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.
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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.
Creating a Border Animation Effect with SVG and CSS
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
The website of Carl Philipe Brenner has some very creative and subtle animations and today we want to explore how to recreate a border animation effect using CSS transitions on SVG lines.
Fullscreen Overlay Effects
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
Some simple and creative overlay styles and effects. From sliding the overlay into the viewport to using SVG morphing shapes, we explore some effects for fullscreen overlays.
Scattered Polaroids Gallery
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A flat-style Polaroid gallery where the items are scattered randomly in a container. When a specific item is selected, it will move to the middle while the other Polaroids will make space for it by moving to the sides. Optionally, an item can have a backface which will be shown by flipping the Polaroid when clicking on the current navigation dot again.
Dot Navigation Styles
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
Today we’d like to share some subtle effects and styles for simple dot navigation with you. These styles could, for example, be used for a page scroll navigation or a thumbnail preview, in a vertical or horizontal fashion.
“Look Inside” Book Preview with BookBlock
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A “look inside” book preview with BookBlock. A concept for book showcases or online book stores that shows a grid of books with the options to view the details and to look inside of the book, opening the BookBlock in fullscreen and allowing for a 3D page navigation.
Sticky Table Headers & Columns
A tutorial on how to create sticky headers and columns for tables using jQuery. The solution is an alternative to other sticky table header approaches and it addresses the overflowing table problem including adding support for biaxial headers.
Labels: Managing User Expectations
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
An article about how to manage user expectations by properly labeling UI components. The better users are able to predict what an interaction will do, the more trust can be built, enabling the user to smoothly navigate a website and perform actions in a comfortable way.
Shape Hover Effect with SVG
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
In this tutorial we’ll recreate the hover effect as seen on The Christmas Experiments website. We’ll be using SVG for the shape and Snap.svg for animating it on hover.
SVG Drawing Animation
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A little experiment that explores the usage of SVG line drawing animations to precede the appearance of graphics or website elements, simulating the loading of them.
