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Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 3: Curves
6.6.2025
This is the third article in a series about the CSS shape() function. We've covered drawing lines and arcs in previous articles and, this time, we look specifically at the curve command and how to use it for drawing complex shapes.
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Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 2: More on Arcs
30.5.2025
This is the second part of a series that dives deep into the CSS shape() command, continuing with a more detailed look at the arc command.
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 2: More on Arcs originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...
Animated Product Grid Preview with GSAP & Clip-Path
27.5.2025
Learn how to transform a simple product grid into an interactive, animated preview experience using GSAP in this hands-on tutorial
CSS shape() Commands
2.5.2025
The CSS shape() function recently gained support in both Chromium and WebKit browsers. It's a way of drawing complex shapes when clipping elements with the clip-path property.
CSS shape() Commands originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...
Creating a Glowing Text Marquee Animation
26.6.2024
Learn how to create a glowing SVG text animation with a marquee effect using only HTML and CSS
Experimental On-Scroll Text Animations with SVG Clip-Path
10.1.2024
Some experiments with on-scroll typography effects using SVG clip-paths
On-Scroll Shape Morph Animations
16.11.2023
Scroll-driven shape morph animations with tilt interaction inspired by the effect seen on KPR
Image Layer Animations with Clip-Path
31.10.2023
Some ideas for speedy page transition animations with layered images using clip-path
Ideas for Image Motion Trail Animations
18.10.2023
Some ideas for mouse/touch responsive animations where images are shown along the path of the user motion
Coding the Sliced Image Hover Effect from Quai Network
21.6.2023
Learn how to code a similar hover animation to the one seen on the website of Quai Network
Fullscreen Clip Animation
14.3.2023
Some inspiration for clip-path animations where a fullscreen image moves into a row/grid of smaller images, morphing its shape along the way
Double Image Hover Effects with Clip-Path Animations
1.3.2023
Some ideas for hover effects using clip-path animations where the same image gets revealed in a creative way
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 3
11.11.2022
After Part 1 and Part 2, I am back with a third article to explore more fancy shapes. Like the previous articles, we are going to combine CSS Grid with clipping and masking to create fancy layouts for image …
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 3 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
Unreveal Effects for Content Previews
1.11.2022
Some explorations of page transitions using covering elements and CSS clip-paths
Fancy Image Decorations: Outlines and Complex Animations
28.10.2022
We’ve spent the last two articles in this three-part series playing with gradients to make really neat image decorations using nothing but the <img> element. In this third and final piece, we are going to explore more techniques using the …
Fancy Image Decorations: Outlines...
Holographic Trading Card Effect
26.10.2022
Simon Goellner (@simeydotme)’s collection of Holographic Trading Cards have captured our attention.
Under the hood there is a suite of filter(), background-blend-mode(), mix-blend-mode(), and clip-path() combinations that have been painstakingly tweaked to reach the desired effect....
Fancy Image Decorations: Masks and Advanced Hover Effects
21.10.2022
Welcome to Part 2 of this three-part series! We are still decorating images without any extra elements and pseudo-elements. I hope you already took the time to digest Part 1 because we will continue working with a lot of gradients …
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Fancy Image Decorations: Single Element Magic
14.10.2022
As the title says, we are going to decorate images! There’s a bunch of other articles out there that talk about this, but what we’re covering here is quite a bit different because it’s more of a challenge. The challenge? …
Fancy Image Decorations: Single Element Magic originally published...
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 2
22.8.2022
Alright, so the last time we checked in, we were using CSS Grid and combining them with CSS clip-path and mask techniques to create grids with fancy shapes.
Here’s just one of the fantastic grids we made together:
CodePen…
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CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 1
15.8.2022
In a previous article, I looked at CSS Grid’s ability to create complex layouts using its auto-placement powers. I took that one step further in another article that added a zooming hover effect to images in a grid layout…
CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 1 originally published...