well, im not really sure how i would check for mistakes in variety’s configuration. it works for the most part.
In case you want you can try this script which uses feh. Modify according to your needs. You can save the contents and add the below line in your i3 conifg. Make sure you change the path and make it executable:
#!/bin/bash
for i in {1..10}
do
feh --bg-fill --randomize /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/*
sleep 5
done
chmod +x <path_to_script>
exec --no-startup-id <path_to_script>
yeah i’ll probably end up writing my own script. that imagemagick app named by @freebird54 is interesting. thank you though
sudo pacman -S nitrogen