Mouse Follower

A custom cursor is one of those tiny touches that makes a site feel hand-crafted. Done well, it's invisible until it matters — then it scales, blends, or labels itself to guide the eye.

The idea

Track the pointer, lerp a follower element toward it each frame, and let elements opt into behaviours via a data-cursor attribute.

Why it works

• Lerping gives the follower a natural, weighted lag.
• Blend modes let it invert whatever it sits over.
• Data attributes keep the behaviour declarative and per-element.

Small in code, big in feel. That's the whole game.