Masked & Skewed

Playing with artificial perspective and clipping-masked image and text, inspired by a vintage travel poster and a very stubborn Collie

See the Pen Masked & Skewed by Jason Pamental (@jpamental) on CodePen.

Created on April 2, 2020 Updated on April 2, 2020. A Pen by Jason Pamental on CodePen. License.

index.html

<div class="poster">
  <div class="subtitle-reverse">
    <h2 class="subtitle-clipped--title">Reservoir</h2>
  </div>
  <div class="title-clipped">
    <h1 class="title-clipped--title">Dog</h1>
  </div>
  <div class="tagline">
     <p>The story of a dog who loved standing in the water bowl</p>
  </div>
</div>

@font-face {
  font-family: "Work Sans";
  src: url("https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/57225/WorkSans-VF-subset.woff2")
    format("woff2-variations");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Bild";
  src: url("https://rwt.io/_demo_fonts/bild/BildVariableV2-VF.woff2")
    format("woff2-variations");
  font-stretch: 60% 100%;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

p {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: "Work Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: calc( 1.5vw + 1rem );
  font-weight: 525;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
}

h1 {
  font-family: "Bild", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-stretch: 60%;
}
h2 {
  color: #dadaf0;
  font-family: "Bild", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-stretch: 85%;
}


.title-clipped {
  margin-left: 10vw;
}
.title-clipped--title {
  background: url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/57225/IMG_8982.jpeg);
  background-size: cover;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  background-position: -12vw 3vw;
  color: transparent;
  font-size: calc(35.5vw + 1em);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  margin: 0;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform-origin: center left;
  transform: perspective(20cm) rotateY(30deg);
}

.subtitle-reverse {
  margin-top: 3rem;
  margin-bottom: -15vw;
  margin-left: 20vw;
}
.subtitle-clipped--title {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: calc(8.5vw + 1em);
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  margin: 0;
  transform: perspective(10cm) rotateY(-30deg);
}

.tagline {
  margin-left: 50%;
  margin-top: -28vw;
  width: 48%;
}

.poster {
  background-color: #dfefff;
  border: solid 3vw #f0efef;
  min-width: 65vw;
  max-width: 70rem;
  min-height: 35vw;
  margin: 1rem auto;
  padding-bottom: 8vw;
  background: 
    radial-gradient(1.5em 6.28571em at 1.95em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.005) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 0 0, 
    radial-gradient(1.5em 6.28571em at -0.45em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 1.5em 5.5em, 
    radial-gradient(2.3em 4.57143em at 2.99em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.02) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 0 0, 
    radial-gradient(2.3em 4.57143em at -0.69em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.075) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.075) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 2.3em 4em, 
    radial-gradient(3.5em 6.28571em at 4.55em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 0 0, 
    radial-gradient(3.5em 6.28571em at -1.05em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 3.5em 5.5em, 
    radial-gradient(rgba(#102359,.85), rgba(#043b3c,.95));
  background-color: #dfefff;
  background-size: 1.5em 11em, 1.5em 11em, 2.3em 8em, 2.3em 8em, 3.5em 11em, 3.5em 11em, 100% 100%;
  background-repeat: repeat;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Work Sans";
  src: url("https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/57225/WorkSans-VF-subset.woff2") format("woff2-variations");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Bild";
  src: url("https://rwt.io/_demo_fonts/bild/BildVariableV2-VF.woff2") format("woff2-variations");
  font-stretch: 60% 100%;
  font-display: swap;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

p {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: "Work Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: calc( 1.5vw + 1rem );
  font-weight: 525;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
}

h1 {
  font-family: "Bild", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-stretch: 60%;
}

h2 {
  color: #dadaf0;
  font-family: "Bild", Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-stretch: 85%;
}

.title-clipped {
  margin-left: 10vw;
}

.title-clipped--title {
  background: url(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/57225/IMG_8982.jpeg);
  background-size: cover;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  background-position: -12vw 3vw;
  color: transparent;
  font-size: calc(35.5vw + 1em);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  margin: 0;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform-origin: center left;
  transform: perspective(20cm) rotateY(30deg);
}

.subtitle-reverse {
  margin-top: 3rem;
  margin-bottom: -15vw;
  margin-left: 20vw;
}

.subtitle-clipped--title {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: calc(8.5vw + 1em);
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  margin: 0;
  transform: perspective(10cm) rotateY(-30deg);
}

.tagline {
  margin-left: 50%;
  margin-top: -28vw;
  width: 48%;
}

.poster {
  background-color: #dfefff;
  border: solid 3vw #f0efef;
  min-width: 65vw;
  max-width: 70rem;
  min-height: 35vw;
  margin: 1rem auto;
  padding-bottom: 8vw;
  background: radial-gradient(1.5em 6.28571em at 1.95em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.005) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 0 0, radial-gradient(1.5em 6.28571em at -0.45em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 1.5em 5.5em, radial-gradient(2.3em 4.57143em at 2.99em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.02) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 0 0, radial-gradient(2.3em 4.57143em at -0.69em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.075) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.075) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 2.3em 4em, radial-gradient(3.5em 6.28571em at 4.55em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 0 0, radial-gradient(3.5em 6.28571em at -1.05em, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 55%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%) 3.5em 5.5em, radial-gradient(rgba(16, 35, 89, 0.85), rgba(4, 59, 60, 0.95));
  background-color: #dfefff;
  background-size: 1.5em 11em, 1.5em 11em, 2.3em 8em, 2.3em 8em, 3.5em 11em, 3.5em 11em, 100% 100%;
  background-repeat: repeat;
}