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how are these done? is the vector part that they're svg rather than gif, or are the actually created using scripts in the browser? [edit: i keep checking out s
by diN0bot 18y ago
how are these done? is the vector part that they're svg rather than gif, or are the actually created using scripts in the browser?
[edit: i keep checking out sites in the list using firebug. i'm not a ui person, but i am trying to learn. this looks complicated. is javascript inserting the images?]
- diN0bot 18y agook, here's one simple case: http://www.glazaros.com/ http://www.glazaros.com/ div backgrounds are jpg's. same for http://www.digitaldevotion.de/ http://www.digitaldevotion.de/ and others. ok, so it turns out very few are hella complicated. i'm really interested in figuring out http://www.mirasim.com/ http://www.mirasim.com/ if anyone has some tips. [edit: nope. mirasim is also background jpg's in divs using css. ok. that was easy. pick a static layout and stick with it!]
- gabrielroth 18y agoMirasim is just a background image in CSS. You can see the image alone here: http://www.mirasim.com/images/page_top.jpg http://www.mirasim.com/images/page_top.jpg The Firefox Web Developer plugin is useful for taking sites apart like this ...
- gabrielroth 18y agoFor the most part they're images created in a program like Adobe Illustrator, then converted to gif or jpg and placed on the site via CSS. In some of them, the images are used as cels in Flash. The web technology aspect is (for the most part) not especially complicated; the point is to draw attention to the use of illustration as a design element. One exception to the above is http://www.volll.com http://www.volll.com, which has some nifty JavaScript animations. Edit: sorry, cross-posted with you.