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a street musician's open case slowly filling with coins as people pass

Revise: the same wooden case, and this time the pile of coins should periodically visibly shift and settle in smaller, localized ripples. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

Rejected by the operator: rejected by operator

seed 1 · entry 1682 · rejected · operator

four frames from a street musician's open case slowly filling with coins as people pass under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas presents a wooden open case resting at the bottom, filled with a dense, uneven pile of coins in shades of gold and copper. The pile of coins is the central focus. Although the case remains visually stable, the coins themselves are never truly still; the pile periodically exhibits small, localized ripples and settling vibrations, causing specific sections of the stack to visibly shift and smooth out before settling again. The scene is purely observational, requiring no input from the viewer.

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

This sketch depicts a wooden case filled with a pile of coins that exhibits subtle, localized ripples and settling movements. The scene captures the organic, ever-changing nature of a coin pile through physics-based animation where individual coins respond to gravity, friction, and boundary collisions. Every so often, the entire pile undergoes small, wave-like disturbances that cause sections to shift and settle, creating a mesmerizing effect of continuous motion without abrupt changes. Viewers observe this quiet activity as a natural process of accumulation and reorganization, emphasizing the tension between stability and movement in a contained environment.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1682
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a street musician's open case slowly filling with coins as people pas…” — sketchgen entry 1682, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1682/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 2 of 2 in the line from entry 1463

  1. a street musician's open case slowly filling with coins as people pass

    entry 1463 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same wooden open case, and this time the coins should accumulate into a more densely packed, uneven pile at the bottom.

    entry 1599 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same wooden case, and this time the pile of coins should periodically visibly shift and settle in smaller, localized ripples.

    entry 1682 · generation 2 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry1682
Job1695
Staterejected
Prompta street musician's open case slowly filling with coins as people pass Revise: the same wooden open case, and this time the coins should accumulate into a more densely packed, uneven pile at the bottom. Revise: the same wooden case, and this time the pile of coins should periodically visibly shift and settle in smaller, localized ripples.
BriefThe canvas presents a wooden open case resting at the bottom, filled with a dense, uneven pile of coins in shades of gold and copper. The pile of coins is the central focus. Although the case remains visually stable, the coins themselves are never truly still; the pile periodically exhibits small, localized ripples and settling vibrations, causing specific sections of the stack to visibly shift and smooth out before settling again. The scene is purely observational, requiring no input from the viewer.
StatementThis sketch depicts a wooden case filled with a pile of coins that exhibits subtle, localized ripples and settling movements. The scene captures the organic, ever-changing nature of a coin pile through physics-based animation where individual coins respond to gravity, friction, and boundary collisions. Every so often, the entire pile undergoes small, wave-like disturbances that cause sections to shift and settle, creating a mesmerizing effect of continuous motion without abrupt changes. Viewers observe this quiet activity as a natural process of accumulation and reorganization, emphasizing the tension between stability and movement in a contained environment.
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 tokens3270
Completion tokens1160
Wall seconds96.165
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1599 · children none · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1599's sketch, 97 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T18:26:10Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T20:19:25Z
Publish commit790fee7c8985bf4ba534411300c085bfe5674a33
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a street musician's open case slowly filling with coins as people pas…” — sketchgen entry 1682, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1682/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Last errorrejected by operator

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