Animated Animals in CSS and SVG
Learn some interesting animation techniques involving Sass and SVG filters for realistic motion effects on the example of animated animals.
Tutorials
In this section, you will find a variety of in-depth articles written by skilled front-end developers that cover a range of web development and web design techniques.
How to Create an Interactive Animated SVG Drum Kit
by Josh Ellis
A tutorial on how to create an animated and interactive SVG drum kit with GSAP and jQuery.
Spring Loaders with Rebound and Canvas
A tutorial on how to create a loading spinner made with inscribed polygons and animated with Rebound spring motion.
Polaroid Stack to Grid Intro Animation
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create an intro animation where a decorative Polaroid stack becomes a grid similar to the effect seen on the takeit website.
Shazam-Like Morphing Button Effect
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a Shazam-like button that morphs into a music player using Snap.svg.
Animating an SVG Menu Icon with Segment
A tutorial on how to implement an animated menu icon based on the Dribbble shot by Tamas Kojo using SVG and Segment, a JavaScript library for drawing and animating SVG paths.
Shaded Progress Bars: A CSS/Sass Exercise
A tutorial on how to create some interesting 3D progress bars with CSS/Sass. Discover how to use box shadows and gradients to create realistic looking skins.
How to Create a Fullscreen Video Opening Animation
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a video opening animation inspired by the effect seen on momentsapp.com.
Styling & Customizing File Inputs the Smart Way
A tutorial on how to style and customize <input type=”file”> in a semantic, accessible way using the <label> element and some JavaScript.
Creating Material Design Ripple Effects with SVG
An in-depth tutorial on how to build the ripple effect outlined under Google Material Design’s Radial Action specification and combine it with the powers of SVG and GreenSock.
Motion Blur Effect with SVG
by Lucas Bebber
A tutorial on how to create a motion blur effect on HTML elements using JavaScript and an SVG blur filter.
Prism Effect Slider with Canvas
A tutorial on how to create a slider with a “prism” effect using HTML5 canvas globalCompositeOperation and a layering technique.
Creating a “Jump Loader” Animation with SVG and GSAP
by Chris Gannon
Learn how to create a playful “Jump Loader” animation with SVG and GSAP.
Playful Trampoline Effect
by Manoela Ilic
A little playful content navigation effect that uses the draggable Elastic Stack and Snap.svg for animating a background shape like a trampoline. The demos are a tribute to Leonard Nimoy.
How to Create (Animated) Text Fills
by yoksel
A tutorial on how to create various types of (animated) fills and strokes for text using different techniques including CSS and SVG.
Sliding Header Layout
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a simple layout with a fullscreen header that slides up to reveal a content area with an image grid.
Resizing and Cropping Images with Canvas
Learn how to resize and crop images using JavaScript and the HTML5 Canvas element using controls, commonly seen in photo editing applications.
Making SVGs Responsive with CSS
An article on how to make embedded SVGs cross-browser responsive. We’re going to cover embedding techniques, how to apply the “Padding Hack” and how to use inline media queries to make SVGs adaptive.
