#svg

#svg

Since I wrote that explanation, I've designed and implemented new Magnificent 7 animated graphics across my website. They play on the web design pioneer theme, featuring seven magnificent Old West characters. View this animated SVG on my website. (Large preview) <symbol> and <use> let me define a character design and reuse it across multiple SVGs and pages. First, I created my characters and put each into a <symbol> inside a hidden library SVG:

I was looking for a way to create images (think screenshots) of CSS layouts that I can use in HTML, EPUB and PDF files. This blog post describes my solution - which produces SVG images.

Creating motion can be tricky. Too much and it's distracting. Too little and a design feels flat. Ambient animations are the middle ground - subtle, slow-moving details that add atmosphere without stealing the show. Unlike timeline-based animations, which tell stories across a sequence of events, or interaction animations that are triggered when someone touches something, ambient animations are the kind of passive movements you might not notice at first. But, they make a design look alive in subtle ways.