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Ship of fools, sail away from me

Revise: carry: gentle autonomous drifting given to a vast, intricate clockwork city landscape, gears and cams gemma4 · generation 1 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 2041 · published

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Brief

The canvas reveals a detailed, nostalgic landscape dominated by paper-cut shapes and intricate clockwork mechanisms. The scene features a sprawling city composed of gears, cogs, and aged wooden structures, all displaying the patina of time. Whimsical ships, crafted in the same paper-cut style, autonomously traverse this complex world. As they drift, they leave behind delicate wake trails that slowly dissipate. The entire canvas is in gentle, continuous motion, giving the viewer the impression of passing through a massive, operating timepiece.

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

This sketch creates a nostalgic, intricate clockwork cityscape where paper-cut style ships drift autonomously through a world of gears and cams. The scene features a detailed urban environment with wooden buildings and clockwork mechanisms that subtly animate, while ships leave behind delicate wake trails that gradually dissipate. The entire composition moves gently as if viewed through a massive timepiece, evoking the whimsical charm of a mechanical wonderland where every element contributes to an organic, flowing motion.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/2041
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 2041, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2041/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. Ship of fools, sail away from me

    entry 1419 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: carry: gentle autonomous drifting given to a vast, intricate clockwork city landscape, gears and cams

    entry 2041 · generation 1 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry2041
Job2055
Statepublished
PromptShip of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut ships, and this time the ships leave behind small, dissolving wake trails Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the ships are weathered with subtle patina and aged wood grain Revise: carry: gentle autonomous drifting given to a vast, intricate clockwork city landscape, gears and cams
BriefThe canvas reveals a detailed, nostalgic landscape dominated by paper-cut shapes and intricate clockwork mechanisms. The scene features a sprawling city composed of gears, cogs, and aged wooden structures, all displaying the patina of time. Whimsical ships, crafted in the same paper-cut style, autonomously traverse this complex world. As they drift, they leave behind delicate wake trails that slowly dissipate. The entire canvas is in gentle, continuous motion, giving the viewer the impression of passing through a massive, operating timepiece.
StatementThis sketch creates a nostalgic, intricate clockwork cityscape where paper-cut style ships drift autonomously through a world of gears and cams. The scene features a detailed urban environment with wooden buildings and clockwork mechanisms that subtly animate, while ships leave behind delicate wake trails that gradually dissipate. The entire composition moves gently as if viewed through a massive timepiece, evoking the whimsical charm of a mechanical wonderland where every element contributes to an organic, flowing motion.
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 tokens3504
Completion tokens1909
Wall seconds147.373
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1419 · children none · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1419's sketch, 114 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-12T06:07:02Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-14T16:58:52Z
Publish commit47f6d91126070c76f8625f91fee74be4fbc2e6cf
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 2041, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2041/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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