From 6b742c459266b18e2b375b35205ce8a6c02f0452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 08:05:12 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- build/fake-3d-elements-with-css/index.html | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 102 insertions(+) create mode 100644 build/fake-3d-elements-with-css/index.html (limited to 'build/fake-3d-elements-with-css/index.html') diff --git a/build/fake-3d-elements-with-css/index.html b/build/fake-3d-elements-with-css/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3eb02c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/build/fake-3d-elements-with-css/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ + + + + + + + Faking 3D Elements with CSS + + + + + + +
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Faking 3D Elements with CSS

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2020-04-29

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Although not always practical, creating the illusion that some of your web elements are 3D can be a fun experiment. I set out to see if I was able to create such an illusion with only 2 HTML elements and as little CSS as possible.

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This is what I ended up creating:

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Blue 3D orb made out pure CSS

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Live CodePen Example

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The HTML

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Prepare for your mind to be blown:

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<div class="main-orb">
+    <div class="inner-orb"></div>
+</div>
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That's it - I wasn't kidding when I said we would use only 2 HTML elements. The .main-orb is the core shape (set to 400x400) and the .inner-orb is placed on top of it's parent at a slightly smaller size (360x360) - but more on that below in the CSS portion.

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The CSS

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First we give the bigger orb element (.main-orb) the default styling needed to represent a 2D circle:

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.main-orb {
+    background: linear-gradient(#fff 0%, #eee 10%, #2E86FB 50%, #1A237E 100%);
+    border-radius: 9999px;
+    height: 400px;
+    margin: 4rem auto;
+    position: relative; /* This is important for the inner orb element later */
+    width: 400px;
+}
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Next, we include both :before and :after pseudo elements for our orb's drop shadow. You could do this with a simple box-shadow property on the .main-orb itself, but I've explained in a previous post why that's not the best approach.

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/* Shared styling for both pseudo elements - Remember DRY */
+.main-orb:before, .main-orb:after {
+    border-radius: 200px 200px 9999px 9999px;
+    bottom: -10px;
+    content:'';
+    filter: blur(20px);
+    height: 40px;
+    position: absolute;
+    z-index: -1;
+}
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/* Bigger, lighter shadow */
+.main-orb:before {
+    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
+    left: 7.5%;
+    width: 85%;
+}
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/* Smaller, darker shadow */
+.main-orb:after {
+    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+    left: 20%;
+    width: 60%;
+}
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With our main orb complete we can move on to the .inner-orb element to help bring slightly more depth to our floating ball of CSS:

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.inner-orb {
+    background: linear-gradient(#fff 0%, #2E86FB 60%, #283593 100%);
+    border-radius: 9999px;
+    box-shadow: 0 8px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+    height: 360px;
+    filter: blur(18px);
+    left: 20px;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 15px;
+    width: 360px;
+}
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Poor-man's 3D elements

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Clearly implementing something like this will never come close to generating true 3D renders on a website, but it is a fun exercise to see how much further we can push simple CSS. Feel free to fork the above CodePen to play around with different colors and shadow placements.

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