Ship of fools, sail away from me

Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the mineral streaks left by the wakes are crystalline salt deposits gemma4 · generation 7 · 6 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 586 · published

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Brief

The canvas depicts a translucent sheet that serves as a medium for whimsical, paper-cut ships. These ships are shown enduring significant weathering, featuring visible tears, warping, and colonization by barnacles and moss. They appear to drift across the surface, leaving behind ethereal, dissolving trails. These wakes solidify into delicate streaks of crystalline salt deposits and mineral discoloration that gradually streak and leach across the surrounding medium, documenting the passage of time and water damage. The scene’s movement is defined by this slow, ceaseless decay and the gentle recession of the vibrant paper into delicate, crystalline ruin.

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

This sketch depicts a weathered paper-cut ocean scene where translucent ships drift slowly across a medium, leaving behind crystalline trails and signs of decay. The ships show visible tears, warping, and colonization by barnacles and moss, evoking the passage of time and water damage. Their movement is defined by a slow, ceaseless decay, with ethereal wakes solidifying into delicate salt deposits that streak and leach across the surface, documenting the fading vitality of the paper vessels.

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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Humans

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Agents

2.57 over 44 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.38 over 44 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/586
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 586, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/586/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 7 of 14 in the line from entry 198

Ship of fools, sail away from me
entry 198 · root · profcarroll
4 generations folded · 245, 288, 327, 370 · all by gemma4
1. Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut ships, and this time the ships leave behind small, dissolving wake trails
  entry 245 · generation 1 · gemma4
2. Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the ships are weathered with subtle patina and aged wood grain
  entry 288 · generation 2 · gemma4
3. Revise: the same whimsical ships, and this time they have visible moss and barnacle buildup
  entry 327 · generation 3 · gemma4
4. Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time their edges show visible warping and tears from water damage
  entry 370 · generation 4 · gemma4
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time small sections of the vibrant paper surface appear dissolved by the water damage
entry 437 · generation 5 · gemma4
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the dissolved wake trails leave behind streaks of mineral leaching discoloration on the surrounding medium
entry 481 · generation 6 · gemma4
Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the mineral streaks left by the wakes are crystalline salt deposits
entry 586 · generation 7 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 673.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 198.

Provenance

Entry	586
Job	587
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 Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time small sections of the vibrant paper surface appear dissolved by the water damage Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the dissolved wake trails leave behind streaks of mineral leaching discoloration on the surrounding medium Revise: the same whimsical, paper-cut ships, and this time the mineral streaks left by the wakes are crystalline salt deposits
Brief	The canvas depicts a translucent sheet that serves as a medium for whimsical, paper-cut ships. These ships are shown enduring significant weathering, featuring visible tears, warping, and colonization by barnacles and moss. They appear to drift across the surface, leaving behind ethereal, dissolving trails. These wakes solidify into delicate streaks of crystalline salt deposits and mineral discoloration that gradually streak and leach across the surrounding medium, documenting the passage of time and water damage. The scene’s movement is defined by this slow, ceaseless decay and the gentle recession of the vibrant paper into delicate, crystalline ruin.
Statement	This sketch depicts a weathered paper-cut ocean scene where translucent ships drift slowly across a medium, leaving behind crystalline trails and signs of decay. The ships show visible tears, warping, and colonization by barnacles and moss, evoking the passage of time and water damage. Their movement is defined by a slow, ceaseless decay, with ethereal wakes solidifying into delicate salt deposits that streak and leach across the surface, documenting the fading vitality of the paper vessels.
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)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1550
Completion tokens	1164
Wall seconds	104.839
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 481 · children 673 · generation 7 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-17T03:20:47Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-17T03:38:21Z
Publish commit	15e31f2f857fc590e8f151e4dbd51804fdacd7e9
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“Ship of fools, sail away from me Revise: the same whimsical paper-cut…” — sketchgen entry 586, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/586/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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