When I think of placeholder images, I will always think of the forever wonderful placekitten and placepuppy. This project though, adds a beautiful piece of randomness, art, and joy that we’ve come to know and love from generative art.

Generative Placeholders has an artistic and nerdy flair with the added perk that your placeholders will be extra unique!

Generative Placeholders - Use generative art as your image placeholders https://t.co/xqkTjKoVSa by @fourtonfish pic.twitter.com/Q5VqA3vftq

— algoritmic (@algoritmic) January 6, 2020

The project offers a wide range of great generative and mathematical art. It has also gone above and beyond to include some wonderful color palettes, provided by the lovely nice color palettes node module.

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If you’re concerned that all your images will look the same, fear not! There’s an extra URL parameter (img=X) where X is the specific seed you would like to use for each individual image.

If you’re the kind of person who likes beautiful graphs as well as keeping tight track of your life, this project is one for you.

Year in Pixels is a clever Alejandro AR app with a minimalistic design that will allow you to track your mood throughout the year.

For those now looking back at 2019 and worrying about 2020, logging your daily mood is a fantastic way to start your year off right. It not only allows you to spot patterns in your life, but also helps you recognize earlier when you’re starting to wear down.

I made a small tool using @glitch so you can keep track of your mood using pixels https://t.co/Es9RHuhoTy

— Alejandro AR (@kinduff) January 21, 2018

And if you’ve noticed in the url, the app is built on Glitch! That means you can remix it, changing the design, colors, or whatever you desire.