These can be used as textures & masks. There is a lot more you can do with these but this is enough of an example to get people started. You can remove the animation if need be.
Spiral - https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/xsdf2bpp/
Circle - https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/mybgj9x4/
Fan - https://blueprintue.com/blueprint/j70vnxxr/
Texture example.
Opacity example.