BioGlyph: Face to One-Line Drawing

Bairui Su / 2026-06-04

ITP Spring Show 2026

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BioGlyph process: sit down, look at the camera, and watch a one-line drawing of your face appear

BioGlyph is an interactive web application that creates a one-line drawing of your face. It was shown at ITP Spring Show 2026, where more than 150 people tried it and collectively archived over 400 faces. It explores facial features as a personal signature and rethinks identity through generative art.

How It Works

Sit in front of the camera and watch a one-line portrait grow from your face. Built in the six hours before the show. Here is a quick demo.

Selected BioGlyph examplesSelected BioGlyph Archive
Four people trying BioGlyph togetherFour people trying BioGlyph together

ITP Spring Show 2026

Friends, family, and couples gathered around the screen to create and archive their faces together. Photos: Ray and Christoff.

BioGlyph at ITP Spring ShowCredits: Ray
BioGlyph interaction at ITP Spring Show 2026Credits: Ray
Christoff at BioGlyphCredits: Christoff
Jin and ChloeCredits: Christoff
Selfie with the BioGlyph archive at ITP Spring Show 2026
Visitor scanning the BioGlyph QR code at ITP Spring Show 2026
Four people trying BioGlyph together
Last few minutes of ITP Spring Show 2026

Experiments

Experiments: drawing a face from a name, a digital penPal, then Progressive Self Portrait.

Name to face mockupName to face mockup
Try to draw my face with Bairui SuName to face mockup2
Progressive Self PortraitProgressive Self Portrait
Joey playing with digital penPalDigital penPal
Digital penPalArjun's drawing with digital penPal