Are you running some kind of webservice where users can upload a profile picture but many are missing? Are you tired of looking at the same default avatar? Good, you are in the right place!
Based on a random walk, avatargen will create interesting placeholder avatars for you!
go get github.com/doctordesh/avatargen
Run the avatargen from the command line.
Usage: avatargen [ <flags-and-options> ] <output-directory>
-alpha float
Alpha for the right side of the icon. (default 0.9)
-color-background string
Background color, format <rrggbb> in hex. (default "000000")
-color-foreground string
Foreground color, format <rrggbb> in hex. (default "FFFFFF")
-count int
Number of images to generate. (default 100)
-scale int
The scale of the output image. An icon with 'size' 32 and 'scale' 1 will measure 32x32 pixels. An icon with 'size' 32 and 'scale' 2 will measure 64x64 pixels. (default 10)
-size int
The size of the icon (not in pixels, see 'scale'). (default 16)
-steps int
Number of steps to take when drawing the image. (default 100)
$ avatargen -size 16 -scale 10 images
$ avatargen -size 20 -scale 8 steps 200 -color-background ffffff -color-foreground 000000 -alpha 1 -images
$ avatargen -size 8 -scale 20 -steps 30 -color-foreground CA5D00 -color-background 124853 images
