Rio Myers
Rio Myers
Building digital worlds where code meets art, logic meets poetry, and somehow it all compiles into something beautiful.
The person behind
the pixels.
Who I Am
I'm Rio Myers — a full-stack developer, creative coder, and someone who believes that technology at its best is indistinguishable from art. I've spent over two decades building digital experiences that push the boundaries of what's possible in a browser. Most of them even work on the first try. Sometimes.
Background
From 3D ocean simulations and procedural tree generators to interactive poetry books and a CSS-only animated cat (yes, really — zero JavaScript) — my work lives at the intersection of engineering precision and creative expression. I previously served as Technical Supervisor at Big Black Bag & Proofpix, building web platforms for thousands of customers, and as Director of Operations at TCF Marketing where I managed $2M+ in annual revenue.
Philosophy
I write poetry. I build tools. I ship on Fridays. I believe in freedom, beauty, truth, and love — and I put all of that into every line of code. Even the ones I delete the next morning.
“I look at things and see what they can be, not what they are.”
— Thoughts, October 2007
Technologies
106+ in the toolkitYes, I actually audited my entire codebase to make this list. No, I don't mass-import leftpad.
A universe of
digital creations.
20 projects spanning interactive experiences, 3D animations, creative tools, and a few things I built instead of sleeping.
Live Projects
Creative & Experimental
Heartspeak
A 3D parallax grid of floating color tiles that tilt and shift with your cursor in real time.
Elemental
All 118 elements in a color-coded periodic table grid with group filtering and hover details.
Dimensional
A solar system simulation with Kepler orbits, asteroid belts, comets, and twinkling constellations.
Riolism
Corrupted poetry meets glitch art — text fractures with RGB separation, scanlines, and chromatic aberration.
Thoughts
Watercolor canvas where paint bleeds across paper and your inner critic whispers between the blotches.
Amok
Atoms for Peace tribute — shapes and icons drift across parallax layers with heat shimmer and mouse repulsion.
The experiment
laboratory.
Where code becomes canvas. Interactive visual experiments that occasionally make my CPU fan question its life choices.
Electric Ocean
3D ocean with animated birds and dynamic water shaders creating an immersive seascape.
Birdie
3D CSS birds with realistic wing mechanics, wind effects, and layered perspective depth.
Trees
Click-to-generate procedural trees with recursive branching algorithms on canvas.
Rain
Multi-layered canvas thunderstorm with particle raindrops, lightning, and atmospheric depth.
Meow
Fully animated cat playing with yarn — pure CSS, zero images, zero JavaScript. No, seriously.
Riolistic
Real-time audio visualization transforming music frequencies into dynamic visual art.
Send a signal
across the cosmos.
Open a channel. Whether it's a project idea, a creative collaboration, or to respectfully inform me my CSS art is mid — I'm listening.
Signal Strength
Stable • 0ms • Online
Response Time
I typically respond within 24 hours. For urgent inquiries, use the direct email.
Words from
the soul.
A complete book of poetry — 72 sections across three chapters. Written between 2004–2010, from the heart of a dreamer.
A Book by Rio Myers
Thoughts...
“Life is what you make it.”
“This book will never end..”
♥ Rio Myers, 2004–2010