Here’s a tiny trick for making your hover states stand out, and also a cool way to target the siblings of the thing you’re hovering over. The effect is a mixture of two effects:

Scale the hovered item
Fade out the siblings

Love icon design? If so, follow this tutorial and learn how to make a minimal purchase icon in three different versions. We will use only basic shapes, and with the help of the Align options and the Pathfinder options, we will build these icons step by step. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to apply these techniques to create other types of icons.