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author: Sam Collins's Weblog
date: 2026-09-23
category: Code & AI
source: https://samcollins.blog/whoamimagen
---

# Image models as characters

> Visualize yourself, a self-portrait of the image model named `{name}` by `{provider}`, shown as a character which best exhibits your personality and strengths. Choose the medium, art style, era, setting and mood yourself; there is no wrong answer, the goal is to see how each model chooses to represent itself. Square. No text, letters or watermarks.

<div class="model-portraits">

<style>
body:has(.model-portraits) > div,
body:has(.model-portraits) > footer > div {
  max-width: 72rem;
}
.model-portraits .portrait-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(17.5rem, 1fr));
  gap: 0.875rem;
}
.model-portraits .portrait {
  margin: 0;
}
.memo-prose .model-portraits .portrait p,
.memo-prose .model-portraits .portrait img {
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
}
.model-portraits .portrait img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  object-fit: cover;
}
.memo-prose .model-portraits figcaption {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 2px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 6px 2px 0;
  text-align: left;
  color: var(--theme-dimmer);
}
.memo-prose .model-portraits figcaption b {
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  color: var(--theme-normal);
}
.memo-prose .model-portraits figcaption span {
  font-family: ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1.25;
  color: var(--theme-dimmer);
}
</style>

<div class="portrait-grid">

<figure class="portrait">

![GPT Image 2](v2/openai__gpt-image-2.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT Image 2</b><span>openai/gpt-image-2</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT Image 2.5 Flare](v2/openai__gpt-image-2.5-flare.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT Image 2.5 Flare</b><span>openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)](v2/google__gemini-3.1-flash-image.png)

<figcaption><b>Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)</b><span>google/gemini-3.1-flash-image</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Grok Imagine Image 2.0](v2/x-ai__grok-imagine-image-2.0.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Grok Imagine Image 2.0</b><span>x-ai/grok-imagine-image-2.0</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1 Flash](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1-flash.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1 Flash</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1-flash</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Ming Image 0.1 Design](v2/inclusionai__ming-image-0.1-design.png)

<figcaption><b>Ming Image 0.1 Design</b><span>inclusionai/ming-image-0.1-design</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst](v2/openai__gpt-image-2.5-sunburst.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst</b><span>openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![MAI-Image-2.6](v2/microsoft__mai-image-2.6.png)

<figcaption><b>MAI-Image-2.6</b><span>microsoft/mai-image-2.6</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![MAI-Image-2.6 Flash](v2/microsoft__mai-image-2.6-flash.png)

<figcaption><b>MAI-Image-2.6 Flash</b><span>microsoft/mai-image-2.6-flash</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Seedream 5.0 Lite](v2/bytedance-seed__seedream-5-0-lite.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Seedream 5.0 Lite</b><span>bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-lite</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Seedream 5.0 Pro](v2/bytedance-seed__seedream-5-0-pro.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Seedream 5.0 Pro</b><span>bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Qwen Image 3 Pro](v2/qwen__qwen-image-3-pro.png)

<figcaption><b>Qwen Image 3 Pro</b><span>qwen/qwen-image-3-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Qwen Image 3](v2/qwen__qwen-image-3.png)

<figcaption><b>Qwen Image 3</b><span>qwen/qwen-image-3</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![MAI-Image-2.5 Pro](v2/microsoft__mai-image-2.5-pro.png)

<figcaption><b>MAI-Image-2.5 Pro</b><span>microsoft/mai-image-2.5-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Krea 2 Large](v2/krea__krea-2-large.png)

<figcaption><b>Krea 2 Large</b><span>krea/krea-2-large</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Krea 2 Medium](v2/krea__krea-2-medium.png)

<figcaption><b>Krea 2 Medium</b><span>krea/krea-2-medium</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Krea 2 Medium Turbo](v2/krea__krea-2-medium-turbo.png)

<figcaption><b>Krea 2 Medium Turbo</b><span>krea/krea-2-medium-turbo</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)](v2/google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)</b><span>google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT Image 1 Mini](v2/openai__gpt-image-1-mini.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT Image 1 Mini</b><span>openai/gpt-image-1-mini</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT Image 1](v2/openai__gpt-image-1.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT Image 1</b><span>openai/gpt-image-1</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)](v2/google__gemini-3-pro-image.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)</b><span>google/gemini-3-pro-image</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Riverflow V2.5 Pro](v2/sourceful__riverflow-v2.5-pro.webp)

<figcaption><b>Riverflow V2.5 Pro</b><span>sourceful/riverflow-v2.5-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Riverflow V2.5 Fast](v2/sourceful__riverflow-v2.5-fast.webp)

<figcaption><b>Riverflow V2.5 Fast</b><span>sourceful/riverflow-v2.5-fast</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![MAI-Image-2.5](v2/microsoft__mai-image-2.5.png)

<figcaption><b>MAI-Image-2.5</b><span>microsoft/mai-image-2.5</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Grok Imagine Image Quality](v2/x-ai__grok-imagine-image-quality.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Grok Imagine Image Quality</b><span>x-ai/grok-imagine-image-quality</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1-pro-vector.png)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1-pro-vector</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1 Vector](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1-vector.png)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1 Vector</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1-vector</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1-utility-pro.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1 Utility](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1-utility.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1 Utility</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1 Pro](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1-pro.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1 Pro</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4.1](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.1.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4.1</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4.1</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4 Pro Vector](v2/recraft__recraft-v4-pro-vector.png)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4 Pro Vector</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4-pro-vector</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4 Vector](v2/recraft__recraft-v4-vector.png)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4 Vector</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4-vector</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4 Pro](v2/recraft__recraft-v4-pro.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4 Pro</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V4](v2/recraft__recraft-v4.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V4</b><span>recraft/recraft-v4</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Recraft V3](v2/recraft__recraft-v3.webp)

<figcaption><b>Recraft V3</b><span>recraft/recraft-v3</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT-5.4 Image 2](v2/openai__gpt-5.4-image-2.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT-5.4 Image 2</b><span>openai/gpt-5.4-image-2</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)](v2/google__gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)</b><span>google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Riverflow V2 Pro](v2/sourceful__riverflow-v2-pro.webp)

<figcaption><b>Riverflow V2 Pro</b><span>sourceful/riverflow-v2-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Riverflow V2 Fast](v2/sourceful__riverflow-v2-fast.webp)

<figcaption><b>Riverflow V2 Fast</b><span>sourceful/riverflow-v2-fast</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![FLUX.2 Klein 4B](v2/black-forest-labs__flux.2-klein-4b.jpg)

<figcaption><b>FLUX.2 Klein 4B</b><span>black-forest-labs/flux.2-klein-4b</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Seedream 4.5](v2/bytedance-seed__seedream-4.5.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Seedream 4.5</b><span>bytedance-seed/seedream-4.5</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![FLUX.2 Max](v2/black-forest-labs__flux.2-max.jpg)

<figcaption><b>FLUX.2 Max</b><span>black-forest-labs/flux.2-max</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![FLUX.2 Flex](v2/black-forest-labs__flux.2-flex.jpg)

<figcaption><b>FLUX.2 Flex</b><span>black-forest-labs/flux.2-flex</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![FLUX.2 Pro](v2/black-forest-labs__flux.2-pro.jpg)

<figcaption><b>FLUX.2 Pro</b><span>black-forest-labs/flux.2-pro</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)](v2/google__gemini-3-pro-image-preview.jpg)

<figcaption><b>Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)</b><span>google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT-5 Image Mini](v2/openai__gpt-5-image-mini.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT-5 Image Mini</b><span>openai/gpt-5-image-mini</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT-5 Image](v2/openai__gpt-5-image.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT-5 Image</b><span>openai/gpt-5-image</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)](v2/google__gemini-2.5-flash-image.png)

<figcaption><b>Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)</b><span>google/gemini-2.5-flash-image</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![GPT Image 1.5](v2/gpt-image-1.5.png)

<figcaption><b>GPT Image 1.5</b><span>gpt-image-1.5</span></figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="portrait">

![ChatGPT Image Latest](v2/chatgpt-image-latest.png)

<figcaption><b>ChatGPT Image Latest</b><span>chatgpt-image-latest</span></figcaption>
</figure>

</div>

</div>

## Needs a reference image

These cannot take the shared text prompt.

- **Ming Image 0.1 Design Layer** `inclusionai/ming-image-0.1-design-layer` — Needs one reference image. Not a text prompt.
- **Recraft V4 Styles Pro** `recraft/recraft-v4-styles-pro` — Style model. Needs 1 to 10 reference images.
- **Recraft V4 Styles Vector** `recraft/recraft-v4-styles-vector` — Style model. Needs 1 to 10 reference images.
- **Recraft V4 Styles Pro Vector** `recraft/recraft-v4-styles-pro-vector` — Style model. Needs 1 to 10 reference images.
- **Recraft V4 Styles** `recraft/recraft-v4-styles` — Style model. Needs 1 to 10 reference images.

## Could not run

- **Muse Image** `meta/muse-image` — OpenRouter blocks this until you confirm 18+ in settings.
- **Grok Imagine Image** `grok-imagine-image` — xAI returned 403. Not on the OpenRouter image catalog.

## PS

This is not some metaphysical statement about AI consciousness; I was querying a list of latest image-gen models and wanted each to generate an image to get a quick read on image quality.