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varun.ca

How we built the Storybook Day 3D animation

Breakdown of how we built a 3D animation using React Three Fiber. Focusing more on finer details that take a scene from "done" to "ready to ship."

babylonjs.com

Babylon.js: Powerful, Beautiful, Simple, Open - Web-Based 3D

Babylon.js is one of the world’s leading WebGL-based graphics engines.

charlottedann.com

Creating carved surfaces using three.js

How I achieved the 2D-to-3D textured surface effect in Ceramics, my first generative art NFT project.

mofu-dev.com

The Gooey Effects With Shader

This is a method to create an effect that looks like objects are melting into each other using SVG filter.

blog.maximeheckel.com

Refraction, dispersion, and other shader light effects

A guide on how to reproduce a chromatic dispersion effect for your React Three Fiber and shader projects.

carla-trail.vercel.app

Carla Trail

An intriguing Three.js experiment by Ichitaro Masuda.

fjolt.com

Making a Morphing 3D Sphere in Javascript with Three.js

3D effects on the web are becoming more common, and can add something extra to a webpage.

offscreencanvas.com

Grid Tile Patterns

Exploring infinite patterns made from grids.

shaderpark.com

Shader Park

A JavaScript library for creating interactive procedural 2D and 3D shaders.

surma.dev

WebGPU: All of the cores, none of the canvas

WebGPU is an upcoming Web API that gives you low-level, general-purpose access GPUs.

offscreencanvas.com

Shaders and Gradients

How to learn shaders, why gradients are so important, and exploring the hidden gradients in all kind of effects.

vantajs.com

Vanta.js: 3D & WebGL Background Animations For Your Website

Gallery of customizable plug & play animated backgrounds using three.js

varun.ca

Three ways to create 3D particle effects

Particles are the technique behind so many 3D effects flock of birds, snow, fire, sparks and so on. This article shows you how to build such systems.

varun.ca

How to build stunning 3D scenes with React Three Fiber

Learn how to apply your app development skills to 3D graphics with this deep dive into WebGL.

wwwtyro.net

Instanced Line Rendering Part II: Alpha blending

A couple of years ago I published Instanced Line Rendering, which covered rendering lines with various joins and end caps and in 2D and 3D.

frankforce.com

LittleJS: The Tiny JavaScript Game Engine That Can!

All aboard! LittleJS is lightweight 2D JavaScript game engine with a WebGL rendering system.

tympanus.net

Creating a Typography Motion Trail Effect with Three.js

A tutorial on how to use WebGL framebuffers via Three.js to create an interactive typography motion trail effect.

fingerspelling.xyz

Fingerspelling with Machine Learning

Learn the ABCs in American Sign Language using your webcam and machine learning.

varun.ca

Noise in Creative Coding

An overview of the noise function and its myriad applications in the world of creative coding. With lots of interactive examples.

css-tricks.com

Nailing That Cool Dissolve Transition

We’re going to create an impressive transition effect between images that’s, dare I say, very simple to implement and apply to any site.