over a near-black field.
  • Chevron MarchInterlocking gold and ink chevron bands march in alternating directions across a black canvas; a convoy of gold diamonds glides down a central seam.
  • Fan BloomA 16-rib peacock fan blooms open and closed from a sunburst medallion over a gold ziggurat base; each rib has barbs and an emerald eye-spot.
  • Radial GrilleConcentric gold rings, 16 spokes, and stepped lozenge diamonds counter-rotate in two layers against deep black, evoking a wrought-iron Art Deco elevator…