Circle Animation - from Codrops

circle.css

.ch-grid {
    margin: 20px 0 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style: none;
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
}
 
.ch-grid:after,
.ch-item:before {
    content: '';
    display: table;
}
 
.ch-grid:after {
    clear: both;
}
 
.ch-grid li {
    width: 220px;
    height: 220px;
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 20px;
}

circle.html

<li>
    <div class="ch-item"> 
        <div class="ch-info">
            <h3>Music poster</h3>
            <p>by Jonathan Quintin <a href="http://drbl.in/eGjw">View on Dribbble</a></p>
        </div>
        <div class="ch-thumb ch-img-1"></div>
    </div>
</li>

example3.css

.ch-item {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    border-radius: 50%;
    position: relative;
    cursor: default;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

.ch-thumb {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    border-radius: 50%;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: absolute;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 15px rgba(255,255,255, 0.5);
    transform-origin: 95% 40%;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.ch-thumb:after {
    content: '';
    width: 8px;
    height: 8px;
    position: absolute;
    border-radius: 50%;
    top: 40%;
    left: 95%;
    margin: -4px 0 0 -4px;
    background: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, rgba(14,14,14,1) 0%,rgba(125,126,125,1) 100%);
    box-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.9);
}

.ch-img-1 { 
    background-image: url(../images/7.jpg);
    z-index: 12;
}
 
.ch-img-2 { 
    background-image: url(../images/8.jpg);
    z-index: 11;
}
 
.ch-img-3 { 
    background-image: url(../images/9.jpg);
    z-index: 10;
}

.ch-info {
    position: absolute;
    width: inherit;
    height: inherit;
    border-radius: 50%;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: #c9512e url(../images/noise.png);
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
}

.ch-info h3 {
    color: #fff;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    position: relative;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    font-size: 18px;
    margin: 0 60px;
    padding: 22px 0 0 0;
    height: 85px;
    font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
    text-shadow: 
        0 0 1px #fff, 
        0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
 
.ch-info p {
    color: #fff;
    padding: 10px 5px;
    font-style: italic;
    margin: 0 30px;
    font-size: 12px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
}

.ch-info p a {
    display: block;
    color: #333;
    width: 80px;
    height: 80px;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
    border-radius: 50%;
    color: #fff;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 9px;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    padding-top: 24px;
    margin: 7px auto 0;
    font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: 
        transform 0.3s ease-in-out 0.2s,
        opacity 0.3s ease-in-out 0.2s,
        background 0.2s linear 0s;
    transform: translateX(60px) rotate(90deg);
}
 
.ch-info p a:hover {
    background: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
}

.ch-item:hover .ch-thumb {
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 15px rgba(255,255,255, 0.5), 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    transform: rotate(-110deg);
}
.ch-item:hover .ch-info p a{
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateX(0px) rotate(0deg);
}