How to make a bone shaped button

Question

I am currently experimenting on a button for my website. I want it to look like an average button but, once you hover it, it becomes a bone (my website is about dogs).

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Answer 1

Let's keep it simple! You can add a span inside your a tag and with that having new pseudo elements available to do the left part of the bone

:root {
  --bg: #1a1e24;
  --color: #eee;
  --font: Montserrat, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

.bone {
  filter: url('#goo');
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: center;
  background: var(--color);
  color: var(--bg);
  font-weight: bold;
  padding: 1em 1em 1.03em;
  line-height: 1;
  border-radius: 0.4em;
  position: relative;
  min-width: 8.23em;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: var(--font);
  font-size: 1.25rem;
}

.bone::before,
.bone::after,
.bone span::before,
.bone span::after {
  content: "";
  width: 2em;
  height: 2em;
  position: absolute;
  display: inline-block;
  background: var(--color);
  border-radius: 50%;
  transition: transform 1s ease;
  transform: scale(0);
  z-index: -1;
}


/*top*/

.bone::before,
.bone span::before {
  top: 50%;
}


/*bottom*/

.bone::after,
.bone span::after {
  bottom: 50%;
}


/*right*/

.bone::before,
.bone::after {
  right: -10%;
}


/*left*/

.bone span::before,
.bone span::after {
  left: -10%;
}

.bone:hover::before,
.bone:hover::after,
.bone:hover span::before,
.bone:hover span::after {
  transform: none;
}


/* Demo styles */

body {
  margin: 0;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  background: var(--bg)
}

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