8bit avatar generator like one below.

Inspired by https://github.com/matveyco/8biticon (icons also theirs). Generate same icons for same ids like gravatar, Use email or md5 or any string for generating and get the same avatar.

http://eightbitavatar.herokuapp.com/?id=userid&s=male&size=400

Where: id - your user id s - sex (male|female) size - avatar size

Install the module with: npm install avatar-generator

var avatar = require('./lib/avatar-generator')({
    //Optional settings. Default settings in 'settings.js'
    order:'background face clothes head hair eye mouth'.split(' '), //order in which sprites should be combined
    images:require('path').join(__dirname,'./img'), // path to sprites
    convert:'convert' //Path to imagemagick convert
});
avatar('User ID (email or hash or any string)', 'male|female', 400)
    .stream()
    .pipe(stream);

avatar('User ID', 'male|female', imageWidth)
    .write(filename, function (err) {});

avatar('User ID', 'male|female', imageWidth)
    .toBuffer(function (err,buffer){
    //Do something with buffer. eg buffer.toString('base64');
    });

avatar('User ID', 'male|female', imageWidth)
    .stream()
    .pipe(anotherStream);

Install with cli command

$ npm install -g avatar-generator
$ avatar-generator --help
$ avatar-generator --version

See example/*.js

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Copyright (c) 2014 Alex R
Licensed under the MIT license.