A dynamic website for the everyday cannabis user

URL

ThisIsStrane.com

Client

Strane

Studio

Humankind Studio

My role

Art direction

Web design

UX/UI

Motion graphics

Branding

Packaging

Photo editing

Project management

 

What’s in a name? Everything. Strane is all about the details, including those related to its homonym, strain. Every cannabis user is unique in their preferences and needs, and similarly, every cannabis strain has different terpene combos and provide a different feeling.

Across Strane packaging, tamper tapes play double duty by both ensuring product safety and highlighting the strain. In a related practical approach, I created the site to showcase the product and embellish the details.

Illustrations of cannabis paraphernalia like a bong and dabber

 With three different lines, Strane has something for everyone. Each line has its own page and breaks down the types of products offered while visualizing the product using hand-lettering and consumption related illustrations. The more familiar a product appears, the quicker people are to understand it.

Black Strane flower packaging shaped like a puck with smoke and flower illustrations wiggling around it

Reefer madness

Each product image was created as an animation for the cannabis consumer who has a sativa personality, as well as a still image for those indica personalities who prefer reduced motion.

The journey

It’s nice to know how products are made. Since cannabis is still an emerging industry, Strane presents its story in an educational and illustrative format. Using scroll-enabled json animations allowed us to add custom motion, like watering flower or pouring out concentrate, to the page, while increasing the overall page load speed.

Intro to the "journey of a strain" section shown on a black screen on a mobile device
"search for seeds" section shown on a black screen with a yellow telescope illustration twinkling
Phone view of website showing that as the page scrolls up, a beaker pours out ingredients to make concentrate
White screen scrolling to show that as the page goes up, the watering can rotates to water the cannabis