CSS leaning card effect

css-leaning-card-effect.markdown

CSS leaning card effect

A couple of containing divs style a row of images as leaning cards.

A Pen by Lynn Fisher on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<div class="images-basic">
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/eleanor.jpg" alt="Eleanor from The Good Place" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/chidi.jpg" alt="Chidi from The Good Place" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/jason.jpg" alt="Jason from The Good Place" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/tahani.jpg" alt="Tahani from The Good Place" />
  </div>
</div>

<div class="images-leaning">
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/eleanor.jpg" alt="Eleanor from The Good Place" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/chidi.jpg" alt="Chidi from The Good Place" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/jason.jpg" alt="Jason from The Good Place" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <img src="https://assets.codepen.io/1025350/tahani.jpg" alt="Tahani from The Good Place" />
  </div>
</div>

script.js

// @lynnandtonic
// a.singlediv.com

style.stylus

$bg-color = #eee
$card-transform = perspective(20em) rotateY(1deg) rotateZ(-5deg) skewY(-2deg) skewX(-1deg) scaleX(var(--resize))
$body-w = 800px
   
.images-leaning
  box-sizing: border-box
  width: 100%
  min-width: $body-w 
  margin: 10em auto 0
  min-height: 330px
  position: relative
  background-repeat: no-repeat
  background-image: linear-gradient(352deg, transparent 45.2%,
                                            #bbb        45.5%,
                                            #bbb        45.6%,
                                            #ccc        45.8%,
                                            $bg-color   60.0%),
                    linear-gradient(30deg, #ccc, #eee 90%)
  background-size: 100% 32.4em
  background-position: 50% 100%

  > div
    width: 250px
    position: absolute
    left: 50%
    bottom: 7.8em
    z-index: 0
    display: flex
    justify-content: flex-end
    // shadows
    &:before
      content: ''
      width: 60%
      height: 100%
      position: absolute
      left: 0
      top: 7%
      z-index: 1
      background-repeat: no-repeat
      background-image: linear-gradient(120deg, transparent 42%,
                                                alpha(black,.15) 45%,
                                                alpha(black,.35) 65%),
                        linear-gradient( 20deg, transparent 38%,
                                                alpha(black,.25) 45%,
                                                alpha(black,.23) 55%,
                                                alpha(black,.13) 75%),
                        radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 100%, alpha(black,.15) 3%, transparent 40%)
      transform: rotate(-8deg)
    // shading on image
    &:after
      content: ''
      width: 60%
      height: 100%
      position: absolute
      z-index: 3
      background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, alpha(black,.3), transparent 70%),
                        linear-gradient(45deg, alpha(white,0) 60%, alpha(white,.3) 80%)
      transform: $card-transform

    > img
      width: 60%
      height: 100%
      display: block
      position: relative
      z-index: 2
      border-left: .2em solid
      border-image: linear-gradient(105deg, transparent .5%, #aaa .7%) 1
      box-shadow: .1em .2em 0 -.1em #666
      filter: saturate(90%)
      transform: $card-transform

    &:nth-of-type(4)
      --resize: .99
      margin-left: -40.4em
      &:before
        background-size: 100% 85%, 100% 15%, 100% 10%
        background-position: .1em 0, 0 100%, -3em 83%
    &:nth-of-type(3)
      --resize: .96
      margin-left: -15.3em
      transform: scaleY(.98) translate(-8em,-2.1em)
      &:before
        background-size: 100% 84%, 100% 16%, 100% 10%
        background-position: .4em 0, 0 100%, -3em 81%
    &:nth-of-type(2)
      --resize: .925
      margin-left: 10em
      transform: scaleY(.965) translate(-17em,-4.2em)
      &:before
        background-size: 100% 83%, 100% 17%, 100% 10%
        background-position: .6em 0, .1em 100%, -3em 81%
    &:nth-of-type(1)
      --resize: .895
      margin-left: 35.2em
      transform: scaleY(.94) translate(-26.6em,-6.2em)
      &:before
        background-size: 100% 82%, 100% 18%, 100% 10%
        background-position: .8em 0, .1em 100%, -3em 80%
    
html,
body
  min-height: 100vh
  min-width: $body-w 

body
  margin: 0 auto
  padding: 0
  display: flex
  flex-direction: column
  justify-content: space-between
  background-color: $bg-color
  font-size: 10px

.images-basic
  width: 600px
  padding: 5em 0
  margin: 0 auto
  display: flex
  justify-content: space-between
  flex-direction: row-reverse
  > div
    width: 130px
  img
    width: 100%
    display: block