Inspirational Websites from 2018
In Websites Roundups by Manoela Ilic
An inspirational collection of our favorite website designs from 2018.
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Ambient Canvas Backgrounds
In Playground by Sean Free
Five ambient webpage backgrounds created using the HTML5 Canvas API and jwagner’s Simplex Noise library.
Motion Transition Effect
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A speedy motion transition effect for an image slideshow inspired by Gal Shir’s “Ping Pong Slow Motion” animation.
Interactive Repulsion Effect with Three.js
In Tutorials by Ion D. Filho
A tutorial on how to recreate the interactive repulsion effect of grid items seen in BestServedBold’s Dribbble shot “Holographic-Interactions”.
An Introduction to CSS Shapes
In Tutorials by Tania Rascia
CSS Shapes allow us to make interesting and unique layouts by defining geometric shapes, images, and gradients that text content can flow around. Learn how to use them in this tutorial.
Image Reveal Hover Effects
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A set of link hover effects that reveal a thumbnail in different creative ways.
Page Flip Layout
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A template with a two-sided, magazine-like layout and a flat page flip animation. The layout is powered by CSS Grid.
Animated Grid Previews
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A template where one can switch between little image previews that are scattered around the page. The images animate to a grid once an “explore” link is clicked.
Fullscreen Hover Loop Effect
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A fullscreen loop effect that shows a fast preview of images when hovering a special menu item.
Multibox Menu
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A simple grid-powered multibox menu where the boxes get shown with a reveal animation coming from different directions.
Grid Layout with Scrollable Content View
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A Masonry-powered grid layout with a motion hover effect on the grid items and a scrollable content view.
Freebie: “Libre” Web App Template
Libre is a responsive single page app template that was designed for developers who want to create collection management-like projects.
Diagonal Slideshow
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A slideshow with a “diagonal” look and three visible slides. A decorative background element expands to fullscreen when opening the content preview.
Slide Out Box Menu
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A details menu with boxes that slide out in an irregular grid. The grid items get revealed individually with delays from the top right corner of the page.
Motion Reveal Slideshow
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A simple image slideshow with a motion reveal effect when navigating between slides and a fullscreen details view.
Triple Panel Reveal Slideshow
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A fullscreen image slideshow with lateral image previews and a reveal animation using TweenMax.
Full Image Reveal Effect
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A simple fullscreen image reveal effect where thumbnails slide out of the viewport to reveal a larger image.
Collapsing Logo Effect
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A recreation of the collapsing logo effect seen on PracticalVR. The idea is to have an initial view that animates to a logo in the top left corner of the page.
