Opening the vault…
Public vault · every note in the open
3 references, 6 human-written steal-notes. Every entry answers: where is it from, what family is it, and what would you steal?
Gradient meshes, shader distortion, sound on, 120fps swagger. The browser as a demo scene — spectacle first, information second.
WebGL Maximalist · full website · via Lusion
Steal · motion/interaction
Every transition is a shader morph — no cuts, no fades. Continuity of surface across the whole session.
Steal · texture/material
Real-time cloth sim reacts to cursor like a physical drape. The site has mass.
Fonts: Neue Machina, Space Mono
private-reference-only
View original ↗WebGL Maximalist · full website · via Active Theory
Steal · motion/interaction
Case studies load as 'levels' with a persistent HUD — game grammar for portfolio navigation.
Steal · grid/layout
Depth replaces the grid: content organized along the z-axis, camera moves instead of page scrolls.
Fonts: Aeonik, IBM Plex Mono
private-reference-only
View original ↗WebGL Maximalist · full website · via Awwwards
Steal · typography
Display type runs through a fluid-distortion shader on hover but stays 100% legible at rest — spectacle with an off switch.
Steal · motion/interaction
Scroll-driven mask reveal on the hero: image emerges through type counters. Type as window, not label.
Fonts: Migra, Neue Montreal
private-reference-only
View original ↗Provenance & takedown
Every reference here links out to its original, and all referenced work belongs to its creators. What this vault adds — and what it is for — is the human-written commentary: the steal-notes are the content, not the pixels. Study use only.
Made something shown here and want it removed? Email util.wills@gmail.com with the entry title or a link to this page — it comes down promptly, no questions asked.
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Take the whole thing — references, steal-notes, provenance — and make it your starting point. Every steal-note here was written by a human. That is the point.
npx trova init --family webgl-max