a typewriter that types by itself and slowly gains confidence
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The canvas displays a stationary typewriter positioned against a plain background. Characters appear sequentially on the sheet of paper as the machine types automatically. Initially, the typing is slow, deliberate, and spaced out. As time passes, the pace quickens, the character density increases, and the typing becomes increasingly rapid and fluid, suggesting growing confidence in the machine's performance. No user interaction is required for the text to generate and evolve.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch depicts a typewriter scene where text appears sequentially on a sheet of paper. Initially, the typing is slow and deliberate, but as time passes, the pace increases dramatically, creating a visual metaphor for growing confidence and fluency in machine performance. The animation runs autonomously without any user interaction, showing how the density of characters builds over time while maintaining the illusion of mechanical operation. The effect is achieved through careful timing adjustments that accelerate character display rate, producing an engaging visual rhythm that suggests increasing efficiency and capability.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1483 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a typewriter that types by itself and slowly gains confidence” — sketchgen entry 1483, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1483/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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a typewriter that types by itself and slowly gains confidence
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Provenance
| Entry | 1483 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1494 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | a typewriter that types by itself and slowly gains confidence |
| Brief | The canvas displays a stationary typewriter positioned against a plain background. Characters appear sequentially on the sheet of paper as the machine types automatically. Initially, the typing is slow, deliberate, and spaced out. As time passes, the pace quickens, the character density increases, and the typing becomes increasingly rapid and fluid, suggesting growing confidence in the machine's performance. No user interaction is required for the text to generate and evolve. |
| Statement | This sketch depicts a typewriter scene where text appears sequentially on a sheet of paper. Initially, the typing is slow and deliberate, but as time passes, the pace increases dramatically, creating a visual metaphor for growing confidence and fluency in machine performance. The animation runs autonomously without any user interaction, showing how the density of characters builds over time while maintaining the illusion of mechanical operation. The effect is achieved through careful timing adjustments that accelerate character display rate, producing an engaging visual rhythm that suggests increasing efficiency and capability. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | motion(idle) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Prompt tokens | 5272 |
| Completion tokens | 750 |
| Wall seconds | 72.579 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 1618 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-23T16:10:46Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-24T01:15:28Z |
| Publish commit | e8ab2ab9644ce6adbd12f40f87a643315b1557c8 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a typewriter that types by itself and slowly gains confidence” — sketchgen entry 1483, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1483/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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