Playground

In this category you will find experiments, plugins and articles related to web development and programming. Here we present some new ideas and inspiration for solving problems and tackling challenges around web development.

Mirror Effect

By Mary Lou on

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Mirror effect as seen around the Web lately, i.e. on Corentin Fardeau's and Method's website. The idea is to mirror an image and animate it within the context of a s ...

Block Reveal Effects

By Mary Lou on

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Ideas for revealing content in a schematic box look as seen around the Web lately. The effect first shows a decorative block element drawn and when it starts to decr ...

Interactive Musical Instruments

By Mary Lou on

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Experimental ideas for playful musical interactions powered by MIDI.js and the Web Audio API. Play instruments or make sounds by interacting with content. ...

Tilt Hover Effects

By Mary Lou on

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Some ideas for hover animations with a fancy tilt effect. Inspired by the hover effect seen on the Kikk 2015 website. ...

Surf Report Template

By Mary Lou on

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A simple template of a weekly surf report with an animated SVG graph and a sliding content panel. The layout is powered by flexbox and viewport units. Highly experim ...

Cubes Advent Calendar

By Mary Lou on

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A 3D cubes Advent calendar with fun hover effects and background color animations. Clicking the boxes opens another content level with different element animations. ...

Artsy Media Pop Up Effect

By Mary Lou on

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A fun experiment with proof-of-concepts for various simple media pop ups on hover or touch. The idea is to show images, videos or other media in a pop up style with ...

Background Segment Effect

By Mary Lou on

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A background image segment effect as seen on Filippo Bello's Portfolio, employing the CSS clip-path property and powered by anime.js. ...

Fancy SVG Letter Animation

By Mary Lou on

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An experimental SVG letter animation based on the Dribbble shot "Shading Letters in Illustrator" by Jake Bartlett. Powered by Julian Garnier's anime.js. ...

Isometric and 3D Grids

By Mary Lou on

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Some experimental isometric and 3D grids. The idea is to use isometric/3D grids as decorative elements or with some interaction. ...

Creative SVG Letter Animations

By Luis Manuel on

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An experimental plugin for animating SVG letters using Segment. The idea is to animate the path strokes of an interesting display font in a creative way. ...

Icon Animations Powered by mo.js

By Mary Lou on

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Various icon animations made with mo.js, a powerful motion graphics library by Oleg Solomka. Inspiration comes from the Dribbble shot "Like Animation" by Daryl Ginn. ...

Elastic Circle Slideshow

By Mary Lou on

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A very simple content slideshow with circular slides and an elastic, bouncy navigation effect. Inspired by the Dribbble shot "Mobile Commerce Interface" by Bilal Mec ...