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Alvaro Montoro
Alvaro Montoro

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CSS Is Dead!

This is the comic I coded this week for comiCSS. It is a silly joke drawn with HTML and CSS (you can see the source code here):

Cartoon in three panels: Death (a skeleton wearing a dark cloak with a smythe) receives a text message from JavaScript saying 'CSS is dead!' Disappointed, Death sighs:

The design for this cartoon was inspired by two different drawings that I saw on Dribble:

I also created an animated version of the comic (available in Spanish too!), I hope you enjoy it:

NOTE: The animation only plays once. You may need to click on the "Rerun" button in the bottom right corner.

It was actually a lot of fun trying to animate the drawing. I normally don’t do much animation, mostly just drawing –and, of course, laying out content and website styling, I mean from a creative perspective–. So it was quite a challenge, to be honest.

I liked the result, but I’m not fully sold on things like eye movement or how Death restarts walking. I need to explore the animation properties and try to create new things that move and behave more naturally.

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Mathieu Grenier

you mean: "Death in CSS"

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webduvet

or death by CSS...

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Maciek Fitzner • Edited

Famous last words:

Over my dev 〈body〉〈∕body〉

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Alvaro Montoro

That too 🤓

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Tarix Sahnoun

Death by CSS Grid

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Corners 2 Wall

Amazing, looks impossible. Good job

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ANKIT KUMAR

As a new guy in css world looks impossible to me.

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onome blessing

we share same feeling.... hope we get better soon

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Alvaro Montoro

If it helps anything, what's showcased on this post is not something especially practical or useful for web development.

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Anthony Fung

This is really cool - thanks for sharing!

How long did this take to write?

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Alvaro Montoro

The static cartoon took me less than 1 hour. Animating it took longer 😅

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Anthony Fung

I suppose time doesn't matter so much if it's fun. It certainly looks like it was worth it!

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Matheus Adorni Dardenne

CSS is dead.... long live CSS. 😂

Awesome animation, very well done.

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Duncan Teege

Haha, this is a fun way of making a comic! Well done!

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Azhar Subair

Wonderful

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Rumen Dimov

Wow, that's pretty cool!

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Christopher Duran

ja, funny but interesting!

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Dipanjan Ghosal

My god, this is incredible! You can probably make YouTube videos/streams while making these...

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Alvaro Montoro

Sometimes, I share the drawing process on Youtube: youtube.com/alvaromontoro.
Twitch is something I've been exploring, but I'm not consistent.

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