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a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor

Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be visibly discrete units of thread rather than a single continuous line. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1610 · 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 surface, representing fabric, ready for stitching. When the cursor moves, a visible sewing machine head tracks the movement across the surface. As the cursor drags, the machine head continuously deposits small, distinct units of thread, creating a visible, segmented seam that precisely traces the path of the cursor. The thread units are a contrasting color to the fabric, and the overall appearance suggests mechanical motion and precise pattern following.

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

This sketch creates a visual representation of a fabric surface with a sewing machine head that tracks cursor movement. When the user drags their mouse across the canvas, the machine head follows the path while depositing distinct thread units that form a visible seam. The design uses a grid pattern to simulate fabric texture and employs contrasting gold-colored stitches against a dark background to create visual clarity. The mechanical motion is suggested through the precise following of cursor paths and the discrete placement of thread points along the seam, creating an impression of deliberate, methodical stitching rather than continuous motion.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1360th of 1439 (0.23 over 13 pairs) · brief 1118th of 1439 (0.47 over 13 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

0.23 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.47 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.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1610
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor Revise: th…” — sketchgen entry 1610, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1610/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1610/

Lineage · generation 1 of 4 in the line from entry 1474

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

    entry 1474 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be visibly discrete units of thread rather than a single continuous line.

    entry 1610 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1714.

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

Provenance

Entry1610
Job1621
Statepublished
Prompta sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor Revise: the same seam, and this time the individual stitches must be visibly discrete units of thread rather than a single continuous line.
BriefThe canvas displays a surface, representing fabric, ready for stitching. When the cursor moves, a visible sewing machine head tracks the movement across the surface. As the cursor drags, the machine head continuously deposits small, distinct units of thread, creating a visible, segmented seam that precisely traces the path of the cursor. The thread units are a contrasting color to the fabric, and the overall appearance suggests mechanical motion and precise pattern following.
StatementThis sketch creates a visual representation of a fabric surface with a sewing machine head that tracks cursor movement. When the user drags their mouse across the canvas, the machine head follows the path while depositing distinct thread units that form a visible seam. The design uses a grid pattern to simulate fabric texture and employs contrasting gold-colored stitches against a dark background to create visual clarity. The mechanical motion is suggested through the precise following of cursor paths and the discrete placement of thread points along the seam, creating an impression of deliberate, methodical stitching rather than continuous motion.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsresponds(drag), no_motion
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — no_motion pass, responds(drag) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2693
Completion tokens657
Wall seconds55.514
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1474 · children 1714 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1474's sketch, 43 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T12:00:18Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T17:56:40Z
Publish commit22f6a8f6e1dc947b72e900bb64d74f96ee5d995a
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a sewing machine stitching a seam that follows your cursor Revise: th…” — sketchgen entry 1610, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1610/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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