# Mapping art styles onto Scott McCloud's Big Triangle with multimodal models

> Source: <https://www.alexxg.com/posts/mapping-the-visual-triangle>
> Published: 2026-08-18 22:11:10+00:00

# Pokémon, Picasso, and the Language of Comics: Can AI Map Art Styles to Purpose?

We put Pokémon and Picasso on McCloud’s Big Triangle to ask: can comic language describe vision — and can AI map art styles to purpose? Inspired by *Understanding Comics*.

## TLDR

Scott McCloud’s Big Triangle places pictures between **Reality**, **Language**, and **Picture**. The [Style Atlas](/style-atlas?labels=v3&refs=big-triangle) maps **365** looks there. The published map uses the tagging results of the with **Gemini 3.7 Flash**. Typical miss on the is **~8%** on ten comics (McCloud’s whole printed set **~13%**; **~15%**). Franchises skew **Language**; artists stay more **Reality**-led. **Gemini 3.7 Flash** is the balanced winner of that pass. Try [Pokémon](/style-atlas?labels=v3&refs=big-triangle&jump=style-pokemon) and [Picasso](/style-atlas?labels=v3&refs=big-triangle&jump=artist-picasso).

## Explore again

Jump to Pokémon

Published Labels (Gemini 3.7 Flash tagging results from the gated repair v3 prompt), Big Triangle diamonds on, Pokémon selected.

[Open Pokémon →](/style-atlas?view=triangle&labels=v3&refs=big-triangle&jump=style-pokemon)Flip to Trapezoid

Same Pokémon pin, calculated sister map for pictures that carry a concept.

[Open Trapezoid →](/style-atlas?view=trapezoid&labels=v3&refs=big-triangle&jump=style-pokemon)

* Sample images are for style analysis; we claim no rights to them (fair use). Contact me to request removal.

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