diff --git a/components/AsciiHero.tsx b/components/AsciiHero.tsx
index c39f5d6..c8874d1 100644
--- a/components/AsciiHero.tsx
+++ b/components/AsciiHero.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,62 @@
+"use client";
+
 import Image from "next/image";
+import { motion } from "motion/react";
 import gpkTriangleLogo from "@/public/gpk_logo_new.webp";
 
 export default function AsciiHero() {
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center justify-start w-225 max-w-full h-full -translate-y-15">
-      <Image
-        src={gpkTriangleLogo}
-        alt="Graphics Programming Knights logo"
-        
-        className="w-full h-full object-fill"
-        priority
-      />
+      {/* ── Entrance "swish" ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+          Starts at scale 0, springs past full size, settles back down.
+          Lower `damping` relative to `stiffness` = bigger overshoot/bounce;
+          raise `damping` for a softer landing. `mass` slows the whole thing
+          down if you want the swish to feel heavier. */}
+      <motion.div
+        className="relative w-full h-full"
+        initial={{ scale: 0 }}
+        animate={{ scale: 1 }}
+        transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 100, damping: 10, mass: 1 }}
+      >
+        <Image
+          src={gpkTriangleLogo}
+          alt="Graphics Programming Knights logo"
+          className="w-full h-full object-fill"
+          priority
+        />
+
+        {/* ── Shine sweep ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+            A soft white band that slides diagonally across the logo. It's
+            masked to the logo image's own alpha channel, so the glow only
+            ever lands on the logo's pixels rather than a rectangle around
+            it. To fire it on hover instead of automatically, delete
+            `animate`/`transition` here and drive it with `whileHover` on
+            the wrapping motion.div above instead. */}
+        <motion.div
+          aria-hidden="true"
+          className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0"
+          style={{
+            backgroundImage:
+            "linear-gradient(115deg, transparent 48%, rgba(255,255,255,0.15) 50%, transparent 52%)",
+            backgroundSize: "250% 250%",
+            WebkitMaskImage: `url(${gpkTriangleLogo.src})`,
+            maskImage: `url(${gpkTriangleLogo.src})`,
+            WebkitMaskSize: "100% 100%",
+            maskSize: "100% 100%",
+            WebkitMaskRepeat: "no-repeat",
+            maskRepeat: "no-repeat",
+          }}
+          initial={{ backgroundPosition: "0% 0%" }}
+          animate={{ backgroundPosition: "100% 100%" }}
+          transition={{
+            duration: 2.5,
+            ease: "easeInOut",
+            delay: 0.2,
+            repeat: Infinity,
+            repeatDelay: 8.0,
+          }}
+        />
+      </motion.div>
     </div>
   );
 }