Musings

Note: In this post I am primarily talking about creative personal projects, but also some about programming and creativity in general.

Some people ask me how I create the things that I do, what inspires me, and why I do what I do. This post is to give information as to some of that.

First I’ll start with the creative process.

Making basic shapes

It’s easy to make CSS shapes with solid colors by using borders, but it’s more difficult to make them with gradient backgrounds. The main trick is to use pseudo elements and `overflow: hidden“ to cut out the desired shape. There are many more shapes that this technique could be applied to, include many listed here, but I didn’t include them for brevity. See them on CodePen.