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.

Password Strength Visualization

By Mary Lou on April 18, 2018

Visual feedback for password strength on an image based on Colibro's sign up form.

WebGL Distortion Hover Effects

By Robin Delaporte on April 10, 2018

A little library that can be used for creating WebGL powered distortion hover effects using displacement images.

Expanding Grid Menu

By Mary Lou on March 28, 2018

A CSS Grid powered menu with a box look inspired by the effect seen in the "Ableton Live 10: What's New" video.

Glitch Effect Slideshow

By Mary Lou on March 13, 2018

A simple slideshow that uses the CSS Glitch Effect for the slide transitions.

Creative Audio Visualizers

By Yannis Yannakopoulos on March 6, 2018

An exploration of modern, line-style sound visualization powered by p5.js and its p5.sound library.

Scrolling Letters Animation

By Mary Lou on February 13, 2018

A switching title effect where a fixed text element changes with an animation depending on the scroll position.

Slice Revealer

By Mary Lou on February 6, 2018

A reveal effect where animated slices cover and uncover an image. Inspired by Zhenya Rynzhuk's transitions experiments.

Outdoors Template

By Mary Lou on January 31, 2018

An implementation of Gil Huybrecht's “Outdoors” design project powered by layered CSS grids.

Gradient Topography Animation

By Mary Lou on January 24, 2018

An organic SVG shape layer animation based on Diana Hlevnjak's work "Gradient Topography". Powered by anime.js.

Decorative Letter Animations

By Mary Lou on January 10, 2018

Some decorative shape and letter animations based on the Dribbble shot "Us By Night" by Animography.

3D Particle Explorations

By Jack Rugile on December 12, 2017

An inspirational set of demos that explores particle animations in 3D space with three.js. This type of animations could be very suitable for page loaders.

Creative SVG Strokes Animation

By Alaric Baraou on December 5, 2017

A creative strokes animation of a bike illustration powered by SVG and GSAP.

Decorative WebGL Backgrounds

By Louis Hoebregts on November 28, 2017

A collection of decorative shapes displayed as backgrounds using WebGL. The shapes are created with Three.js and animated with the TweenMax library.

Animated SVG Frame Slideshow

By Mary Lou on November 15, 2017

An experimental slideshow that shows an animated SVG frame when transitioning between slides. Different shapes can be used for creating a variety of styles.