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Nicely done. I was following the link to "How I did it" and noticed that I got SSL cert errors for the site:

https://www.chrispattle.com/blog/simpsons-in-css/

You're using the cert for octopushr.app... Unfortunately port 80 is also closed, so even the most recent wayback machine wasn't working. Here's a link from 2016 which goes into your methods, which honestly, are a bit on the sparse side (it doesn't detract at all from what you've done):

https://web.archive.org/web/20160111044359/https://www.chris...



Thanks for the heads up, I've just removed those links for now. Wasn't expecting anyone to come across them!


Still, I remain interested to know how you did it :)


I just built the characters up using simple shapes that you can draw in CSS (e.g squares, circles) and layer them on top of each other.

I guess an illustrator would do a similar thing.




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