How would you code this: Grid-breaking shapes

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Published on 2009-08-06T01:58:27Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 6:43 UTC
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I'm a person that learns best from example. Currently, I'm diving into the field of Web Development after fifteen years of developing desktop apps. I'm still getting used to all the web technologies used for developing modern web sites and everywhere I look, I see cool little UI elements and question how they're implemented. So I thought I'd ask you, the web experts...the wexperts :)

What are some straight forward or creative ways you could code this grid-breaking arrow...

alt text

The basic layout for this page looks like...

alt text

What would the html/css code look like?
Would you split the image into multiple images or could you use a single image?

I'm sure this is a really simple concept and it completely boggles me. I'm sorry if this is a strange question, remember I'm a noob! :)

Thanks in advance for all your help!

Here's a link to the original tutorial where I found these images

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