Ideas for Subtle Hover Effects
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Some creative and subtle hover effect inspiration using modern CSS techniques including 3D translate and pseudo elements.
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How to Create a Tiled Background Slideshow
In Tutorials by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial that shows how to recreate the four tiles slideshow effect seen on the website of Serge Thoroval. Using 3D transforms, transitions and animations, the aim is to implement a smooth effect and add some variations.
Inspiration for Inline Anchor Styles
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Some inspiration for creative and modern inline anchor styles and hover effects using different techniques like pseudo-element transitions and SVGs.
Arrow Navigation Styles
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Some inspiration for arrow navigation styles and hover effects using SVG icons for the arrows, and CSS transitions and animations for the effects.
Inspiration for Article Intro Effects
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Some inspiration for effects applied to title headers of articles with a fullscreen image. The idea is to show some creative transition when continuing to the article body.
Freebie: 32 Hipster Badges (AI, EPS, PNG)
A set of 32 Hipster badges designed by Vecteezy. The überfashionable badges come in different file formats, including PNG and vector with editable fonts.
Recreating the “Design Samsung” Grid Loading Effect
In Tutorials by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to achieve the grid loading effect seen on the “Design Samsung” site. The effect will show a colored element sliding in first and then sliding out again, revealing the image.
Morphing Buttons Concept
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Some inspiration for a morphing button concept where the action element (button) morphs into a component. The examples show different types of components, i.e. fullscreen overlay, modal window, sidebar and more.
Freebie: Flat Style Squared Preloaders (GIF, AEP, PNG)
In Freebies by PixelBuddha
A set of really nice and modern animated GIF preloaders by PixelBuddha. The colorful set comes with seven unique square style activity indicators in three sizes and the Adobe After Effects file.
Page Loading Effects
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A set of creative page loading effects that use SVG animations with Snap.svg. The idea is to show an overlay with a interesting shape animation while new content gets loaded.
How to Create a Circular Progress Button
In Tutorials by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to implement the circular progress button concept by Colin Garven. We are using the SVG line drawing animation technique as described by Jake Archibald to animate the circular progress and provide a success and error state to indicate the final status.
Minimal Form Interface
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A very simplistic form interface that shows only one text input at a time and reveals the next input with a subtle transition. The concept is based on the form at the bottom of the PageLanes website.
3D Grid Effect
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A proof-of-concept effect recreation of the animation seen in a prototype app by Marcus Eckert. The idea is to flip a grid item in 3D, expand it to fullscreen and reveal some associated content. We’ve created two demos with a vertical and a horizontal rotation.
Google Grid Gallery
In Blueprints by Manoela Ilic
A responsive Masonry grid with a gallery view using 3D Transforms. Based on the gallery seen on the Chromebook Getting Started guide by Google.
Responsive Full Width Tabs
In Blueprints by Manoela Ilic
100% width tabbed content with some example media queries for smaller screens.
Inspiration for Item Transitions
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Some inspiration and ideas for item transitions considering different scenarios and use cases, including a small component, a full-width image header and a product image with a transparent background. State transitions are done using CSS Animations.
Tilted Content Slideshow
In Tutorials by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to recreate the slideshow seen on the FWA landing page with 3D effects involving random animations.
Simple Stack Effects
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A set of simple stack effects for inspiration. The main idea is to have one item shown initially and then, on some trigger, more items are revealed as decoration. As seen in image grids or on scroll websites as creative effect.
