Title: Liquid Chrome — Molten Mirror Lab
Creative prompt: Hold a mirror mid-pour in mercury, smoke, or oil-slick finishes on charcoal. Let visitors pour with the pointer, tilt the flow, and freeze ripple casts. It should feel heavy, polished, and a little dangerous.
Design description: A light-weight hero faces a rounded mirror panel with live-pour canvas and tilt control; viscosity/flow/polish sliders, animated sheen bar, and three finish cards with swatches complete the charcoal-and-silver lab.
Major visual techniques:
- Per-pixel-adjacent sine interference chrome rendered on canvas with polish curve
- Animated sheen bar keyframe, mismatched card radii
- Thin-weight display type against heavy black accents
Interaction model: Pointer position pours and tilts the metal, click boosts flow; finish buttons switch shading models; viscosity/flow/polish and tilt sliders reshape the pour; freeze-cast button holds a numbered cast.