25 Ridiculously Impressive HTML5 Canvas Experiments

HTML5 is the thing to talk about these days. Today, we have a collection of some ridiculously impressive HTML5 canvas-based experiments that will make you say, "Wow!" Let's take a peek at some of the latest, cutting edge examples out there.

Warning: The animations in some of these canvas experiments may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

Before browsing through these experiments, have a look at our HTML5 Templates and HTML5 Scripts, as a quality script or theme might be a good option for your next project.

Now for the experiments!

1. Orbital Trails

Beautiful swirling rainbow particles!

2. Neon Hexagon Patterns

Glowing lights and particles trace this hexagonal, honey-comb pattern.

3. Long Shadow

Simulates a movable light source amongst boxes.

4. Animated Particle Background

A cosmic network of nodes and lines, with animation and a spotlight effect.

5. Click Response

Click anywhere on the canvas below to see a cute explosion of circles.

6. Heart Particles

A vast cloud of shining falling hearts.

7. Colorful Ribbons

Watch these colorful bands of light fill the screen.

8. Draw With Text

Click and keep dragging on the canvas to draw with random words.

9. Rotating Spiral

A 3D spiral, rendered with lines. You can even rotate it with the mouse!

10. Shape Shifting Text

View this one in full screen mode. Type in text and watch it appear in a cool particle effect.

11. Falling Confetti

A pretty falling confetti effect. Perfect for a background!

12. Parallax Skyline

A minimalist side-scrolling parallax. This one would be perfect for an old-school video game.

13. Ambient Background

Fuzzy bokeh spots swirling around. View this one in full page mode for the best effect.

14. Fizzy Sparks

Just hover the mouse over the canvas and see shiny sparks go off everywhere.

15. Anime.js Fireworks

Click for a simple, but stylish and colorful fireworks effect.  

16. Mechanical Grass

Watch the "grass" grow wherever you move your mouse. Be sure to view this one in full screen to see the effect.

17. Interactive Stars

Watch stars and constellations appear in the night sky as you move your mouse.

18. Gravity Points

Click anywhere on the canvas and see all particles gravitate towards that point.

19. Particle Swarm

Simulated particles swirl around in a simulated magnetic field.

20. Crowd Simulator

This amusing animation simulates a busy crowd of people walking.

21. Birds of a Feather

A beautiful and serene animated flocking simulation.

22. Lightning

Connect two points anywhere on the screen and watch the electricity arc!

23. Noise Abstraction

A unique animated algorithm for generating stylish and colorful abstract backgrounds. 

24. Liquid Lights

A screen full of animated flashing lights, reminiscent of a nightclub or concert.

25. Rainbow Spider

Can you move quickly enough to make the spider fall down from the web? Give it a try.

So what do you think? Getting your own ideas for a neat canvas application?

Well, now you have more than one reason to create HTML5 apps: CodeCanyon has an HTML5 category! Browse through it and see what's available, or have a look at our HTML5 Templates on ThemeForest.

This post has been updated with contributions from Monty Shokeen. Monty is a full-stack developer who also loves to write tutorials, and to learn about new JavaScript libraries.