procedural ornament· chapter 11 · zero stock imagery
imagery is generated, never licensed
zero never ships stock photography. it never ships generative ai imagery from third-party models. every illustrative artifact is procedural — generated from a seed, signed by a release, reproducible from the contract.
as of
01 · halosagent avatars · proceduralevery agent gets a halo · derived from sigilSeed
the seed is part of the signed release. the halo is reproducible from the seed; nothing is hand-drawn, nothing is generated by an external model.
as of
02 · atmospherehairline · dotted · gridthree procedural backdrops · all derived
hairline rules · dotted leaders · grid lattices. ornament is a thin allowable layer, never decoration.
as of
03 · neverforbidden imageryzero generic ai aesthetics
never
stock photography of generic professionals · third-party generative ai imagery · gradients with neon glow · holographic shaders · screen-glow rim lighting · ai-generated abstract ‘tech’ collages. the brand looks like a record sleeve, not a template marketplace.