Pic-Vim is a short plugin which leverages the Python Imaging Library to generate ascii art of image files you open.
On the odd occasion that I accidentally open an image file in Vim, I am confronted with the contents of the file, obviously. But I always want to know what the actual image is and with minimal effort, and because my file naming scheme is hot garbage and I usually open the image file due to a globbing misfortune, I usually have no idea.
So I figured split the window, literal contents on the left, and some indicator of the image's visual contents on the right, so, here's my face (kind of):
Well, there isn't one really. If your terminal doesn't support images (like most), then open it with a media viewer... like normal people.
Either way, it seemed like a neat idea.
Everything you need to know is documented in the help file (./doc/pic-vim.txt).
:h pic-vim