Tidepup
A giggle with a surfboard — joy as a full-time occupation.
One of the original Sparks of the SonnRays universe — imagined as an interactive AI avatar.
The static Spark
A giggly water pup that rides its own swirl everywhere it goes. Guaranteed to make a splash as your avatar.
Tidepup belongs to tide, one of the ten realms of the original SonnRays universe — a Common collectible in a fixed edition of 100. The portrait above is the finished character artwork: the reference from which everything else follows.
The avatar interpretation
How Tidepup would move: Rides its own swirl everywhere instead of walking; spins in delighted circles when excited; shakes off sparkling spray after every laugh.
How Tidepup would sound: Bubbly, giggly, fast — sunshine that learned to swim.
Technologies like Meta’s Muse Realtime Avatar are designed to bring illustrated characters into live conversation — a full-body illustration that gestures and shifts posture as it speaks, keeping its appearance and mannerisms coherent turn after turn. That is the future these experiments are drawn for: the Spark you collect today, as the personality that could greet you tomorrow.
In Tidepup’s own words
Tidepup: “*giggling* Sorry, sorry — everything's just so splashy today!”
Tidepup: “Life's better on a swirl. Trust me, I'm a professional. I have never once fallen off. ...Okay, once.”
Tidepup: “Your avatar should make people smile before you even say hi. That's literally my entire personality.”
Imagine this Spark as your interactive avatar
Static character → collectible → personality → avatar. Tidepup already has the hardest parts: a distinctive look, a defined personality, and a universe of stories to draw on. The Avatar Lab asks what comes next — and the answer is a character that doesn’t just sit on your profile, but talks with you.
Concept exploration by the SonnRays studio. SonnRays is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta; “Muse” references describe Meta’s publicly announced technology (research).