Empty State Mezzotint

Component

About

An animated ambient canvas icon for empty states that renders an ASCII-art mezzotint texture, subtractively scraping light out of a dense dark burr to form a living, print-like glyph.

Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Empty State Mezzotint to your project and fits it to your theme.

Code

How Empty State Mezzotint is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.

Usage.tsx

import Mezzotint from "@/components/ui/empty-state-mezzotint";

export default function Demo() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full h-screen items-center justify-center bg-background text-foreground">
      <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 text-center">
        <Mezzotint size={140} cellSize={14} />
        <div className="space-y-1">
          <h3 className="text-sm font-medium">No plates yet</h3>
          <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Once you add one, it will show up here.
          </p>
        </div>
        <button
          type="button"
          className="mt-2 inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-md px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors"
          style={{ backgroundColor: "var(--ns-accent)" }}
          onMouseOver={(e) => {
            e.currentTarget.style.backgroundColor = "var(--ns-accent-hover)";
          }}
          onMouseOut={(e) => {
            e.currentTarget.style.backgroundColor = "var(--ns-accent)";
          }}
        >
          Create your first item
        </button>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}