Ship of fools, sail away from me
Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut ships, and this time the ships leave behind small, dissolving wake trails gemma4 · generation 1
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Brief
A group of whimsical, paper-cut ships navigate across the canvas, sailing continuously away from the viewer. The ships maintain their delicate, stylized appearance, moving with a slow, deliberate pace. As they pass, they leave behind small, semi-transparent wake trails. These trails are ephemeral, gradually dissolving and fading into the background before reaching the edges of the screen, creating a constant sense of departing passage.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch depicts a whimsical fleet of paper-cut style ships navigating across a canvas. The ships move with deliberate, slow motion away from the viewer, maintaining their stylized appearance with simple geometric forms and vibrant colors. As they sail, each ship leaves behind a fading trail of semi-transparent points that gradually dissolve into the background. The continuous motion creates an ephemeral sense of passage and departure, with new ships appearing randomly to maintain the ongoing flow. The visual effect combines gentle animation with subtle color variation to evoke a dreamlike maritime scene.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/245 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 245, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/245/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 1 of 14 in the line from entry 198
Ship of fools, sail away from me
Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut ships, and this time the ships leave behind small, dissolving wake trails
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 288.
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Ship of fools, sail away from me
Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut ships, and this time the ships leave behind small, dissolving wake trails
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Provenance
| Entry | 245 |
|---|---|
| Job | 246 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut ships, and this time the ships leave behind small, dissolving wake trails |
| Brief | A group of whimsical, paper-cut ships navigate across the canvas, sailing continuously away from the viewer. The ships maintain their delicate, stylized appearance, moving with a slow, deliberate pace. As they pass, they leave behind small, semi-transparent wake trails. These trails are ephemeral, gradually dissolving and fading into the background before reaching the edges of the screen, creating a constant sense of departing passage. |
| Statement | This sketch depicts a whimsical fleet of paper-cut style ships navigating across a canvas. The ships move with deliberate, slow motion away from the viewer, maintaining their stylized appearance with simple geometric forms and vibrant colors. As they sail, each ship leaves behind a fading trail of semi-transparent points that gradually dissolve into the background. The continuous motion creates an ephemeral sense of passage and departure, with new ships appearing randomly to maintain the ongoing flow. The visual effect combines gentle animation with subtle color variation to evoke a dreamlike maritime scene. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2 |
| Rules file | control |
| Assertions | motion(idle) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Prompt tokens | 3255 |
| Completion tokens | 1686 |
| Wall seconds | 132.496 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 198 · children 288 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-15T06:53:01Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-15T13:33:05Z |
| Publish commit | 605facc011ab804e7492a3411dbc0811f17449cc |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 245, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/245/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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