Evicons

Evicons are a type of identicon, created by myself, and inspired by the famous Github identicons. Unlike Github identicons (or some other identicons like Gravatars), evicons are animated using Perlin noise.

Evicons take an input string and convert it to an MD5 hash which is used to build the animation. Each evicon is cryptographically unique for its input.

You'll see evicons being used around this site for identifying pieces of information like blog posts and projects. If you want to learn more about how they work, check out the blog post. You can experiment with creating your own below.