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Inspired by the Gommage effect from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, today's tutorial by Thibault Introvigne breaks down how to create a cinematic dissolve in WebGPU and Three.js, using MSDF text, particle effects, TSL shaders, and selective bloom.

Read it here: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

Discover the top 12 web design tools for 2026 – from AI-powered builders to creative resources for designers: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

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Today we are highlighting Dylan Brouwer who spent years in design-led roles before taking the leap into full-time freelance, embracing motion and no-code to build expressive sites without waiting to become a "traditional" developer: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

Today we have a tutorial by Iqbal Muthahhary on creating smooth CSS Grid layout transitions with the GSAP Flip plugin, showing how to resize and reorder items with minimal JavaScript while maintaining clean, continuous motion: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

Naked City Films needed a site that stayed in motion without losing control.

Today, Savoir Faire takes us behind the scenes of a process where restraint, rhythm, and custom systems shape an experience that behaves like film: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

Today we’re highlighting art director Victorine Snijders as she shares her creative journey. ✨

From student projects to global brands like Nike, Google, and BMW, she uses design as a tool to solve real, human problems: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

Today we have Valentin Descombes walking us through the creation of a scroll-driven dual-column text animation.

Learn how opposing sine-wave motion, GSAP, and thoughtful performance choices come together to create a smooth, expressive scrolling experience: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

A site for sore eyes 👀

Toyfight break down how they showcased Flim with Webflow + GSAP, from clean page transitions and SplitText/ScrollTrigger text reveals to Lottie playback tricks, cursor-follow “eyes,” and Rapier-powered physics.

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Compare the 8 best WordPress themes for designers in 2026—fast builds, clean UI, dependable updates, and WooCommerce depth for reliable, high-performance sites: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

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We're kicking off this week with a behind-the-scenes look at Obys’ Design Books and how the team transformed a simple reading list into a tactile web library with stacked-page navigation, paper textures, and smooth motion.

Read it here: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

The browser as cinema 🎬

The Spark is a story-first, scroll-driven web experience where motion, sound, UI, and performance work as one.

Learn how The Digital Panda engineered narrative, emotion, and technical restraint into a truly immersive piece: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

From "what’s a string?" to Awwwards Sites of the Day 🐐

Meet Nathan Dallaire, a Toronto-based creative frontend turning Next.js, GSAP & Sanity into beautifully obsessive, high-end web experiences.

Honest, funny, and wildly talented: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

Today we have a fantastic masterclass by Edoardo Lunardi on creating an infinite, interactive image space!

Learn how to create a pannable image canvas in R3F using chunk-based rendering and performance-first optimizations for buttery-smooth exploration: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

Discover the best 8 WordPress plugins for 2026 – animation, data UI, maps, grids, forms, builder & booking – to extend your site while keeping pages lean with smart setup: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

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Today we have a tutorial by Junichi Kasahara showing how to turn a video into 3D voxel cubes—then switch into physics so the cubes drop and scatter.

Learn how to create this satisfying drop: tympanus.net/codrops/2026...

Pretty epic what Pablo Stanley pulled off with Efecto: a real time WebGL playground for dithering, ASCII, and CRT style effects, built with no prior shader experience.

In our first article of the year, he shares the full story: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

What helps teams take creative risks, speak up, and learn faster?

Our latest article is a long read in Andrew Woan's signature style on psychological safety, self-awareness, and why they quietly shape the quality of creative work.

Set aside some time and read it here: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

In our latest case study, Artemii Lebedev shares how "Frequency Breathwork" became a site that embodies breath with cyclical flow, subtle motion, and WebGL strings powered by Three.js + the Web Audio API.

Read it here: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

Thanks to all of you, 2025 was a big year at Codrops! 💙

A year shaped by curiosity, experimentation, and a lot of amazing work from the community.

Thanks to everyone who was part of it!

Here's a look back at what we've been up to: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

Last motion highlights of the year, and it's such a good one! 😍

A carefully curated set of animations to watch, rewind, and get inspired by: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

What happens when you let AI build fast—but never guess?

Harry Chuang reveals how he created a nostalgic 8-bit universe using a 95% AI-driven workflow, governed by a strict “Design Constitution” that turns AI into a compliance officer, not a stylist.

Read it here: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

The future of WordPress is interactive.

Our friends at Droip explore why motion and intentional UX are essential in 2026—and how to implement them without the usual headaches: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

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Today we have a small demo to share with you!

Inspired by a video from satto.studio and powered by GSAP, we created an artsy one-page scrolling experience featuring text animations that move and transform in different ways as you scroll.

Take a scroll & download it:
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From an award-winning luxury travel site to a full digital ecosystem.

Learn how Dgrees® helped Spain Collection evolve into an editorial, experience-driven platform for trips, VIP experiences, and dream weddings in Spain & Portugal: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

Smooth curved motion looks effortless until you try to build it responsively.

In our latest tutorial, Ross Anderson from OFF+BRAND breaks down how they built scroll-triggered curved path animations for a real client project using GSAP and a visual Bezier configurator: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

What if an AI could open your design file and actually understand it? Refactor components, align tokens, and generate real code?

Penpot, the open-source design tool, is making this real with its MCP server, building that AI future in the open, with the community: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

We're kicking off the week by highlighting a studio that always sets the bar.

basement has been shaping how the modern web looks and feels, bringing branding, engineering, and experimentation together for some of the internet's boldest brands.

Step inside their story: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

From a first wild experiment to crafting atmospheric 3D spaces, Pavel Mazhuga has shaped a creative path that feels entirely his own.

Our new Developer Spotlight steps inside his process and the work that pushed him forward: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

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How do you turn a static photograph into 60k shimmering particles guided by fBM, curl noise, and a custom FBO pipeline?

Bautista Berto from basement.studio opens the black box behind the living particle system created for the UntilLabs site.

Read the full breakdown: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...

🎉 The Zero to Live: Anima × Codrops Hackathon has wrapped, and we’ve just updated the article with the selected winners and their featured prototypes!

Explore the projects here: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...