a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows

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

seed 1 · entry 1489 · published

four frames from a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas presents a vast, empty desert seen under the darkness of night. The only visible action is the passage of a distant train across the horizon. The viewer's perception is limited entirely to the rhythmic bursts of light emanating from the train's windows. These lit rectangular shapes streak across the canvas, alternating between bright yellow and white against the deep, receding blues and blacks of the desert night. The movement is continuous and cyclical, suggesting the journey of the train without any required interaction from the viewer.

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

This sketch depicts a vast desert nightscape with a distant train moving across the horizon. The scene features a starry background with randomly positioned stars of varying sizes and brightness. A train moves continuously from left to right, with its windows alternating between bright yellow and white light in a rhythmic pattern. The animation is entirely self-contained, running without any user interaction after initialization. The visual effect captures the sense of journey and motion through a minimalist yet evocative night scene, where the train's lights create a striking contrast against the deep blue-black desert night.

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Judgment

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0.86 over 9 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1489
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows” — sketchgen entry 1489, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1489/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows
entry 1489 · root · profcarroll

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1622.

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Provenance

Entry	1489
Job	1500
State	published
Prompt	a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows
Brief	The canvas presents a vast, empty desert seen under the darkness of night. The only visible action is the passage of a distant train across the horizon. The viewer's perception is limited entirely to the rhythmic bursts of light emanating from the train's windows. These lit rectangular shapes streak across the canvas, alternating between bright yellow and white against the deep, receding blues and blacks of the desert night. The movement is continuous and cyclical, suggesting the journey of the train without any required interaction from the viewer.
Statement	This sketch depicts a vast desert nightscape with a distant train moving across the horizon. The scene features a starry background with randomly positioned stars of varying sizes and brightness. A train moves continuously from left to right, with its windows alternating between bright yellow and white light in a rhythmic pattern. The animation is entirely self-contained, running without any user interaction after initialization. The visual effect captures the sense of journey and motion through a minimalist yet evocative night scene, where the train's lights create a striking contrast against the deep blue-black desert night.
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 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	2383
Completion tokens	574
Wall seconds	44.758
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent — · children 1622 · generation 1 · critique by —
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-23T16:32:19Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-24T01:15:28Z
Publish commit	ee932cd7dc9076b192b2b14d28972f0e09707619
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows” — sketchgen entry 1489, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1489/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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