Inspired by Lorem Ipsum, lorempixel lets you dynamically generate placeholder images

Playing off of the popularity of Lorem Ipsum — and all its noteworthy variations, like Startup Ipsum and Hipster Ipsum — lorempixel provides Web designers with placeholder images for every need. Now, if you’re ever in the middle of a design and you’re waiting on assets from a client, you can quickly grab images of any size, across 11 categories.

For example, if you just want an image that’s 520 by 200 pixels, use http://lorempixel.com/520/200 in your image tag. This is what you’ll get:

These are dynamically generated images, so if you refresh this page, you’ll see different results.

If you’re looking for something more specific, like a fashion-related image that matches the above dimensions and is black & white, use http://lorempixel.com/g/520/200/fashion in your image tag. Here are your results:

If you’re just looking to grab a placeholder image without fussing with code or links, you can also just use the service’s Placeholder Generator, which will pop up with a photo that matches your specifications. Now go, make things that look pretty!

➤ lorempixel by HOLLER·MORITZ