Movement in nature doesn’t happen all at once. Imagine a flock of birds taking off, raindrops splashing on the ground, or trees bending in the wind. The magic of these moments comes from many small movements overlapping and converging. I wanted to bring this natural movement into my web animations. This type of animation is called staggered animation. A few years ago my colleague Tyler Sticka wrot
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