Animated Link Underlines
An essay page where every link draws a 2px lime underline from the left on hover or focus (0.5s power3.out) and, once complete, leaves through the right edge. Inline links in the body copy draw across wrapped lines in reading order.
- Hover
- gsap
- beginner
- light perf
- mobile: full
- reduced-motion ✓
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light Card Lift on Hover
Six linked essay cards: on hover or keyboard focus the card's surface rises 10px (0.45s power3.out) while a separate shadow layer fades and spreads beneath it, the border brightens and the arrow slides; pressing sinks it, leaving settles it back.
- gsap
light Color Transition
A collection index whose rows flood with colour: surface, hairline and ink are each color-mix()ed from a 0–1 variable GSAP tweens (0.6s power3.out, ink 0.08s behind). Hover/focus, click-to-select or scroll-to-middle triggers.
- gsap
- scrolltrigger
- css-only
light Overlay Reveal
Six project tiles: hovering or focusing slides a dark veil in from the edge the pointer entered (0.55s expo.out, opacity → 0.72), pushes the artwork to 1.06× and lifts kicker, title and actions in with a 0.06s stagger; on touch the actions stay visible.
- gsap
- svg
light Shadow and Glow
Three pricing cards rise 8px on hover or focus while a pre-rendered cast-shadow layer and a blurred halo fade in (0.5s power3.out); buttons interpolate their box-shadow directly, and the featured card's halo breathes on a pausable loop.
- gsap