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<h1>Hexagon Grid</h1>
<div class='grid'>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1417436026361-a033044d901f?ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&w=1080&fit=max&s=faa4e192f33e0d6b7ce0e54f15140e42);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Snowy Hills</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by Ales Krivec</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/44/MIbCzcvxQdahamZSNQ26_12082014-IMG_3526.jpg?ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&w=1080&fit=max&s=49dab7a5e4b2e28b5707bc2db974c94b);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Bear</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by Thomas Lefebvre</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1425668273332-3a46ab26b161?ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&w=1080&fit=max&s=d453ab3dec298c43415526458b360fa6);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Owl</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by photostockeditor</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1423145369430-a9ea0de096cd?crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=1375&ixjsv=2.1.0&ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&w=1725);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Horse</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by Annie Spratt</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1432887382605-0abf9cc49e8f?crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=1375&ixjsv=2.1.0&ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&w=1725);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Ice & Penguin</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by Teodor Bjerrang</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1417026846249-f31f7e43fc35?crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=1375&ixjsv=2.1.0&ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&w=1725);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Pile of Logs</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by Ales Krivec</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='grid--item'>
<div class='img' style='background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/uploads/14122811862445bc266cf/931448f2?crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=1375&ixjsv=2.1.0&ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&w=1725);'></div>
<div class='container'>
<h2>Winter Tree</h2>
<div class='desc'>Photo by Mikael Kristenson</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Arapey:400italic);
body {
background: #dedede;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
min-width: 1200px;
}
.grid {
padding: 60px;
margin: 0 auto;
max-width: 1200px;
}
.grid--item {
position: relative;
margin-top: -90px;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-left: 5px;
width: calc(33.33% - 10px);
float: left;
transition: all 0.5s;
overflow: hidden;
-webkit-clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
-webkit-shape-outside: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
}
.grid--item:before {
display: block;
padding-top: 112.5%;
content: '';
}
.grid--item:nth-child(1), .grid--item:nth-child(2) {
margin-top: 0;
}
.grid--item:nth-child(7n - 1), .grid--item:nth-child(1) {
margin-left: 185px;
}
.img {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
background-position: center center;
background-size: cover;
overflow: hidden;
-webkit-clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
}
.img:before, .img:after {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
content: '';
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0.5s;
}
.img:before {
background: rgba(128, 0, 128, 0.25);
}
.img:after {
background: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), transparent);
}
.container {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
width: 100%;
opacity: 0;
text-align: center;
color: white;
will-change: transform;
backface-visibility: hidden;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(0.9);
transition: all 0.5s;
-webkit-shape-outside: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
shape-outside: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0 75%, 0 25%);
}
h1,
h2 {
font-family: 'Arapey';
font-style: italic;
font-weight: 400;
}
h1 {
margin-top: 90px;
text-align: center;
font-size: 56px;
color: #242424;
}
h2 {
font-size: 32px;
}
h2:before, h2:after {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 0.5em;
width: 0.75em;
height: 0.03em;
background: turquoise;
content: '';
vertical-align: middle;
transition: all 0.3s;
}
.desc {
margin: 1em 0 0;
font-family: 'ATC Overlook';
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 1.5;
color: turquoise;
}
.grid--item:hover .img:before,
.grid--item:hover .img:after,
.grid--item:hover .container {
opacity: 1;
}
.grid--item:hover .container {
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1);
}