Selfie2Anime

What do YOU look like in ANIME?

This repository contains the source code for the selfie2anime.com website. Upload a selfie and find out what you look like as an anime character!

How Does it Work?

Using machine learning techniques combined with a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) makes it possible to generate anime-style characters based on real people. With this website, you can generate your own anime alter ego!

The GAN we are using is based on original work by Junho Kim, Minjae Kim, Hyeonwoo Kang, and Kwanghee Lee. More information can be found in their awesome repository, which is available here, or in their research paper.

Sample Photos

Recent anime selfies are being published on Twitter @RicoBeti.

Here is a bunch of images that have been generated...

...and here are some of Australia's Prime Ministers

Development

(More detailed instructions will follow later)

• Install dependencies:

  bash
  npm install
  

• Pull submodules (the blog):

  bash
  git submodule update --init --recursive
  

• Set correct values for environment variables in the

  .env

  files.

• Run a quick build to generate all assets needed for development:

  bash
  DISABLE_IMAGE_OPTIMIZATION=1 npm run build
  

• Run development server:

  bash
  npm run serve
  

• Alternatively, build the release version:

  bash
  npm run build
  

  Building a release version may take a long time due to generation of the portfolio and due to image optimizations being performed. In case the portfolio has not changed, set

  DISABLE_PORTFOLIO_BUILD=1

  to suppress regeneration of the images.

  For development and testing, set

  DISABLE_IMAGE_OPTIMIZATION=1

  to avoid wasting time on image compression.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.txt.