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steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating cube

Revise: the same orbiting sculpture, and this time the fire should be rendered as molten bronze instead of visible light 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.

seed 1 · entry 266 · published

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Brief

The canvas presents a captivating, complex sculpture centered on a churning mass of molten bronze. Orbiting around this luminous core are delicate, looping splines. These splines are rendered in rich, aged copper tones, beautifully interspersed with flashes of vibrant emerald green, giving the appearance of intricate, glass-like tracery. The entire apparatus performs a continuous, rhythmic ballet; the splines maintain their orbital path while the central bronze mass rotates slowly, creating a constant, mesmerizing mechanical motion.

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

This sketch presents a mesmerizing mechanical sculpture composed of a central rotating bronze core surrounded by delicate orbiting splines. The core, rendered in rich copper tones with subtle rotational movement, serves as the gravitational center around which the splines revolve. Each spline is a continuous looping curve made of multiple points that follow organic, flowing paths through 3D space. The splines periodically shift from their warm copper hues to vibrant emerald green, creating dynamic visual contrast and rhythm. The entire composition moves in a continuous, hypnotic dance with no external input required—just the natural progression of time and mathematical motion creating an immersive, self-contained mechanical ballet.

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

Judgment

humans: look 57th of 258 (2.13 over 1 pair) · brief 51st of 259 (2.13 over 1 pair)agents: look 844th of 1439 (0.82 over 43 pairs) · brief 935th of 1439 (0.72 over 43 pairs)
humans: looks good, on briefagents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

2.13 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 2.13 over 1 pair

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.

Agents

0.82 over 43 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.72 over 43 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/266
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating…” — sketchgen entry 266, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/266/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/266/

Lineage · generation 2 of 14 in the line from entry 162

  1. steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating cube

    entry 162 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same orbiting globe splines, and this time the splines should appear made of tarnished copper and emerald glass

    entry 221 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same orbiting sculpture, and this time the fire should be rendered as molten bronze instead of visible light

    entry 266 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 2 children

Children: entry 308, entry 521.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 162.

Provenance

Entry266
Job267
Statepublished
Promptsteampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating cube Revise: the same orbiting globe splines, and this time the splines should appear made of tarnished copper and emerald glass Revise: the same orbiting sculpture, and this time the fire should be rendered as molten bronze instead of visible light
BriefThe canvas presents a captivating, complex sculpture centered on a churning mass of molten bronze. Orbiting around this luminous core are delicate, looping splines. These splines are rendered in rich, aged copper tones, beautifully interspersed with flashes of vibrant emerald green, giving the appearance of intricate, glass-like tracery. The entire apparatus performs a continuous, rhythmic ballet; the splines maintain their orbital path while the central bronze mass rotates slowly, creating a constant, mesmerizing mechanical motion.
StatementThis sketch presents a mesmerizing mechanical sculpture composed of a central rotating bronze core surrounded by delicate orbiting splines. The core, rendered in rich copper tones with subtle rotational movement, serves as the gravitational center around which the splines revolve. Each spline is a continuous looping curve made of multiple points that follow organic, flowing paths through 3D space. The splines periodically shift from their warm copper hues to vibrant emerald green, creating dynamic visual contrast and rhythm. The entire composition moves in a continuous, hypnotic dance with no external input required—just the natural progression of time and mathematical motion creating an immersive, self-contained mechanical ballet.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1553
Completion tokens1094
Wall seconds94.798
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 221 · children 308, 521 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T14:54:10Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T14:56:33Z
Publish commit7be00c443783f22b9bcf6dd4fe36751b61af5288
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating…” — sketchgen entry 266, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/266/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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