Exploring the math and intuition behind blend modes in the browser
Every blend mode explained · Sketch Blog
Learn how to use blend modes in Sketch to give your designs that extra polish.
Whimsical Animations
Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!
Building Glass for the Web
How we built a cross-browser glass effect for the web, and how it shapes a family of components.
Solving Performance for 2D & 3D Web Apps: Finally!
Shaders
Component library for creative WebGPU effects in modern frontend frameworks. Compose interactive visuals for Vue, React, Svelte and Solid.
Adventures in Neural Rendering
In recent years, neural networks have started to find their way into many areas of rendering. While antialiasing and upscaling are probably the most well‑known uses, they’re far from the only ones—…
The Blog of Maxime Heckel
Hi I'm Maxime, and this is my blog. In here, you'll find all the articles I wished I had when I was learning about web development, shaders, real-time 3D on the web, and more. Each piece I write aims to dive deep into the topics I'm passionate about, while also making complex topics more accessible through interactive playgrounds, visualization, and well detailed walkthroughs. My goal is to give you the tools and intuition to explore further on your own.
Svelte Components Explained: Props & Composition Made Simple
Quick question: why do modern apps feel so smooth, even though they’re insanely complicated under the...
Three.js From Zero — Creative Web 3D for Artists · MasterAllArts
Learn Three.js as part of the MasterAllArts creative 3D roadmap: turn drawings, models, shaders, and portfolio ideas into interactive Web 3D scenes. Free articles with live demos.
Evolving the infinite canvas
In the digital world, especially on the web, we’re used to things being stacked vertically. Scrolling, scrolling, through boxes of content,
flo-bit/stylized-dioramas
Six interactive Three.js dioramas — one collection of small worlds
Ditherpunk — The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering — surma.dev
I always loved the visual aesthetic of dithering but never knew how it’s done. So I did some research. This article may contain traces of nostalgia and none of Lena.
Thousands of Styled Rectangles in 120FPS on GPU
Secrets of rendering extremely fast UIs in WebGPU by minimizing overhead on the GPU.
new tool: Impromptu Texture Browser
This is a “texture browser” utility widget for UE5.5 that presents materials in the style you’d expect from a level editor in the 90s: as square thumbnails.
