Tail Nebula
A living memorial for what can't be archived.
Role: Creative Technologist
Stack: Three.js · WebGL · Vanilla JS · Tailwind
Concept
In Web3 we preserve assets, transactions, ownership.
We don't preserve grief.
Tail Nebula treats memory as residual energy
— it diffuses, clusters, and responds. Moving the cursor disturbs the system like a hand passing through water.
Stillness lets it settle. There are no instructions. Presence is the action.
Technical
Visual System
Custom particle system
Layered rendering (foreground / background separation)
Cursor-driven force fields
Procedural motion & color logic
Frontend Stack
Three.js
Vanilla JavaScript / WebGL
Tailwind CSS (UI orchestration)
Performance
GPU-friendly particle updates
Optimized render loops
Stable real-time interaction in browser