I don't know if I would say it is the same as an Identicon.
It seems to me that I could probably reverse engineer your name from the face.
It's clear that the first letter simply chooses a base face, which further letters then modify. It also seems that these modifications are the same across different base faces. posted by mr dodo at 12:26 AM on October 27, 2008
I'm kinda hot, in an androgynous J-pop sort of way.
This guy has apparently done enough cocaine to cause his entire nose to explode.
And this... well I don't have words. posted by rokusan at 2:13 AM on October 27, 2008
LOL, my wife looks like a bulldog ... she's in fact very cute, but surely acts like a bulldog some times :) posted by SocialChili at 2:36 AM on October 27, 2008
sexyrobot, I think everyone comes out looking a bit, well, metal. posted by scruss at 5:00 AM on October 27, 2008 [1 favorite]
Some of these are wildly appropriate, and some are wildly inappropriate. But why does it never generate women? posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:21 AM on October 27, 2008
Wow, mine looks alot like me. Bald head and goatee. posted by jlowen at 5:58 AM on October 27, 2008
I look like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. Or maybe the lead singer of Incubus. If I add my middle name, though, I turn into a bald Cyclops with a Fu Manchu, which anybody would have to admit is a lot more interesting. posted by penduluum at 5:59 AM on October 27, 2008
Don't mess with the Jesus. posted by rory at 6:22 AM on October 27, 2008
Holy cow, jonmc for the win! posted by notsnot at 6:44 AM on October 27, 2008
My full name is an angry butch clown. How do you generate a more female looking avatar? :P posted by Phalene at 6:50 AM on October 27, 2008
Take a child's initials, then ask them what they want to be when they grow up. Then starting with the initials draw a caricature showing them in their chosen profession. It was done every weekday afternoon on Chicago television in the late 60's by the great Bill Jackson, host of BJ and Dirty Dragon.. posted by timsteil at 6:59 AM on October 27, 2008
I tried my name, and it came up with someone who looked like Bananaman. Then I changed my first name to the variant spelling (one letter difference) and got a 1978 San Fran gay barfly.
My boyfriend, meanwhile, is a woman. posted by mippy at 7:03 AM on October 27, 2008
My real name is so jaw-droppingly like how I used to draw myself in High School that I'm afraid to show it. posted by The Whelk at 9:18 AM on October 27, 2008
and my full name is how I look now!
Guys, I'm scared. posted by The Whelk at 9:20 AM on October 27, 2008
It actually looks a little like me.
It looks more like ThePinkSuperhero. posted by cmgonzalez at 10:17 AM on October 27, 2008
Sorry, that just seemed appropriate. posted by effwerd at 11:56 AM on October 27, 2008
For some reason the vast majority of the faces look masculine. :P Annoying. I finally managed to generate a granny-looking face on my 8th or 9th try.
(oh right, there are no women on the Internet.)
Anyway, it's a cute idea. posted by wintersweet at 12:06 PM on October 27, 2008
Mine looks like someone who would wait around outside your house with the intent of doing nefarious and probably criminal things under the cover of night.
So I guess we'll call this art imitating life or something. posted by quin at 12:16 PM on October 27, 2008
This is awesome, but I wish there was an API. :( posted by reishus at 5:20 PM on October 27, 2008
Okay, this is completely creepy. It looks almost exactly like me, right down to the Lennon specs. I have a goatee, not just a handlebar mustache, but other than that, it's spot on. You can look at my userpic to verify. posted by deusdiabolus at 5:52 PM on October 27, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 12:06 AM on October 27, 2008