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Scroll-animated sites and animations for small businesses
My studio's own site, freshfx.co (http://freshfx.co). I wanted the homepage to show what I do without saying much: the hero is a cutout video that scrubs as you scroll, the headline letters break apart and orbit around her, and the project cards float in clear plastic cases like trading cards.
Built with GSAP and scroll-driven image sequences, tuned to run smoothly on phones too.
Design + build: me. Website for a general contractor. As you scroll, the hero builds a room from bare studs to a finished space, with a tape measure tracking each stage. The trades section stacks into a house shape one word at a time.
The owner can update photos, services and FAQs from a simple editor, no developer needed. My own directory and guide for expats moving to Phuket. It has 78 places, each with its Google rating and a pin on an interactive map, plus a cost-of-living calculator, a visa guide and health insurance quotes through an affiliate partner.
Big type and inset photo cards that reveal as you scroll. A CMS lets me update the listings without touching code. A concept redesign for a local burger restaurant. Their current site is from 2018, with the menu posted as images. Scroll the hero and the signature burger explodes into its layers, each one labelled. The menu is real text that's easy to update, and there's a pickup-order cart plus tap-to-call for each location.