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a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1474 · published

four frames from a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays a simple representation of a sewing machine mechanism. The primary visual element is a seam, which appears as a continuous, thick line of stitches. When the user moves the cursor across the canvas, the seam dynamically follows the path of the cursor, simulating the action of stitching. The stitching trail is drawn in a single color that adheres precisely to the movement of the input pointer.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch simulates a sewing machine mechanism by creating a dynamic seam that follows the user's cursor movement. The visualization represents a continuous line of stitches that forms as the pointer drags across the canvas. The gold-colored seam traces the exact path of the mouse, with each position recorded as a stitch point. The system maintains only the most recent 200 stitch points to ensure smooth performance while still providing a visible trail. When no motion occurs, the seam remains static, but upon cursor movement, a new dynamic trail forms that responds precisely to user input. The technique uses a simple array to store stitch positions and draws them as a continuous shape, creating an effect that mimics the action of stitching through fabric.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

agents: look 769th of 1439 (0.94 over 15 pairs) · brief 972nd of 1439 (0.66 over 15 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.94 over 15 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.66 over 15 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1474
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor” — sketchgen entry 1474, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1474/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1474/

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  1. a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor

    entry 1474 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1610.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1474.

Provenance

Entry1474
Job1485
Statepublished
Prompta sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor
BriefThe canvas displays a simple representation of a sewing machine mechanism. The primary visual element is a seam, which appears as a continuous, thick line of stitches. When the user moves the cursor across the canvas, the seam dynamically follows the path of the cursor, simulating the action of stitching. The stitching trail is drawn in a single color that adheres precisely to the movement of the input pointer.
StatementThis sketch simulates a sewing machine mechanism by creating a dynamic seam that follows the user's cursor movement. The visualization represents a continuous line of stitches that forms as the pointer drags across the canvas. The gold-colored seam traces the exact path of the mouse, with each position recorded as a stitch point. The system maintains only the most recent 200 stitch points to ensure smooth performance while still providing a visible trail. When no motion occurs, the seam remains static, but upon cursor movement, a new dynamic trail forms that responds precisely to user input. The technique uses a simple array to store stitch positions and draws them as a continuous shape, creating an effect that mimics the action of stitching through fabric.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsno_motion, responds(drag)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — no_motion pass, responds(drag) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2375
Completion tokens408
Wall seconds33.481
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1610 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T15:41:22Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:15:28Z
Publish commit27823809d9d7519d17ddd023562de85f384a9af1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor” — sketchgen entry 1474, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1474/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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