A colorful illustrated portfolio site rendered entirely in WebGL, where each project is presented as an interactive poster with hand-drawn characters and scenes that respond to cursor movement and scroll velocity.
Most portfolio sites treat WebGL like a garnish. A particle system here, a warped image transition there. Justine Soulié's portfolio treats it like the whole plate. Every illustration on the site is alive, not in a "look, it wobbles" way, but in a way where each project poster has its own personality, its own micro-interactions that respond to your drag speed and scroll velocity. You hover, you pull, you let go, and the scene does something unexpected.
Justine is a freelance art director and illustrator based in Paris, working at the intersection of motion and illustration since going independent in 2023. The development side is Patrick Heng, a Paris-based creative developer with time at Active Theory and Merci-Michel on his resume. Patrick reached for OGL. For a site that doesn't need heavy 3D geometry but does need precise, lightweight control over planes, shaders, and texture rendering, OGL strips away the overhead and lets you stay close to the metal. Prismic handles the content, so the whole thing stays editable without touching code.
If you've been looking for a reference on how to build an illustration-first WebGL portfolio that doesn't feel like a tech demo cosplaying as a design site, spend ten minutes here. Drag things around. Notice how horizontal navigation on case studies preserves the visual rhythm. Pay attention to the scroll physics. Then go look at Patrick and Justine's other collaboration, Ponpon Mania, an interactive WebGL comic about a sheep who wants to be a DJ. That one won Awwwards Site of the Month and is currently in the running for GSAP Site of the Year. These two clearly enjoy working together, and it shows.
- Live Demo: https://justinesoulie.fr
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