Hello, See how the guy has changed at the top of the page? well, He’ll continue to change, every single day, a new variation will be draw, dynamically, what fun eh?
It doesn’t stop there however! Oh No, Now at the top of each post, it has a little guy that is drawn exactly like he was on the day the post was written.
AND IT DOESN’T STOP THERE! Oh no, when you post a comment in any post on this website, it now will dynamically create a little bloke for you, yes You. As long as you don’t change your name, it will be always the same little bloke for you. Have a go, post in the comments and see your little dude today.
The technical bit
This really wouldn’t have been possible without the wonderful Andreas Gohr who wrote the original MonsterID php code
Of course, he “adapted” an idea from a very clever bloke called Charles Darke who adapted an idea from another very clever bloke, Don Park, who came up with the idea of creating images from IP addresses. (Which forms the bases of the technology that Andreas developed) – really though, it’s just a load of images overlaid on-top of each other that anyone (just about) can do.
And there we go, Because my site actively pingsback all those sites, they will happily know that I’ve linked to the original sources for this concept and haven’t broken any creative commons licenses or such like.
Aren’t I an all round nice bloke eh?
Jade update
Apparently she’s now booked herself into a hippy commune called the Priory, so she’s a drug addict AND a racist.

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1/2/2007 at 1:03 pm
Chris
Hello
1/2/2007 at 1:06 pm
Chris
Yay it works!
1/2/2007 at 1:06 pm
Chris
Thats me, And it shall never change…
You can look through old comment threads to see different people.
1/2/2007 at 2:37 pm
Jake's View
Cool idea!
1/2/2007 at 2:38 pm
Jake's View
That’s a cool idea!
1/2/2007 at 2:39 pm
Jake's View
That’s a good idea! I like today’s icon.
1/2/2007 at 2:48 pm
Chris
Today’s icon is rather good isn’t it?
You can see a random selection by clicking this link
1/2/2007 at 6:06 pm
Chris
Ahhh, but every time I add something new, it alters everyones image. Sorry everyone!
2/2/2007 at 3:02 pm
Chris
Test
2/2/2007 at 11:34 pm
Don Park
Hmm. How about using something like that tool police uses to construct faces? But then it might be disturbing to see someone else’s face next to one’s name.
3/2/2007 at 5:29 pm
Chris
wow, Don’s commented on my website! cool! *bow bow* I’m not worthy, I’m not worthy.
I like the idea actually, I thought something similar for alien beings. When I was a kid I used to draw the top / middle / bottom of an alien and then interchange them for many different variants.
What can I say? I had a whacky childhood.
5/2/2007 at 9:26 pm
Charles Darke
>And there we go, Because my site actively pingsback all those sites, they will happily know that I’ve linked to the original sources for this concept
I should really implement a pingback server so I get all these pings that people are apparently sending me!
6/2/2007 at 9:45 am
Chris
Woo, another person who I named has visited my website. *bow bow* etc etc.
Looks like Charles is a skateboarding, frying pan wielding (for that’s what it is) purple dude.
6/2/2007 at 2:29 pm
Andreas Gohr
Chris, just to make you happy: *comment*
Now you have all three of us in your comments. I really like your little blokes. Great to see my implementation spread and create new offspring
6/2/2007 at 2:37 pm
Chris
Yay!, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside
Thanks for the .php code Andreas, it’s genius and I’ll no doubt be using it again in the future to make some other different things….. (Don’t know what yet!)
20/3/2007 at 3:03 am
cooool
cooool monsters!
28/3/2007 at 6:54 am
zach
what do I look like?
12/4/2007 at 2:12 pm
bedrijfskleding
very creative
18/4/2007 at 7:28 am
poo
testing
26/8/2007 at 4:53 pm
Steve Dorrington
Now that is a super idea. People will comment just to get a look at their ‘Bloke’. Very nice, very nice indeed.
28/10/2007 at 4:41 pm
DoVla
This is super. Thanx to Andy & Marko MrdjenoviÄ? for this.
Very very interesting.
11/3/2008 at 4:58 pm
videokas
I want to know how do i look like
22/5/2008 at 9:36 pm
meep
this is very cute
23/5/2008 at 10:15 am
Chris
Sony pictures meep?
13/6/2008 at 1:51 am
Someone
Just wanted to see what my avatar looked like… great idea!
13/6/2008 at 1:57 am
Nathan
Just wanted to see my guy
Awesome idea!
22/7/2008 at 10:23 am
Markus
Bloke!
13/8/2008 at 5:05 am
Tim
wooo
27/9/2008 at 1:49 am
Eesti kaart
Just testing this shit out
28/10/2008 at 10:13 am
wuss
great idea, testing
23/1/2009 at 6:04 am
Rohit
Seeing my guy. Test.
3/1/2010 at 3:01 am
Jason Wharton
Sweet!