Rainbow pill-shape motion smear

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Flat vector animation frame of a rounded pill shape trailing a stacked rainbow of offset copies across a light grey field.

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Summary

A frame from a flat vector animation: a pale blue rounded pill drags a fanned trail of rainbow-colored copies behind it, from dark green through yellow, orange, pink, and lilac.

Visual description

On an off-white field, roughly a dozen identical rounded-capsule shapes overlap in a diagonal cascade from upper right to lower left. Each layer steps through a hue sequence (deep green, olive, yellow, orange, red-orange, hot pink, lilac) before ending in the frontmost pale sky-blue pill. The even offsets read as onion-skinned motion frames, giving a single still a clear sense of travel and squash-free bounce.

Key takeaway

The stepped-copy trail is a cheap, legible way to encode motion in flat vector work: identical shapes, uniform offset, hue-shifted per layer. The rainbow ordering doubles as a palette showcase.

Reuse notes

Good reference for logo idents, loading states, and playful brand motion where shapes need momentum without 3D or blur. The technique adapts to any silhouette; keep offsets uniform or the trail reads as clutter. The full clip is stored alongside the still.

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