CSS Tip

Heart shape with a sliding hover effect

Turn your image into a heart shape with a lovely hover animation 😍

A CSS only heart shape for images

img {
  --s: 300px; /* image size */
  
  width: var(--s);
  padding: calc(var(--s)/2);
  box-sizing: border-box;
  background: #e5414e; /* heart color */
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  object-fit: cover;
  mask-border: radial-gradient(#000 69%,#0000 70%) 84.5%/50%;
  clip-path: polygon(-41% 0,50% 91%, 141% 0);
  transition: .6s padding-block, padding-inline 0s .6s;
}
img:hover {
  padding: 0;
  transition: .6s padding-inline, padding-block 0s;
}

See the Pen Heart shape image reveal ❤️ by Temani Afif (@t_afif) on CodePen.

Related Article: verpex.com/blog/website-tips/css-shapes-the-heart