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Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (open source)

https://www.lineavatars.com

There's a style of "line avatar" popular on X and the design community at the moment, inspired by Notion's illustration style. If you want one, you need to find a designer to create one for you (costs up to $150) or make one by picking each feature of your face e.g. pick your style of hair, nose, eyes.

I thought it would be possible to create using AI, so I used Google MediaPipe Solutions to identify face landmarks and generate a line avatar for you.

You can try it out at LineAvatars.com, it's open source so if you can think of a way to improve it, I'd love for you to open a pull request.

( 6 comments | 4 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (ope... by fzysingularity on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:11PM (#43019023)
Love this, thanks for making it!
Re:Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (ope... by darraghmckay on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @01:24AM (#43022474)
Very nice!
Re:Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (ope... by miljkovicjovann on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:50AM (#43024896)
I love that you save the avatars and can be accessed later. Nice project!
Re:Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (ope... by Hoshang07 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @10:11AM (#43026139)
Nice work!
Re:Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (ope... by tuktuktuk on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @06:29PM (#43030923)
Interesting idea! Thank you for sharing.
Re:Show HN: Generate Notion-style line avatars using AI (ope... by manghat on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:06PM (#43044343)
Very cool but butchers beards for some reason.