Opus 5.5 draws a graphite moth stroke-by-stroke via agent sketchbook, stunning its creator

RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-25

RileyRalmuto shows Opus 5.5 painting via an 'agent sketchbook': the model produced a graphite sketch of a Feathered Thorn moth stroke by stroke, complete with an artist's note capturing a real biological detail—moths escape spiderwebs leaving powdery wing scales, rendered as a worn pale patch on the wing tip with a silk strand hanging down the wall. The author stresses it's not a photo but the closest an agent gets to hand-drawing, every stroke model-generated.

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