Alice builds stillwet, an experiment in which AI models paint through code and a simulated physical studio. The work combines a paint engine, an agent harness and a gallery that preserves the paintings and the process behind them.[1][2]
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Give the painter a material to work with
The Rust engine simulates bristles carrying wet paint over a canvas, pigment mixing and drying. Models act through an easel rather than an image generator, using code to place marks and inspect what they made. The repository separates the engine, tools, harness and notes from the painting records.[3]
Change the conditions and keep the record
The experiment log compares shorter briefs, revised engines, different ways of working and different models. Some painters make one program; others return for several sittings with journals and intermediate views. The gallery retains the brief and notes so a viewer can examine the process behind a finished picture. These are exploratory comparisons rather than a general measure of artistic ability.[1][2]
Ideas
Displayed costs are estimates at public provider prices, including retries and some helper calls. The site explains which activity is omitted, and distinguishes an unknown cost from a free run.[1]
Tools, writing & talks
Writing, research & talks
Start here
Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvasstillwet.artA gallery of paintings made through simulated materials, with process records and experiment notes.
Open a painting and inspect its brief, notes and replay before comparing finished images. Viewing needs no setup; running the engine requires the repository’s Rust and supporting toolchain.
Creator of engine, harness and gallery[1][2]Original source
Tools
- claude-paint
github.comA physical paint simulator and live easel for model-driven painting.
Repository owner and maintainer[3]