diff --git a/apps/client/src/preview-entry.ts b/apps/client/src/preview-entry.ts
index de53da0..4f92235 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/preview-entry.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/preview-entry.ts
@@ -1,109 +1,97 @@
 import {
   AVATAR_HAIR_STYLES,
-  type AvatarAppearance,
   type AvatarHairStyle,
   DEFAULT_AVATAR_APPEARANCE,
 } from "@tilezo/protocol/appearance";
-import { Application, Container, Graphics } from "pixi.js";
-import { Avatar, type AvatarRenderDirection, drawAvatarBody } from "./game/Avatar";
+import { Application, Container, Graphics, Rectangle } from "pixi.js";
+import { Avatar, drawAvatarBody } from "./game/Avatar";
 
 const hairStyles: readonly AvatarHairStyle[] = AVATAR_HAIR_STYLES;
 
-const bodyVariants: {
-  label: string;
-  appearance: AvatarAppearance;
-  direction: AvatarRenderDirection;
-}[] = hairStyles.map((hair) => ({
-  label: `${hair}`,
-  appearance: { ...DEFAULT_AVATAR_APPEARANCE, hair },
-  direction: "south",
-}));
-
-const bubbleVariants: { label: string; appearance: AvatarAppearance }[] = hairStyles.map(
-  (hair) => ({
-    label: `bubble: ${hair}`,
-    appearance: { ...DEFAULT_AVATAR_APPEARANCE, hair },
-  }),
-);
-
 const grid = document.getElementById("grid");
 
 if (!grid) {
   throw new Error("Preview grid element is missing");
 }
 
-for (const variant of bodyVariants) {
+// A single shared offscreen renderer (one WebGL context) snapshots every avatar variant
+// into its own static 2D canvas. The previous harness created one Pixi Application — and
+// therefore one WebGL context — per grid cell, which silently broke once the grid grew
+// past the browser's live-context limit (~16): the excess contexts were lost and their
+// shaders failed to compile.
+const app = new Application();
+await app.init({
+  antialias: false,
+  backgroundAlpha: 0,
+  width: 256,
+  height: 256,
+  roundPixels: true,
+});
+app.ticker.stop();
+
+function addCell(label: string, view: HTMLCanvasElement, width: number, height: number): void {
   const cell = document.createElement("div");
   cell.className = "cell";
-  const label = document.createElement("div");
-  label.className = "label";
-  label.textContent = variant.label;
-  cell.appendChild(label);
-  grid.appendChild(cell);
-
-  const app = new Application();
-  await app.init({
-    antialias: false,
-    autoDensity: true,
-    backgroundAlpha: 0,
-    width: 120,
-    height: 160,
-    roundPixels: true,
-  });
-  app.canvas.style.width = "120px";
-  app.canvas.style.height = "160px";
-  app.canvas.style.imageRendering = "pixelated";
+  const labelElement = document.createElement("div");
+  labelElement.className = "label";
+  labelElement.textContent = label;
+  view.style.width = `${width.toString()}px`;
+  view.style.height = `${height.toString()}px`;
+  view.style.imageRendering = "pixelated";
+  cell.append(labelElement, view);
+  grid?.appendChild(cell);
+}
 
-  const container = new Container();
-  container.scale.set(3);
-  container.x = 60;
-  container.y = 130;
-  app.stage.addChild(container);
+function snapshot(target: Container, width: number, height: number): HTMLCanvasElement {
+  return app.renderer.extract.canvas({
+    target,
+    frame: new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height),
+  }) as HTMLCanvasElement;
+}
 
+for (const hair of hairStyles) {
+  const root = new Container();
+  const inner = new Container();
+  inner.scale.set(3);
+  inner.x = 60;
+  inner.y = 130;
   const body = new Graphics();
-  container.addChild(body);
+  inner.addChild(body);
+  root.addChild(inner);
   drawAvatarBody(body, {
-    appearance: variant.appearance,
-    direction: variant.direction,
+    appearance: { ...DEFAULT_AVATAR_APPEARANCE, hair },
+    direction: "south",
     animationState: "idle",
     stepFrame: 0,
   });
 
-  cell.appendChild(app.canvas);
+  addCell(hair, snapshot(root, 120, 160), 120, 160);
+  root.destroy({ children: true });
 }
 
-for (const variant of bubbleVariants) {
-  const cell = document.createElement("div");
-  cell.className = "cell";
-  const label = document.createElement("div");
-  label.className = "label";
-  label.textContent = variant.label;
-  cell.appendChild(label);
-  grid.appendChild(cell);
-
-  const app = new Application();
-  await app.init({
-    antialias: false,
-    autoDensity: true,
-    backgroundAlpha: 0,
-    width: 240,
-    height: 80,
-    roundPixels: true,
-  });
-  app.canvas.style.width = "240px";
-  app.canvas.style.height = "80px";
-  app.canvas.style.imageRendering = "pixelated";
-
-  const stageContainer = new Container();
-  stageContainer.scale.set(2);
-  stageContainer.x = 60;
-  stageContainer.y = 130;
-  app.stage.addChild(stageContainer);
-
-  const avatar = new Avatar("preview", "Preview", { x: 0, y: 0 }, variant.appearance);
-  stageContainer.addChild(avatar.view);
-  stageContainer.addChild(avatar.overlayView);
+for (const hair of hairStyles) {
+  const root = new Container();
+  const inner = new Container();
+  inner.scale.set(2);
+  inner.x = 60;
+  inner.y = 130;
+  const avatar = new Avatar(
+    "preview",
+    "Preview",
+    { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    {
+      ...DEFAULT_AVATAR_APPEARANCE,
+      hair,
+    },
+  );
+  inner.addChild(avatar.view, avatar.overlayView);
+  root.addChild(inner);
   avatar.say("Hello!");
+  // Advance the avatar so the chat bubble has animated into view before the snapshot.
+  for (let frame = 0; frame < 16; frame += 1) {
+    avatar.update(0.05);
+  }
 
-  cell.appendChild(app.canvas);
+  addCell(`bubble: ${hair}`, snapshot(root, 240, 80), 240, 80);
+  avatar.destroy();
 }