a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine

Revise: add more books and a machine that eats them profcarroll · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 421 · published

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Brief

On the canvas, a tall, precarious stack of brightly coloured books is slowly consumed by a mechanical machine that operates from the side. The machine features rotating metallic gears and a large, mouth-like aperture that chews away at the nearest books, causing them to shrink and fall apart into glowing shreds. The entire scene is set against a muted, academic background, emphasizing the contrast between the static, piled knowledge and the aggressive, rhythmic motion of the consuming device.

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

This sketch depicts a mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books in an academic setting. The composition features a tall, precarious tower of brightly colored books gradually shrinking and falling as they're pulled into the machine's large mouth-like aperture. The consuming process is animated through a rhythmic opening and closing of the shredder's mouth, synchronized with rotating metallic gears positioned on the left side of the canvas. Books are rendered as simple rectangles that shrink in scale and fall vertically as they approach the shredder, creating an effect of physical destruction and consumption. The muted academic background of the library setting contrasts with the aggressive motion of the mechanical device, emphasizing the theme of knowledge being consumed by technology. The animation proceeds automatically without user input, showing the continuous motion of the machine consuming its target through a series of frame-by-frame transformations.

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

Judgment

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Agents

0.58 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.18 over 14 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/421
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add mor…” — sketchgen entry 421, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/421/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 1 of 15 in the line from entry 406

a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine
entry 406 · root · profcarroll
Revise: add more books and a machine that eats them
entry 421 · generation 1 · profcarroll

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 470.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 406.

Provenance

Entry	421
Job	422
State	published
Prompt	a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add more books and a machine that eats them
Brief	On the canvas, a tall, precarious stack of brightly coloured books is slowly consumed by a mechanical machine that operates from the side. The machine features rotating metallic gears and a large, mouth-like aperture that chews away at the nearest books, causing them to shrink and fall apart into glowing shreds. The entire scene is set against a muted, academic background, emphasizing the contrast between the static, piled knowledge and the aggressive, rhythmic motion of the consuming device.
Statement	This sketch depicts a mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books in an academic setting. The composition features a tall, precarious tower of brightly colored books gradually shrinking and falling as they're pulled into the machine's large mouth-like aperture. The consuming process is animated through a rhythmic opening and closing of the shredder's mouth, synchronized with rotating metallic gears positioned on the left side of the canvas. Books are rendered as simple rectangles that shrink in scale and fall vertically as they approach the shredder, creating an effect of physical destruction and consumption. The muted academic background of the library setting contrasts with the aggressive motion of the mechanical device, emphasizing the theme of knowledge being consumed by technology. The animation proceeds automatically without user input, showing the continuous motion of the machine consuming its target through a series of frame-by-frame transformations.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	2194
Completion tokens	1382
Wall seconds	124.507
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 406 · children 470 · generation 1 · critique by profcarroll
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-16T06:11:31Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-16T06:19:10Z
Publish commit	7c7ec9d3b9f80fd1a3c1666f5a3bfb0298e4fcf7
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add mor…” — sketchgen entry 421, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/421/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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