Ship of fools, sail away from me
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time their edges show visible warping and tears from water damage gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas displays delicate, brightly colored renderings of whimsical ships, crafted to look like fragile paper-cuts. These whimsical vessels sail across the scene, but their surfaces are characterized by visible, distressed damage: their edges are warped, torn, and aged by simulated water damage. The ships drift and float at a steady pace. If the viewer moves the mouse cursor, the movement of the ships responds subtly, altering their current path and adding dynamic shifts to the scene's overall composition.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a dreamlike scene of whimsical paper-cut ships drifting across a waterlogged landscape. Each vessel is rendered with vibrant colors and visible signs of aging—tears, warping, and water damage that give them a fragile, distressed appearance. The ships float steadily at their own pace, responding subtly to mouse movement by altering their path slightly, creating an interactive yet serene atmosphere. The visual style emphasizes delicate, hand-crafted details within the constraints of computational art, evoking both nostalgia and a sense of gentle decay.
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Judgment
Humans
0.45 over 1 pair
closer to its brief: 0.54 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
3.38 over 50 pairs
closer to its brief: 0.16 over 50 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.
Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.
Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/370 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 370, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/370/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 4 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
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the ships are weathered with subtle patina and aged wood grain
Revise: the same whimsical ships, and this time they have visible moss and barnacle buildup
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time their edges show visible warping and tears from water damage
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 437.
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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
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the ships are weathered with subtle patina and aged wood grain
Revise: the same whimsical ships, and this time they have visible moss and barnacle buildup
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time their edges show visible warping and tears from water damage
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Provenance
| Entry | 370 |
|---|---|
| Job | 371 |
| 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 Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the ships are weathered with subtle patina and aged wood grain Revise: the same whimsical ships, and this time they have visible moss and barnacle buildup Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time their edges show visible warping and tears from water damage |
| Brief | The canvas displays delicate, brightly colored renderings of whimsical ships, crafted to look like fragile paper-cuts. These whimsical vessels sail across the scene, but their surfaces are characterized by visible, distressed damage: their edges are warped, torn, and aged by simulated water damage. The ships drift and float at a steady pace. If the viewer moves the mouse cursor, the movement of the ships responds subtly, altering their current path and adding dynamic shifts to the scene's overall composition. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a dreamlike scene of whimsical paper-cut ships drifting across a waterlogged landscape. Each vessel is rendered with vibrant colors and visible signs of aging—tears, warping, and water damage that give them a fragile, distressed appearance. The ships float steadily at their own pace, responding subtly to mouse movement by altering their path slightly, creating an interactive yet serene atmosphere. The visual style emphasizes delicate, hand-crafted details within the constraints of computational art, evoking both nostalgia and a sense of gentle decay. |
| 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), responds(drag) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(drag) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1541 |
| Completion tokens | 1180 |
| Wall seconds | 95.219 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 327 · children 437 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-16T01:46:42Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-16T01:49:14Z |
| Publish commit | 205587ba66e532a1c67475b5d503004a2c31403f |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 370, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/370/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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