Before the first scale.
Six GPT-generated image studies guided the shape and materials of Living Silk. They are reference artwork—not photographs of a real specimen, and not frames from the interactive model.
01 / Proportions
The lateral profile guides the body taper, the separate fins and the halfmoon outline.
02 / Anatomy
The head study informs the mouth, eye, gill seam and transition from small facial scales to the flank.
03 / Material
The fin study informs branching rays, membrane folds, thin trailing edges and transmitted light.
04 / Head, magnified
A new close-up resolves the lips, nostril, iris, irregular facial pigmentation and operculum. Mapped into the head surface and textured iris.
05 / Scale microstructure
Concentric growth ridges, overlapping margins and pigment speckles. Used for flank colour, roughness variation and fine surface relief.
06 / Fin membrane, magnified
Thin tissue and fine wrinkles between fin rays. The fine detail is sampled separately from the broad colour pattern, preserving the original fin markings.