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The CodePen community did amazing work this week, go figure! 😉

Here are just a few of the fantastic Pens from this week’s blogging challenge prompt, figure and figcaption.

Clara Beyer rocks the gradients in “Pokemon Figures”

See the Pen #codepenchallenge: Pokemon Figures by Clara Beyer (@csb324) on CodePen.


Take a trip though the magic of mix-blend-mode in “Figure & Figcaption” by parph

See the Pen Figure & Figcaption CodePenChallenge by parph (@parph) on CodePen.


Thomas Wang takes a neon approach in “CodePen Neon Sign”

See the Pen CodePen Neon Sign by Thomas Wang (@thomaspwang) on CodePen.


Ryan Mulligan designs a travelogue with captions on hover in “Figure + Figcaption”

See the Pen Figure + Figcaption by Ryan Mulligan (@hexagoncircle) on CodePen.


We gathered all of these and more from this week’s challenge in our Figure and Figcaption Collection.

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