u/Psychological_Ad8008

Designed a bento grid studio template — feedback welcome
▲ 7 r/css+1 crossposts

Built a warm minimal portfolio template in pure HTML CSS — designed for photographers and creatives

Been building a set of HTML and CSS templates

lately, each one with a completely different

aesthetic direction.

This one is for creative professionals —

photographers, illustrators, designers — who want

something elegant rather than techy.

Design decisions I made:

- Cormorant Garamond serif for headings — refined

and distinctive without being overdone

- Warm cream and charcoal palette — completely

different from the typical dark tech template

- Split hero layout with image placeholder and

live stats row

- Work grid with subtle scale hover effect

- Services list with animated arrow on hover

- Testimonials section inverted to dark background

for contrast

- Full contact section with social links

Everything is pure HTML and CSS. No frameworks,

no JavaScript libraries, no dependencies.

Opens straight in a browser.

About 700 lines of clean CSS using custom

properties so the entire color theme changes

in a few seconds.

Happy to answer questions about any of the

CSS decisions or share specific code snippets.

▲ 7 r/HTML

Made an editorial landing page template in pure HTML CSS — sharing the approach I used (unfortunately it scales images wrong)

Wanted to share a landing page template I built

recently. The challenge I set myself was making

something that looks genuinely designed rather

than generated — no frameworks, no JavaScript

libraries, just HTML and CSS.

Main things I focused on:

- Strong typographic hierarchy using Playfair Display

- CSS Grid for the editorial column layout

- CSS custom properties for easy theme customization

- A scrolling ticker built with pure CSS animation

- Mobile responsive without any media query hacks

The whole thing is about 600 lines of clean CSS.

No dependencies. Opens straight in a browser.

Happy to answer any questions about the approach

or share specific code snippets if useful.

u/Psychological_Ad8008 — 2 days ago