So, I opted for using Almond.CSS, a collection of CSS styles that I created to apply directly to the HTML tags.
#Simple comic strip code
I also didn't want to design and code the whole thing. I wanted to keep things clean and straightforward, without big frameworks or complex sites-a return to the "old Internet," its naiveté and simplicity. If you are curious to see how I code the comic strips and cartoons, I often upload time-lapses (or live sessions with explanations) of the process on my Youtube channel. So if my comic strip can do that, I'll be pleased.ĭid you know that border radius can have up to 8 values (2 sets of 4)?Ĭontrary to some beliefs, my drawings are hand-crafted (instead of using a drawing app and then exporting to CSS), making it more of an artisanal process. They can teach, showcase, or make people think. And comic strips don't always have to be funny. 3) sometimes, it's complicated to find ways of using the property/value of the joke in the joke itself.īut that makes it a challenge in itself. 2) many people won't understand the jokes or points of the comic strip.
You can buy stickers of this Valentine's Day cartoon on Red BubbleĪ few risks of sticking to the CSS topic: 1) it's not always easy to find something funny about the language. So eventually, I went back to the original topic, which doesn't mean that I don't plan on releasing cartoons now and then. They were more straightforward, direct, and not as "boxed" (literally.) Also, they were not strictly related to CSS but drawn in CSS, which defeated the purpose. However, I still like the original character, how simple yet cool it is (at least for me), and would like to have a CSS-only version soon.Īfter the first few comic strips, I changed to drawing cartoons.
#Simple comic strip full
So I would pivot and change to full CSS (and HTML, of course). Using SVG took (a giant) advantage of different technologies, and CSS has many properties targeted almost exclusively to drawing and designing. If I was going to do a comic strip about CSS in CSS, it had to be full CSS. This simple comic strip started everythingīut I felt like that was cheating. My first attempts involved a combination of SVG and CSS, with a basic black and white character, mentioned a CSS property, and then I used it to make a not-necessarily-funny point: So it was a matter of time that I combined both things into a single hobby: drawing a comic strip about CSS (mainly).
But, programming language or not, CSS is a beautiful and powerful language. I enjoy the language and like its potential, which is a feeling that many other fellow developers don't share (because "iT iS nOt A pRoGrAmMiNg LaNgUaGe"). To the point that, for a short year, I was a cartoonist at The Daily Texan, the official newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin.ĬSS is also a passion of mine. I'm not good at drawing on paper, but I enjoy it.
In this post, I will talk about how comiCSS came to life and how something that was doomed to be just a side note among my demos ended up with its own site and slowly growing, thanks in part to the encouragement of Temani Afif (who also suggested the domain name.) I wouldn't consider myself a CSS expert (maybe "above average"?), but I know enough to be dangerous with it. It's no secret that I like CSS and doing drawings with CSS (I find it incredibly relaxing). It is a collection of webcomics coded in HTML in CSS. A couple of weeks back, I launched a small website called comiCSS.
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