JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.imagesloaded/4.1.4/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/2.1.3/TweenMax.min.js"></script>
<body class="demo-1 loading">
<main>
  <div class="frame">
    <div class="frame__title-wrap">
      <h1 class="frame__title">Image Trail Effects</h1>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="content">
    <img class="content__img" src="https://i.imgur.com/JraF3FB.jpg" alt="Some image" />
    <img class="content__img" src="https://i.imgur.com/DWHXIT1.jpg" alt="Some image" />
    <img class="content__img" src="https://i.imgur.com/pic7lPf.jpg" alt="Some image" />
  </div>
  <div class="content-2">
    <img class="content__img" src="https://i.imgur.com/uCGx0MJ.jpg" alt="Some image" />
    <img class="content__img" src="https://i.imgur.com/ZPeFGCz.jpg" alt="Some image" />
    <img class="content__img" src="https://i.imgur.com/kmiMdxG.jpg" alt="Some image" />
  </div>
</main>
</body>

CSS

article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,nav,section,summary{display:block;}audio,canvas,video{display:inline-block;}audio:not([controls]){display:none;height:0;}[hidden]{display:none;}html{font-family:sans-serif;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;}body{margin:0;}a:focus{outline:thin dotted;}a:active,a:hover{outline:0;}h1{font-size:2em;margin:0.67em 0;}abbr[title]{border-bottom:1px dotted;}b,strong{font-weight:bold;}dfn{font-style:italic;}hr{-moz-box-sizing:content-box;box-sizing:content-box;height:0;}mark{background:#ff0;color:#000;}code,kbd,pre,samp{font-family:monospace,serif;font-size:1em;}pre{white-space:pre-wrap;}q{quotes:"\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019";}small{font-size:80%;}sub,sup{font-size:75%;line-height:0;position:relative;vertical-align:baseline;}sup{top:-0.5em;}sub{bottom:-0.25em;}img{border:0;}svg:not(:root){overflow:hidden;}figure{margin:0;}fieldset{border:1px solid #c0c0c0;margin:0 2px;padding:0.35em 0.625em 0.75em;}legend{border:0;padding:0;}button,input,select,textarea{font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;margin:0;}button,input{line-height:normal;}button,select{text-transform:none;}button,html input[type="button"],input[type="reset"],input[type="submit"]{-webkit-appearance:button;cursor:pointer;}button[disabled],html input[disabled]{cursor:default;}input[type="checkbox"],input[type="radio"]{box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;}input[type="search"]{-webkit-appearance:textfield;-moz-box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-box-sizing:content-box;box-sizing:content-box;}input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration{-webkit-appearance:none;}button::-moz-focus-inner,input::-moz-focus-inner{border:0;padding:0;}textarea{overflow:auto;vertical-align:top;}table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
*,
*::after,
*::before {
	box-sizing: border-box;
}

:root {
	font-size: 16px;
}

html, body {
	height: 100%;
}

body {
	--color-text: #262523;
    --color-bg: #efece5;
  ...

JavaScript

/**
* demo.js
* http://www.codrops.com
*
* Licensed under the MIT license.
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* 
* Copyright 2019, Codrops
* http://www.codrops.com
*/
{
    // body element
    const body = document.body;

    // helper functions
    const MathUtils = {
        // linear interpolation
        lerp: (a, b, n) => (1 - n) * a + n * b,
        // distance between two points
        distance: (x1,y1,x2,y2) => Math.hypot(x2-x1, y2-y1)
    }

    // get the mouse position
    const getMousePos = (ev) => {
        let posx = 0;
        let posy = 0;
        if (!ev) ev = window.event;
        if (ev.pageX || ev.pageY) {
            posx = ev.pageX;
            posy = ev.pageY;
        }
        else if (ev.clientX || ev.clientY) 	{
            posx = ev.clientX + body.scrollLeft + docEl.scrollLeft;
            posy = ev.clientY + body.scrollTop + docEl.scrollTop;
        }
        return {x: posx, y: posy};
    }

    // mousePos: current mouse position
    // cacheMousePos: previous mouse position
    // lastMousePos: last last recorded mouse position (at the time the last image was shown)
    let mousePos = lastMousePos = cacheMousePos = {x: 0, y: 0};
    
    // update the mouse position
    window.addEventListener('mousemove', ev => mousePos = getMousePos(ev));
    
    // gets the distance from the current mouse position to the last recorded mouse position
    const getMouseDistance = () => MathUtils.distance(mousePos.x,mousePos.y,lastMousePos.x,lastMousePos.y);

    class Image {
        constructor(el) {
            this.DOM = {el: el};
            // image deafult styles
            this.defaultStyle = {
                scale: 1,
                x: 0,
                y: 0,
                opacity: 0
            };
            // get sizes/position
            this.getRect();
            // init/bind events
            this.initEvents();
        }
        initEvents() {
            // on resize get updated sizes/position
         ...