CSS grid illustration of the rising sun, with the grid overlay in Firefox.

5 CSS Grid Illustrations to Inspire

How to think outside the box when using CSS grid

Flex your creative muscle

Have you ever thought about how to expand your CSS knowledge into an illustrative approach that is also responsive?

I’m always tempted to draw up something. My fascination with the grid in general as a design guide tempted me to try it with CSS grid.

My three CSS grid design principles:

Experiment

Inspire

Most importantly, think outside the box

The theme: Party at my house

1. The Orange Martini

Let’s start off celebrating. Delight in making and offering your best personal concoction of a martini. Flavor it with bright gradients, and a little gold leaf on top. And make it a responsive one to boast. A nice apéro goes a long way. The experiment is going well thus far.

1. A responsive CSS grid illustration of a martini glass with orange-flavor-gradient content. The stem of the glass is designed as a 6px column.

The secret recipe for this design: Set up a five-column grid for your parent div, but make the middle column…