Behind the Scenes
How this site got built — the process, the art pipeline, and a clean ledger of what's reported versus what's invented.
The build
This site was produced in a single production run (2026-09-26): 23 content pages plus a 404, generated from editorial markdown through a static build script — the same pipeline as the other character sites. The design is bespoke for Maria: Miami art-deco heat — sun-bleached pastels in light mode, neon-night Latin pop in dark mode, palm silhouettes, deco sunbursts, pure CSS/SVG. No two character sites share a look; that’s the standing rule.
The art pipeline
Every image of Maria was generated in-house (2026-09-26) with the media image-generation tools — no external generators, no stock, no owner-supplied art (none was available for this character). The look was held consistent across all 15 images with a fixed character description: a stylized animated Latina woman in her late twenties, long dark wavy hair, warm tan skin, red lipstick, gold hoops — retro-Miami art-deco styling.
Text-bearing images (the four quote cards) were generated with the text constrained to a central safe zone with wide margins, per the standing art rule — no text near the edges. Captions on the Social Pack carry the full quotation anyway, so nothing is lost if a render is imperfect.
The fiction ledger
Clean accounting of what’s what:
Reported (from the Vizlings app card): - Name: Maria Reyes - Type: original character - Card description, verbatim: “Miami heat, Latin confidence” - Popularity: 4.3k chats
Invented (labeled fiction throughout): - The Miami Neon setting, all locations and venues - All stories, story arcs, and timeline entries - All quotes and dialogue - All relationships — every named character is fictional - The personality analysis, values creed, lexicon, and episode concepts
The labeling system
- “AI-generated dramatization art” — on every image caption sitewide; no exceptions.
- “Fictional character” / “dramatized fiction” — the site’s refrain, stated on every lore page.
- “Temporary mockup” — the stream player’s status, stated on the player, the page, and in the config comments.
What didn’t happen
- No real person was depicted, resembled, or referenced as a character.
- No channel ID, subscriber count, or schedule was invented for the stream.
- No quotation was presented as real; all quotes are labeled fictional.
- No ZIP package was produced — the owner reviews the preview first (standing rule).
Source notes
- Build ledger accurate as of 2026-09-26. Provenance for all 15 generated images is in the image credits on this page.
- Methodology and honesty rules: Methodology.