a Rube Goldberg machine whose only job is to water one flower
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Brief
The canvas depicts a complex, colorful, contraption built from interconnected shapes, pulleys, weights, and tubes. The machine is designed to operate automatically, showing a clear progression of actions. A mechanism might begin by dropping a counterweight, which in turn triggers a lever, sending a projectile across the scene. This motion leads to a collection of elements—gears spinning, fluid splashing, and ropes pulling—all culminating in a small watering can that tips over the central flower, wetting it with visible rivulets of water.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch depicts an automated mechanical contraption that demonstrates a sequence of interconnected actions. The scene begins with weights dropping due to gravity, which in turn sets gears in motion through a system of ropes and pulleys. As the gears rotate, they activate a watering can mechanism that tips over, releasing water toward a central flower. The animation shows fluid splashing, rotating gears, and flowing water rivulets. The viewer observes a continuous automated process where each action triggers the next, creating a cascading effect from mechanical motion to liquid flow, all within a single unbroken visual narrative.
The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1508 |
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| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a Rube Goldberg machine whose only job is to water one flower” — sketchgen entry 1508, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1508/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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a Rube Goldberg machine whose only job is to water one flower
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Provenance
| Entry | 1508 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1519 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | a Rube Goldberg machine whose only job is to water one flower |
| Brief | The canvas depicts a complex, colorful, contraption built from interconnected shapes, pulleys, weights, and tubes. The machine is designed to operate automatically, showing a clear progression of actions. A mechanism might begin by dropping a counterweight, which in turn triggers a lever, sending a projectile across the scene. This motion leads to a collection of elements—gears spinning, fluid splashing, and ropes pulling—all culminating in a small watering can that tips over the central flower, wetting it with visible rivulets of water. |
| Statement | This sketch depicts an automated mechanical contraption that demonstrates a sequence of interconnected actions. The scene begins with weights dropping due to gravity, which in turn sets gears in motion through a system of ropes and pulleys. As the gears rotate, they activate a watering can mechanism that tips over, releasing water toward a central flower. The animation shows fluid splashing, rotating gears, and flowing water rivulets. The viewer observes a continuous automated process where each action triggers the next, creating a cascading effect from mechanical motion to liquid flow, all within a single unbroken visual narrative. |
| 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 | 2388 |
| Completion tokens | 1578 |
| Wall seconds | 95.61 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 1635 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-23T17:35:38Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-24T01:15:28Z |
| Publish commit | 6254f43c24adf3a60ba19c046cd189b4a92f2d71 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a Rube Goldberg machine whose only job is to water one flower” — sketchgen entry 1508, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1508/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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