sampling the face…
Phase 1 — the particles talk
bf_isabella · native visemes · audio-clock sync
build: aperture-mouth-2026-06-24
Particle density
(drag, release — more = solid surface)
Mouth-region weighting
Off
Medium
Heavy
Eyes
Eyes + blinks
Eyeless
Dot size
Dot opacity
(low = lighting headroom, high = glow/clip)
Hair chaos
Hair hides skull
(drag, release)
Hair fit — drag to shape it on her
Size
Height (up / down)
Depth (forward / back)
Front fog cull
(drag, release)
Drape cull
(drag, release)
Hair density
(own budget · drag, release)
Hair dot size
(ratio of face · drag, release)
Hair brightness
(low = tame the fire · drag, release)
Hairline
(clear forehead · 0 = full fringe · drag, release)
Head depth
Back cull
(drag, release · lower = thinner)
Mouth shape — drag while she speaks
Lip part
(optional · 0 = aperture only)
Mouth opening
Mouth width
Mouth darkness
Lip highlight
(rim glow framing the opening)
Mouth height
(drag, release — onto the lips)
Mouth depth
(drag, release)
Striation — horizontal scan-lines
Striation
Spacing
Crispness
Contour
(lines → rings)
Contour auto
(smooth 0↔1 roam)
Spacing drift
Feature density — eyes / nose / cheekbones
(drag, release to apply)
Feature density
Edge dissolve
Lighting — directional key
Brightness
(exposure · push high = blow out)
— KEY light (shape) —
Modeling
(shape contrast — THE shape knob)
Shadow darkness
(top = crush to black)
Key angle
(swing L/R · 0 = front)
Key height
— FILL light (lifts shadow side) —
Fill amount
Fill angle
(0 = front)
Fill height
Reference overlay — align, then place eyes
Overlay opacity
(0 = off)
Overlay scale
Overlay up/down
Overlay left/right
Eyes — shape first, then glow / blink
Eye size
Eye density
(drag, release)
Eye separation
Eye height
Pupil darkness
Iris glow
Blink rate
(0 = off)
Procedural relief — carve structure the mesh lacks
Eye socket
Nose definition
Speak
★ The Phase 1 paragraph
Hello there. I'm rather pleased to finally have a face, even one made of stardust.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, properly and precisely.
Would you like me to read your morning briefing, or shall we build something brilliant?
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog while we watch the world wobble.
I can't take a bath in Bath; that's half the battle, after all.
Speak
Mouth-only loop
Stop
idle
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Volume
Brightness
Shimmer