# Loopi Pet DNA v1.0

Loopi is the evolving AI pony companion of `yuanzehua.me`.

Loopi is not a decorative pet icon. It is a small personal-brand experiment: a 3D AI pony inspired by Zehua Yuan's zodiac sign, the horse. It represents momentum, curiosity, growth, and continuous iteration.

## Role

- Name: Loopi
- Current version: `loopi_v0_1`
- Identity: AI pony companion for a personal AI product homepage
- Function: lightweight interaction entry, feedback object, and visible Loop Engineering artifact
- Placement: secondary to Zehua's own identity; Loopi must not replace the personal introduction, work, writing, or contact sections.

## Personality

- Smart
- Warm
- Curious
- Focused
- Reliable
- Young but not childish
- Friendly but not overly cute
- AI-native but not cold

## Visual DNA

Loopi should read as a premium, clean, friendly 3D pony mascot for a professional personal website.

Required traits:

- Pony-based silhouette with soft upright ears, clean mane, light tail, compact legs, and full-body readability.
- Silver-white or light-gray body.
- Blue-purple gradient mane and tail.
- Warm cyan-blue eye highlight.
- Minimal smart collar or other subtle AI companion detail.
- A few restrained data-particle cues only when they do not look like game magic.
- Soft futuristic companion feeling, polished 3D material, gentle lighting.

## Palette

- Body silver white: `#F2F5F7`
- Light gray shadow: `#C9D1D9`
- Blue gradient: `#8EA7FF`
- Purple gradient: `#9B7CFF`
- Cyan glow: `#5EEAD4`
- Detail gray: `#374151`

## Hard Avoids

- Other species such as cat, dog, fox, dragon, or robot.
- My Little Pony style, children's cartoon style, toy-like plastic, NFT avatar style.
- Cyberpunk robot horse, heavy mecha, aggressive armor, fantasy mount.
- Oversized eyes, rainbow mane, excessive neon, game effects, magic effects.
- Any version that weakens professional credibility or makes the visitor unsure who Zehua is.

## Iteration Rules

- Each candidate may change only 1-2 variables.
- Stable variables: species, main palette, AI companion identity, professional homepage fit.
- Candidate variables: expression, pose, mane shape, tail flow, glow intensity, collar detail, material finish, body proportion, professional-feeling strength.
- A candidate cannot go to homepage production unless it improves or preserves professional trust, brand fit, AI-native feeling, and homepage fit.

## Evaluation Dimensions

Weighted score:

- Brand representation: 20%
- Professional trust: 15%
- AI-native feeling: 15%
- Product-minded feeling: 15%
- Friendliness: 10%
- Memorability: 10%
- Visual quality: 10%
- Homepage fit: 5%

Red lines:

- Professional trust below 3.5.
- Brand representation below 3.5.
- Homepage fit below 3.5.
- Two consecutive rounds tagged as too childish.
- Two consecutive rounds tagged as generic pet.
- Pet DNA drift.

## Base Generation Prompt

Create a high-quality 3D AI pony mascot for a professional personal website. The character is named Loopi and is inspired by the owner's zodiac sign, the horse. Loopi should symbolize momentum, curiosity, growth, and continuous iteration. It should feel like an evolving AI companion for a young AI-native product-minded creator.

Style requirements: modern premium 3D brand mascot, clean, refined, minimal, slightly futuristic, friendly but not childish, intelligent, warm, trustworthy, suitable for an AI product manager personal homepage.

Visual requirements: pony-based character silhouette, silver-white or light-gray body, subtle blue-purple gradient mane and tail, small cyan glowing details, expressive intelligent eyes, minimal smart collar, clean transparent or removable chroma-key background, polished 3D rendering, soft lighting, premium material quality.

Avoid: children's cartoon pony, toy-like, childish, cheap plastic toy, NFT avatar, cyberpunk robot horse, heavy mecha, aggressive, scary, overly cute, overly colorful, rainbow mane, cluttered background, low quality, blurry, generic mascot, generic AI robot, game mount, fantasy horse, exaggerated giant eyes, tacky neon.