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🧬 Building a Living Plasma Shell with Pure CSS (No JS!)

πŸ’‘ What if your UI felt... alive?
What if a shape on your screen pulsed like a living organism, shimmered like energy plasma, and glowed like a sci-fi reactor β€” and all of that was done with just CSS?

In this article, I’ll show you how to create a living, glowing plasma shell β€” a visual effect that mimics an organic, energy-rich structure using conic gradients, blur, and layered animations.

No JavaScript. No canvas. Just modern CSS at work.

✨ What We’re Building
A pulsing plasma core inside a rotating energy membrane, fully alive on your screen.

Image description

https://codepen.io/andysay1/pen/KwwEbor
πŸ’‘ Ideas for Use
As a sci-fi UI core

As an AI reactor or power node

For loading screens or immersive dashboards

As a dynamic background for login screens

As a neural interface in futuristic visualizations

πŸ› οΈ Want to Go Further?
Try these mods:

Change color (#0ff β†’ #f0f or #ff0) for fire, heat, or acid look

Add :hover interactions to boost glow

Add a hover-responsive swirl speed

Add glitch effects (opacity/pixelated filters)

πŸ“¦ Summary
With just a few lines of CSS, we created something that feels alive. That’s the power of creative gradients, layered animation, and imagination.

CSS is no longer just for layout β€” it’s a creative playground for visual storytelling.

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Drop a ❀️ if this inspired you, and follow me for more advanced CSS effects. I build tools, visuals, and interactions that bend pixels and minds.

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