Image Reveal Hover Effects

A set of link hover effects that reveal a thumbnail in different creative ways.

By Manoela Ilic in Playground on
Demo Code

Today we’d like to share a set of link hover effects with you. The main idea is to reveal a thumbnail image with a special effect when hovering a link. The inspiration for this idea comes from the effect seen on Fuge’s website where you can see a thumbnail showing when hovering the underlined links. More effect inspiration comes from Louis Ansa’s portfolio and Zhenya Rynzhuk’s Dribbble shot “Blown Art Works and News Platform”.

The animations are made using TweenMax.

Attention: Note that we use modern CSS properties that might not be supported in older browsers.

Have a look at some of the effects:

Hoverreveal01

Hoverreveal02

Hoverreveal03

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We hope you like this little effects and find them inspirational!

References and Credits

Manoela Ilic

Manoela is the main tinkerer at Codrops. With a background in coding and passion for all things design, she creates web experiments and keeps frontend professionals informed about the latest trends.

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