# Concentric Ripple Warp

> Concentric waves from one center displace image contours in regular crests and troughs.

[Web page](https://aistylebook.com/image/concentric-ripple-warp/)

## About this style

Concentric ripple warp shifts image coordinates through crests and troughs from one center. Contours alternately contract and expand in a readable wave pattern while the image surface remains continuous.

Concentric ripples alternately compress and expand contours through periodic radial displacement.

A window edge bulging and retreating in successive rings can suggest waves propagating beneath the image.

### How the style changes different subjects

- **Portrait**: Continuous waves or rotation bend features and body, exaggerating pose and altering identity details.

- **Landscape**: A consistent distortion bends horizons, buildings and trees without disconnecting the scene.

- **Object**: Contours and textures deform together, making regular objects especially revealing.

**Subjects**: Choose buildings, striped objects, flowers or simple portraits, keeping strong distortion away from features when identity matters.

## Visual keywords

common center · concentric wavefronts · sinusoidal displacement · alternating compression · continuous contours · amplitude decay

## Names and related terms

Concentric wave displacement · Circular ripple distortion

## Style examples

- [Portrait](https://img.aistylebook.com/ascii-artworks/concentric-ripple-warp-people.png?v=aa82f74497ba86f5)

- [Landscape](https://img.aistylebook.com/ascii-artworks/concentric-ripple-warp-landscape.png?v=b9759cd9f21f9142)

- [Object](https://img.aistylebook.com/ascii-artworks/concentric-ripple-warp-objects.png?v=18a7c79a36e017ab)

## Reusable style prompt

```text
Distort image coordinates with concentric sinusoidal ripples radiating from one common center. Use several clearly spaced circular wavefronts that alternately compress and expand nearby contours, with smooth displacement and gently diminishing amplitude outward. Keep the image continuous and recognizable between crests. The geometry itself should undulate; avoid adding a separate water surface, scattered local glass droplets, painted ring outlines, angular zigzags or radial zoom blur.
```

## Photo creation and prompts

Photo generation requires an account and credits; the cost is shown before generation.

[Create with this style](https://aistylebook.com/photo.html?style=34049&lang=en#studio)

## Related styles

- [Zigzag Wave Warp](https://aistylebook.com/image/zigzag-wave-warp/): Also shifts image geometry through periodic waves, replacing smooth crests with sharp triangular bends.

- [Spherical Bulge Warp](https://aistylebook.com/image/spherical-bulge-warp/): Concentrates repeated contractions and expansions into one continuously bulging circular region.

- [Ripple-Refraction Image](https://aistylebook.com/image/ripple-refraction-image/): Replaces centered regular rings with dispersed small-scale water-membrane undulations.

## References

- [Adobe: Filter effects reference](https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/effects-filters/blur-sharpen-filters/filter-effects-reference.html)