Introducing “Animate Me Bad” — My SVG Animation Obsession That Got Out of Hand
Hey everyone! I’ve been vibe coding for the past couple of days on something that started as a simple experiment and turned into a full-blown obsession. Today, I’m beyond excited to share Animate Me Bad — a powerful CSS animation tool for SVG images that makes creating beautiful animations ridiculously easy.
What the heck is Animate Me Bad?
It’s a free web-based animation tool that removes all the guesswork when working with SVG animations. I was personally frustrated with the tedious process of manually animating and wanted something that could help me visualize and experiment with different effects in real-time.
This tool lets you upload any SVG file and instantly apply various animation effects — from simple path drawing to wild glowing effects — all without writing a single line of code. Or jumping around a timeline creating keyframes.
Who is this tool for?
Anyone who works with SVGs and wants to add life to them! Whether you’re:
- A designer looking to make your illustrations more dynamic
- A developer wanting to add engaging animations to your website
- A creative person who just wants to make cool stuff
The best part? You don’t need to understand the complexities of SVG animation or CSS keyframes — just play with the controls, export, and you’re done.
Features
- 10+ Animation Presets: From simple path drawings to complex effects like zoom, wiggle, wave, and my personal favorite — the crazy glow effect
- Advanced Controls: Fine-tune your animations with settings for duration, easing, delay, loop behavior, and more
- Path Selection: Choose to animate all paths, odd/even paths, or create custom selections for more complex animations
- Live Preview: See your changes instantly with play/pause controls
- Background Options: Test your animations against different backgrounds
- One-Click Export: Download your animated SVG ready for web use
- GIF Export: Share your animations easily with GIF export functionality
- Settings Management: Save and load your animation settings for future use
Behind the scenes
A few technical highlights:
- Everything is done with pure CSS animations — no JavaScript needed for the animations themselves
- The tool calculates path lengths and creates appropriate dash-array animations
- Each animation preset combines multiple techniques for different effects
- The GIF export required some clever frame-by-frame capturing to preserve animation quality
Try it yourself!
Animate Me Bad is completely free and works right in your browser. Give it a spin at www.temperamento.net/animate-me-bad/ and let me know what you think!
I built this primarily to scratch my own creative itch, but I’m hoping others find it useful too.
Happy animating!
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Built with love by Juan Maguid ©Temperamento 2025.
