On my React website, I have a vertical list of screenshots of my past projects, when the page first loads the images load, but are only a sliver until the user hovers over them.

Once hovered over the images expand to their full size and then work properly. I am looking to prevent the user from hovering over them in order for it to load properly.
The list is mapped from an array
items: [
{
image: "./images/spokanepowerstroke.jpg",
title: "Spokane Power Stroke",
link: "/powerstroke",
},
...
]
<Col md="auto">
{this.state.items.map(({ title, image, link }) => (
<motion.div className="thumbnail" variants={thumbnailVariants}>
{" "}
<motion.div
key={title}
className="frame"
whileHover="hover"
variants={frameVariants}
transition={transition}
>
<p className="projectstitle">{title}</p>
<Link to={link}>
<motion.img
src={image}
alt={image}
variants={imageVariants}
transition={transition}
/>
</Link>
</motion.div>
</motion.div>
))}
</Col>
And the hover and transition effects are controlled with framer motion.
const transition = { duration: 0.5, ease: [0.43, 0.13, 0.23, 0.96] };
const thumbnailVariants = {
initial: { scale: 0.9, opacity: 0 },
enter: { scale: 1, opacity: 1, transition },
exit: {
scale: 0.5,
opacity: 0,
transition: { duration: 1.5, ...transition },
},
};
const frameVariants = {
hover: { scale: 0.95 },
};
const imageVariants = {
hover: { scale: 1.1 },
};
const changepage = {
in: {
opacity: 1,
},
out: {
opacity: 0,
},
};
const pagetransition = {
duration: 1.5,
};
I've looked over my code and have found no reason why the images are only loading partially.
The website is viewable here Website
And the Github repo with all the code is here Github
(the projects page)
Thank you in advance for your expertise.