Creative & Fun CSS

7 Creative CSS Text Effects

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Your UI copy carries the design. When a headline lands with style, you earn attention without shipping extra images or JavaScript. In this project you will build seven polished CSS text effects: gradient ink, crisp stroke, long shadow, neon, 3D extrusion, shimmer highlight, and a ribbon label with triangle tails. Each effect is production ready, … Read more

Animating SVG Paths with CSS

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SVG path animation is a reliable way to deliver crisp, scalable motion without JavaScript. By the end of this article you will build two polished path animations with pure CSS: a signature-style line drawing and a circular check badge. You will learn the small set of CSS properties that make paths “draw” themselves, how to … Read more

How to Make a “Pulsing” Animation

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A pulsing animation draws the eye without screaming for attention. Think about a live-status dot, a subtle beacon on a map pin, or a call-to-action that gently radiates. By the end of this guide, you will build a flexible, accessible, and smooth pulsing effect in pure CSS, with variants for small indicators and buttons. You … Read more

CSS Art: How to Draw a Pokeball

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You are going to draw a Pokeball with nothing but CSS. By the end, you will have a responsive, crisp, themeable Pokeball built from gradients, borders, and pseudo-elements. You will understand how to slice a circle into halves, add a center band, build the button with concentric rings, and apply a subtle shake animation for … Read more

10 Creative Ways to Use clip-path

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clip-path is a precision knife for layout. With a single property, you can carve any element into angles, notches, and polygons that would normally require SVG, images, or extra wrappers. In this project you will build a small gallery of 10 practical components that showcase creative ways to use clip-path in production: diagonal heroes, ticket … Read more

How to Make a Parallax Scrolling Effect

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You want depth and movement without JavaScript. By the end of this walkthrough you will build a layered parallax scene where mountains, a sun, and content scroll at different speeds using only CSS. The technique uses perspective and 3D transforms, which are smooth on modern browsers and friendly to mobile when built with care. Why … Read more