CRT bitmap portrait

This style begins with a subject and rebuilds it as an eccentric old computer wallpaper. A cat can keep its white body, dark ears and curled tail without keeping every hair. A person can remain recognizable through a hair shape, a posture and one accessory even when the head and body become deliberately awkward blocks. That selective memory is the point of the drawing.

The interface has its own rhythm. Large and small windows overlap, a menu hangs open, and a few little windows examine details of the main subject. The subject remains behind them as one composition. Putting a second complete portrait into every window would make the result a contact sheet, so the detail windows stay partial and unequal.

The original workflow comes from TaiT-tt. Our adaptation moves its palette questions into the editor and asks the image model to handle its pixel and screen rules in one pass. We do not run the upstream pixel-quantization finalizer. Colors and pixel alignment therefore express a visual target rather than a guarantee that every output pixel matches a prescribed value.

The current upstream version favors solid planes on skin and permits checkerboard only where a non-skin surface needs it. We preserve that distinction, along with the readable title-bar signature. Pick a photo with a clear main subject and enough visual character to survive exaggeration. For a group, keep the important people visibly separated in the source.