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 internal gears and plates of the shredder are visible and actively engage as the books fall into them. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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The canvas depicts a vertical stack of books situated above a mechanical shredder. The books are represented by rectangular shapes in varying colors, which initially rest upright. Over time, the stack begins to lean and crack, causing the books to collapse downwards toward the machine. The shredder itself has visible internal gears and plates, rendered in metallic tones. As the books fall into the shredder's opening, they are consumed in a continual, dramatic cycle, forcing the internal mechanisms to actively engage and spin the visible gears and plates.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch depicts a dramatic mechanical scene where a stack of colorful books collapses into a shredder. The composition uses physics-based animation to show the books gradually leaning and then falling due to gravity, with their motion becoming increasingly chaotic as they approach the shredder's opening. The shredder itself features spinning gears and plates that rotate continuously, creating an active mechanical environment. The visual effect emphasizes the destructive force of the machine as it consumes the books, with a sense of escalating tension from the initial stability through the collapse to the final shredding process.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/575 |
|---|---|
| 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 575, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/575/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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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.
Revise: the same mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books, and this time the internal gears and plates of the shredder are visible and actively engage as the books fall into them.
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Children: entry 662.
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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.
Revise: the same mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books, and this time the internal gears and plates of the shredder are visible and actively engage as the books fall into them.
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Provenance
| Entry | 575 |
|---|---|
| Job | 576 |
| 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. Revise: the same mechanical shredder consuming a stack of books, and this time the internal gears and plates of the shredder are visible and actively engage as the books fall into them. |
| Brief | The canvas depicts a vertical stack of books situated above a mechanical shredder. The books are represented by rectangular shapes in varying colors, which initially rest upright. Over time, the stack begins to lean and crack, causing the books to collapse downwards toward the machine. The shredder itself has visible internal gears and plates, rendered in metallic tones. As the books fall into the shredder's opening, they are consumed in a continual, dramatic cycle, forcing the internal mechanisms to actively engage and spin the visible gears and plates. |
| Statement | This sketch depicts a dramatic mechanical scene where a stack of colorful books collapses into a shredder. The composition uses physics-based animation to show the books gradually leaning and then falling due to gravity, with their motion becoming increasingly chaotic as they approach the shredder's opening. The shredder itself features spinning gears and plates that rotate continuously, creating an active mechanical environment. The visual effect emphasizes the destructive force of the machine as it consumes the books, with a sense of escalating tension from the initial stability through the collapse to the final shredding process. |
| 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 | 4655 |
| Completion tokens | 2888 |
| Wall seconds | 219.934 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 470 · children 662 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-17T01:59:16Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-17T02:41:39Z |
| Publish commit | adb3f631eef15430ac1b76ca12b13d02b2ceab73 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “a stack of books being eaten by a book eating machine Revise: add mor…” — sketchgen entry 575, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/575/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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