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ALT Grid comparing 12 illustrations of pelicans riding bicycles. Columns: gpt-6-astra, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.6-terra, gpt-5.6-luna. Rows: MAX, XHIGH, HIGH reasoning effort. All are recognizable, cheerful cartoons with orange bills and sunny pastel backgrounds. Astra is consistently polished, with elegant bird shapes, fine wheel spokes and coherent bicycles. Sol is appealing but varies more in proportions, with a particularly elongated neck at MAX. Terra has expressive birds but more awkward anatomy: its XHIGH pelican faces left on a left-facing bicycle, and HIGH has bulky, arm-like wings. Luna is simpler, with stiff poses and some awkward wing and foot placement. Higher effort does not produce an obvious, consistent improvement across all four models. Costs in cents, in column order: MAX: 63.21, 48.55, 32.09, 7.83. XHIGH: 33.85, 24.11, 14.67, 4.24. HIGH: 18.37, 10.38, 3.74, 2.46. (Alt text by GPT-6 Astra)