A machine to paint a psychological portrait.

A paper describing my assumptions in more detail is here.

The machine worked by taking a webcam photgraph, analysing it for the 'big five' personality traits, and embellishing it with images and colours chosen accordingly.

The machine consisted largely of my laptop. Subjects were photographed and could choose which photograph to use. They were asked to write three sentences at random. The system analysed how they chose, how quickly they wrote the sentences, and how long the sentences were. It also analysed the colours of their clothing.

Based on this, a quick psychological profile was constructed: images and colours were chosen according to certain assumptions.