Honeycomb image gallery

honeycomb-image-gallery.markdown

Honeycomb image gallery

CSS Tip! https://twitter.com/ChallengesCss/status/1542107735902371846

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index.html

<div class="gallery">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/1040/300/300" alt="a house on a mountain">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/106/300/300" alt="sime pink flowers">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/136/300/300" alt="big rocks with some trees">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/1039/300/300" alt="a waterfall, a lot of tree and a great view from the sky">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/110/300/300" alt="a cool landscape">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/1047/300/300" alt="inside a town between two big buildings">
  <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/1057/300/300" alt="a great view of the sea above the mountain">
</div>

style.css

.gallery {
  --s: 150px; /* control the size */
  --g: 10px;  /* control the gap */
  display: grid;
  margin: calc(var(--s) + var(--g));
}

.gallery > img {
  grid-area: 1/1;
  width: var(--s);
  aspect-ratio: 1.15;
  object-fit: cover;
  clip-path: polygon(25% 0%, 75% 0%, 100% 50%,75% 100%,25% 100%,0 50%);
  transform: translate(var(--_x,0),var(--_y,0)) scale(var(--_t,1));
  cursor: pointer;
  filter: grayscale(80%);
  transition: .2s linear;
}
.gallery > img:hover {
  filter: grayscale(0);
  z-index: 1;
  --_t: 1.2;
}

.gallery > img:nth-child(1) {--_y: calc(-100% - var(--g))}
.gallery > img:nth-child(7) {--_y: calc( 100% + var(--g))}
.gallery > img:nth-child(3),
.gallery > img:nth-child(5) {--_x: calc(-75% - .87*var(--g))}
.gallery > img:nth-child(4),
.gallery > img:nth-child(6) {--_x: calc( 75% + .87*var(--g))}
.gallery > img:nth-child(3),
.gallery > img:nth-child(4) {--_y: calc(-50% - .5*var(--g))}
.gallery > img:nth-child(5), 
.gallery > img:nth-child(6) {--_y: calc( 50% + .5*var(--g))}


body {
  margin: 0;
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: grid;
  place-content: center;
  background: #aabbfb;
}