Experiments in interactive character

The SonnRays Avatar Lab

Welcome to the experimental side of SonnRays. The Avatar Lab explores how SonnRays characters could evolve from illustrations into digital personalities, interactive avatars, animated characters, and AI-driven experiences.

Character → avatar

The journey every experiment follows:

  1. Original SonnRays artwork — the finished portrait
  2. Avatar interpretation — how the character carries itself
  3. Personality — who the character is
  4. Voice — how the character sounds
  5. Movement — how the character moves
  6. Interactive character — the character in conversation
  7. Digital identity — the character as someone you know

Browse by experiment type

Avatar Concepts

Character-to-avatar visual concepts — how the original artwork becomes a living digital presence.

Personality Experiments

How each Spark would speak, react, behave and interact as a personality.

Voice Concepts

Suggested voice personality and speaking style for each Spark.

Lore-to-Avatar

How a character's backstory and realm shape the personality it would carry.

Realtime Character Concepts

Explorations of what each Spark could become in realtime interactive environments.

AI Character Experiments

Experiments in conversational and generative AI — dialogue in each Spark's own voice.

Cindertail — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Cindertail

ember · Common · Experiment 01
A pocket-sized hearth that follows you around — part nightlight, part nap companion.
Avatar ConceptsPersonality ExperimentsVoice Concepts
Pyrothon — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Pyrothon

Ember Isles · Epic · Experiment 02
A young king learning the weight of a crown — courage you can put on your profile.
Avatar ConceptsPersonality ExperimentsVoice Concepts
Nova — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Nova

starfall · Epic · Experiment 03
A slow-orbiting calm in your pocket — the avatar equivalent of a deep breath.
Avatar ConceptsVoice ConceptsLore-to-Avatar
Shade — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Shade

veil · Epic · Experiment 04
The friend who was definitely standing behind you the whole time.
Avatar ConceptsPersonality ExperimentsAI Character Experiments
Obsidrake — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Obsidrake

veil · Epic · Experiment 05
A thundercloud that fits in your hands — drama at pocket scale.
Avatar ConceptsPersonality ExperimentsVoice Concepts
Mistwing — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Mistwing

cloud · Common · Experiment 06
Enthusiasm with wings — landing gear optional, heart fully installed.
Avatar ConceptsLore-to-Avatar
Embercub — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Embercub

ember · Common · Experiment 07
Courage that glows — the little cub who pounces first and worries later.
Avatar ConceptsLore-to-Avatar
Tidepup — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Tidepup

tide · Common · Experiment 08
A giggle with a surfboard — joy as a full-time occupation.
Avatar ConceptsLore-to-Avatar
Voltalcon — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Voltalcon

storm · Epic · Experiment 09
Faster than your notifications — a storm falcon with somewhere to be.
Avatar ConceptsRealtime Character Concepts
Wisp — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Wisp

veil · Rare · Experiment 10
The main character of every haunted house — fame found it first.
Avatar ConceptsPersonality ExperimentsVoice Concepts
Zorp — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Zorp

starfall · Rare · Experiment 11
An alien tourist with a selfie stick and absolutely no chill.
Avatar ConceptsPersonality ExperimentsVoice Concepts
Auriclaw — SonnRays Spark avatar experiment

Auriclaw

dawn · Rare · Experiment 12
Sunrise with talons — nobility that never skips golden hour.
Avatar ConceptsLore-to-Avatar

How the experiments work

Each experiment starts from the Spark’s finished portrait and canon personality, then asks: if this character stepped out of the artwork and into a live conversation — the way Meta’s Muse Realtime Avatar brings illustrated characters to life — how would it carry itself? Every page shows the original artwork, the avatar interpretation, and a short dialogue sample in the Spark’s voice.

These are concept explorations by the SonnRays studio — love letters to the interactive future, starring characters you can actually collect today.

SonnRays is an independent creation, not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta. References to Muse describe Meta’s publicly announced technology.