JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<img src="http://dev.aintyomamasblog.com/wp-content/themes/lefthanded/images/layout/title-new.png" style="position: absolute;" class="resize" width="250"/>
JavaScript
var current_h = null;
var current_w = null;
$('.resize').hover(
function(){
current_h = $(this, 'img')[0].height;
current_w = $(this, 'img')[0].width;
$(this).stop(true, false).animate({width: (current_w * 1.3), height: (current_h * 1.3)}, 300);
},
function(){
$(this).stop(true, false).animate({width: current_w + 'px', height: current_h + 'px'}, 300);
}
);