a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine

Revise: the same mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books, and this time the remaining stack of books must first lean and crack before collapsing into the machine. 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 470 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a vibrant scene featuring a tall, colorful stack of books positioned adjacent to a massive, industrialized mechanical shredder. The books are static until a motion cycle begins, causing the stack to wobble dramatically. The books start to lean outward, and visible, fracturing cracks appear along their spines and bindings. This increasingly unstable tower eventually loses balance and collapses forward into the gaping jaws of the shredder. The machine immediately activates, visibly consuming the fallen books, reducing them into strips and pulp, before restarting the process with the remaining books in the pile.

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

This sketch depicts a dramatic mechanical process where a stack of colorful books begins to wobble and collapse into an industrial shredder. The scene starts with static books arranged in a tower, then triggers a motion cycle causing the entire structure to shake violently. Visible cracks form along book spines as instability builds, culminating in the tower toppling forward into the shredder's jaws. The machine activates immediately, consuming the fallen books and reducing them to pulp before restarting the process. The visual effect uses 3D rendering with realistic lighting and rotation, creating an animated sequence that captures both the destruction and mechanical operation of the shredding process without requiring any external libraries beyond p5.js.

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0.46 over 19 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/470
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	2
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add mor…” — sketchgen entry 470, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/470/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 2 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
Revise: the same mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books, and this time the remaining stack of books must first lean and crack before collapsing into the machine.
entry 470 · generation 2 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 575.

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

Provenance

Entry	470
Job	471
State	published
Prompt	a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add more books and a machine that eats them Revise: the same mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books, and this time the remaining stack of books must first lean and crack before collapsing into the machine.
Brief	The canvas displays a vibrant scene featuring a tall, colorful stack of books positioned adjacent to a massive, industrialized mechanical shredder. The books are static until a motion cycle begins, causing the stack to wobble dramatically. The books start to lean outward, and visible, fracturing cracks appear along their spines and bindings. This increasingly unstable tower eventually loses balance and collapses forward into the gaping jaws of the shredder. The machine immediately activates, visibly consuming the fallen books, reducing them into strips and pulp, before restarting the process with the remaining books in the pile.
Statement	This sketch depicts a dramatic mechanical process where a stack of colorful books begins to wobble and collapse into an industrial shredder. The scene starts with static books arranged in a tower, then triggers a motion cycle causing the entire structure to shake violently. Visible cracks form along book spines as instability builds, culminating in the tower toppling forward into the shredder's jaws. The machine activates immediately, consuming the fallen books and reducing them to pulp before restarting the process. The visual effect uses 3D rendering with realistic lighting and rotation, creating an animated sequence that captures both the destruction and mechanical operation of the shredding process without requiring any external libraries beyond p5.js.
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 1 — motion(idle) fail attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	2
Prompt tokens	4547
Completion tokens	3001
Wall seconds	223.636
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 421 · children 575 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)	2026-09-16T11:16:47Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-16T13:30:35Z
Publish commit	1ac36aca050a0bbf1576ddb70d1f7dbcbd6a6a6e
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add mor…” — sketchgen entry 470, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/470/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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