No image model: Claude paints pixel-by-pixel with ~7,500 lines of Python
_sholtodouglas · x · 2026-09-23
Developer jkeatn spent months asking Claude (Opus 5.5) to paint — with no image model or art software. Each image is a Python program, 7,500 lines using standard libraries, emulating painters' brush styles pixel by pixel, with no reference images, only what the model knows about each painter. Commenters note this 'wielding the brush' form of creation differs fundamentally from diffusion models and shows how deeply this generation of Claude can 'see'.
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