49 Impressive CSS illustration examples to inspire you

CSS is a style sheet language mainly used to organize the presentation and look of a web page.

But some people use the style language to create awesome stuff, and in this article, we will look at 49 examples of beautiful illustrations made with CSS.

CSS Christmas Elf

A CodePen of a Christmas elm illustrator only with the help of CSS (multiple gradients, masks, and clip-path).

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Pure CSS Working Stopwatch

This CodePen is an illustration of a stopwatch that works only with CSS, impressive what is possible only with CSS.

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Infinity Curves

A code snippet of a colorful curved illustration with an infinite and nice animation only with HTML and CSS.

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Haunted Library

A code snippet of a complex and quality CSS drawing depicting an enchanted library with some animations and without using JavaScript.

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Pokemon Quest Icon Sorter

A CodePen of a grid with illustrations of Pokemon, with the possibility of filtering them by type, and all this only with CSS.

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The Happy Sailor

A code snippet using only HTML and CSS of a cute animated illustration of a happy cartoon sailor.

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Iris door with pure CSS

A pure CSS illustration of an iris door that has a nice smooth closing effect on hover.

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Views CSS Doodle

This code snippet is a nice random CSS doodle illustration view generator.

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Pure CSS Queen's Gambit

This code fragment is a responsive pure CSS drawing of the popular Netflix series Queen's Gambit.

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Mouse-Based Parallax Hero Illustration

A code snippet of a beautiful illustration and an appealing parallax effect on hover.

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Pure CSS Sewing Machine

A nice illustration made only with CSS of a sewing machine and with a smooth animation.

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The Turin Horse CSS illustration

A code snippet of a CSS-only animated illustration based on the movie The Turin Horse.

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Komi-san CSS Illustration

This nice CSS drawing of the anime character komi has different hover effects depending on the hover zone.

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Pure CSS cartoon

A code fragment of a complex illustration made only with CSS of a cartoon with beautiful animation.

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NYC Moment

This CodePen is a beautiful pure CSS illustration of an elevated New York subway.

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Monkey Business

A code snippet of a funny animated illustration of a monkey in an office.

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CSS scenery

A CodePen drawing of a beautiful landscape in a friendly and colorful style

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Nintendo Switch

A code fragment of a realistic drawing with pure CSS of the original Nintendo Switch.

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BMW logo

A very simple but realistic illustration of the BMW logo with only 50 lines of CSS.

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Chaozu illustration in CSS

An HTML and CSS code snippet of a drawing of Chaozu, a Dragon Ball character.

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The Avengers

A simple and nice drawing of the Avengers characters with a pure CSS animation.

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Vintage VW Bug

A detailed drawing of the vintage VW Bug made with Pure CSS.

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Sea drawing

A code fragment of a colorful seascape drawing with a subtle water animation made without JavaScript.

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Realistic Rolex illustration

This code snippet is a realistic illustration of a functional Rolex watch.

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Polaroid camera

A CodePen of an impressive realistic drawing of a Polaroid camera built with CSS.

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Magic castle

A code snippet of a beautiful drawing of a castle made with CSS and HTML.

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CSS Lighthouse

A CodePen of a lighthouse illustration made with CSS in a clean style.

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Woman drawing

A code fragment of a simple CSS illustration of a woman with an umbrella.

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Pure CSS windmill

A drawing of a beautiful animated landscape with a windmill made only with CSS and HTML.

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Pure CSS BB-8

A code snippet of a pure CSS illustration of BB-8 from Star Wars with a striking animation.

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Radio Braun in CSS

A CodePen of a detailed, beautiful, and realistic illustration of a Braun radio.

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Bicycle illustration

A code fragment of a bicycle with an eye-catching animation made only with CSS.

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Happy animated alpaca

A code snippet of an animated illustration of a happy alpaca in a cute and simple style.

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Switch in CSS

A realistic and well-done drawing of a pink Nintendo Switch made only with HTML and CSS.

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Painter

A CodePen of a simple illustration of a painter with a subtle animation without the need for JavaScript.

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Amazon Fire remote control

A code fragment of a realistic drawing of an Amazon Fire remote control.

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A moment of pure CSS

A stunning detailed illustration of a sunset made with pure CSS.

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Flowers CSS illustration

A pure CSS illustration of elegant dried flowers using a beautiful color palette.

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Haunted moon

A single div illustration of a haunted moon with a rotating animation.

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Woman wearing sunglasses

An illustration made with CSS with a gorgeous color palette of a woman wearing sunglasses.

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Burger illustration

A code snippet of an illustration of a hamburger with a cool animation made with a single div and CSS.

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CSS sword illustration

A CodePen of a CSS illustration of a sword embedded in stone using only one HTML div.

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Pop art illustration

A code fragment using just an HTML div and CSS of a pop art-styled glass.

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Candle illustration CSS

A code fragment of a realistic candle made only with HTML and CSS.

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Tree with animated LEDs

A CodePen of a beautiful illustration of a tree made of animated colored LEDs.

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House resizing

A lovely CSS illustration of a resizable house painted with eye-catching gradient colors.

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CSS axolotl

An adorable illustration of an axolotl, flawlessly created using pure CSS.

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Ghost illustration

Code snippet showing an illustration of a ghost with draggable animation and producing sounds when double-clicked.

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CSS illustration of a Game Boy

A code fragment showcasing a realistic CSS illustration of a classic Game Boy.

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Are you missing any 3D illustrations in this list? Then check out 33 amazing Examples of 3D CSS illustrations and discover what is possible with CSS alone.