JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
document.body.appendChild(canvas);

var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

var currentPosX, currentPosY, prevPosX, prevPosY;
var mousePathArray = [];

canvas.addEventListener ('mousemove', mouseOp);


function mouseOp (mouseEvent) {
    prevPosX = currentPosX;
    prevPosY = currentPosY;
    currentPosX = mouseEvent.clientX;
    currentPosY = mouseEvent.clientY;
    mousePathArray.push( {
        x1: currentPosX,
        x2: prevPosX,
        y1: currentPosY,
        y2: prevPosY,
        animStage: 0
    });
}

function animate () {
    var anims = mousePathArray.length;
    if (anims!=0) {
        for (i=0; i<anims; i++) {
            if (mousePathArray[i].animStage == 20) {
                mousePathArray.splice(i, 1);
                i--;
                anims--;
                continue;
            }
            
            drawLine(mousePathArray[i].x1, mousePathArray[i].x2, mousePathArray[i].y1, mousePathArray[i].y2, 1 - (mousePathArray[i].animStage * 0.05));
            mousePathArray[i].animStage ++;
        }
    }
}

function drawLine (x1, x2, y1, y2, alpha) {
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.moveTo(x1, y1);
    ctx.lineTo(x2, y2);
    ctx.strokeStyle = "rgba(150, 20, 150," + alpha +")";
    ctx.stroke();
}
        
animloop();

function animloop(){
  window.requestAnimationFrame(animloop);
  gameLoop();
}
            
function gameLoop() {
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
    animate();
}