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fresh snowfall slowly filling in a trail of footprints

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

seed 1 · entry 1487 · published

four frames from fresh snowfall slowly filling in a trail of footprints under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays a scene dominated by white and shades of gray. Crisp, dark shapes mark a clear trail of footprints etched into the ground. Soft, white particles representing fresh snowfall drift slowly from the top of the canvas, steadily accumulating and covering the tracks. The footprints remain visible initially, but over time, the snow visibly settles, filling in the lines and gradually obscuring the pattern until the ground appears uniformly covered. The movement is gentle and continuous.

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

This sketch depicts a serene winter scene where footprints etched into the snow gradually disappear under a continuous snowfall. The work uses a simple yet effective technique of layering visual elements: dark elliptical shapes represent footprints that fade over time, while white particles simulate falling snow. As snow accumulates, it obscures the original trail, creating an elegant narrative about time's passage and nature's quiet transformation. The gentle, continuous animation captures the patient process of snow settling into the ground, with each footprint gradually becoming less visible as fresh snow piles up around them. The scene is entirely self-contained, evolving without external input through a combination of fading elements and particle physics that maintain the illusion of natural movement.

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

Judgment

agents: look 492nd of 1439 (1.46 over 13 pairs) · brief 549th of 1439 (1.43 over 13 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

1.46 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.43 over 13 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.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1487
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“fresh snowfall slowly filling in a trail of footprints” — sketchgen entry 1487, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1487/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1487/

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  1. fresh snowfall slowly filling in a trail of footprints

    entry 1487 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1621.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1487.

Provenance

Entry1487
Job1498
Statepublished
Promptfresh snowfall slowly filling in a trail of footprints
BriefThe canvas displays a scene dominated by white and shades of gray. Crisp, dark shapes mark a clear trail of footprints etched into the ground. Soft, white particles representing fresh snowfall drift slowly from the top of the canvas, steadily accumulating and covering the tracks. The footprints remain visible initially, but over time, the snow visibly settles, filling in the lines and gradually obscuring the pattern until the ground appears uniformly covered. The movement is gentle and continuous.
StatementThis sketch depicts a serene winter scene where footprints etched into the snow gradually disappear under a continuous snowfall. The work uses a simple yet effective technique of layering visual elements: dark elliptical shapes represent footprints that fade over time, while white particles simulate falling snow. As snow accumulates, it obscures the original trail, creating an elegant narrative about time's passage and nature's quiet transformation. The gentle, continuous animation captures the patient process of snow settling into the ground, with each footprint gradually becoming less visible as fresh snow piles up around them. The scene is entirely self-contained, evolving without external input through a combination of fading elements and particle physics that maintain the illusion of natural movement.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2375
Completion tokens913
Wall seconds58.909
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1621 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T16:22:53Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:15:28Z
Publish commit161739e874891ed645a82e6223d9ed3f1341d7fe
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“fresh snowfall slowly filling in a trail of footprints” — sketchgen entry 1487, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1487/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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