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Subject: What makes a better image placeholder? a) Bacon or b) Vanilla Ice?
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Image placeholder services are nothing new, right?.
Sites like ' DummyImage.com [http://dummyimage.com/]', ' PlaceKitten.com [http://placekitten.com/]', ' BaconMockup.com [http://baconmockup.com/]' and even the Vanilla Ice-themed ' NiceNiceJPG.com [http://www.nicenicejpg.com/]' have been dutifully delivering filler images for our working mockups for years now.
Unfortunately, as fun as they are, not all clients, managers and co-workers are going to appreciate your Charlie Sheen-plastered gallery mockups as much as you (or I) might
So, here are two quick options that should pass most inspections.
1). P-Hold.com
P-Hold.com [http://p-hold.com/] uses Flickr's Creative Commons search API as its image pool -- allowing you to not only set image dimensions, but also a keyword such as 'people', 'agriculture', 'food' or 'machine'.
For example, if you needed a 400px square image for a car racing website, you could could use this URL: [http://p-hold.com/racecar/400/400]. Very useful.
The second service I like is UIFaces.com [http://uifaces.com/], which specialized in providing real-world avatars for mockup.
These avatars look real because the ARE -- each graciously provided by their owner for all your mocking needs.
Both of these services make it easier to get visually plausible imagery -- regardless of the site topic -- in place much earlier in the project timeline.
And that can only make it easier to hone your UX.
Alex Walker
@alexmwalker [https://twitter.com/alexmwalker]
SitePoint Design Channel
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