# Cylinder Motion trails

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/cylinder-motion-trails/40784>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** textures, materials, geometry\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/cylinder-motion-trails/40784 "2022-07-27T15:55:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ennemli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/ennemli/32/27916_2.png) [@ennemli](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/ennemli)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/cylinder-motion-trails/40784/1 "2022-07-27T15:55:36Z")

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Hi, I’m a beginner to threejs, recently I read this article on how to make trails of typographic motions, and I wanted to apply the same implementation on CylinderGeometry, but the result it’s just a strange 2d cylinder on the plane.  
this is the article.

> **[Creating a Typography Motion Trail Effect with Three.js](https://tympanus.net/codrops/2021/07/21/creating-a-typography-motion-trail-effect-with-three-js/)**