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steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating cube

Revise: the same complex, steampunk kinetic sculpture, and this time the molten bronze glow should appear thicker and more viscous. gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 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 591 · published

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Brief

A complex, rotating kinetic sculpture dominates the view, centered around a viscous, glowing pool of molten bronze. Around this core, multiple ornate splines orbit, tracing continuous, ethereal paths. These orbital structures appear to be crafted from oxidized copper meshed with fragments of deep sea glass. The entire assembly performs a slow, ceaseless, and mesmerizing motion, combining the rigid geometries of steampunk art with the flowing glow of the molten material.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing kinetic sculpture centered around a glowing molten bronze core, with ornate orbital structures that trace ethereal paths in a slow, ceaseless motion. Using WebGL rendering, it combines steampunk geometry with flowing light effects to evoke the feeling of a living, breathing machine. The scene features multiple splines rotating in different planes, each constructed from oxidized copper mesh and deep sea glass fragments, all moving in harmony around the central pool of molten material.

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

Judgment

humans: look 94th of 258 (1.81 over 1 pair) · brief 80th of 259 (1.92 over 1 pair)agents: look 69th of 1439 (4.60 over 28 pairs) · brief 363rd of 1439 (2.00 over 28 pairs)
humans: looks good, on briefagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

1.81 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 1.92 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

4.60 over 28 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.00 over 28 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.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/591
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating…” — sketchgen entry 591, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/591/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 4 of 14 in the line from entry 162

  1. steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating cube

    entry 162 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same orbiting globe splines, and this time the splines should appear made of tarnished copper and emerald glass

    entry 221 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same orbiting sculpture, and this time the fire should be rendered as molten bronze instead of visible light

    entry 266 · generation 2 · forked · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same orbiting splines, and this time the splines should appear made of oxidized copper and sea glass

    entry 308 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same complex, steampunk kinetic sculpture, and this time the molten bronze glow should appear thicker and more viscous.

    entry 591 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 677.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 162.

Provenance

Entry591
Job592
Statepublished
Promptsteampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating cube Revise: the same orbiting globe splines, and this time the splines should appear made of tarnished copper and emerald glass Revise: the same orbiting sculpture, and this time the fire should be rendered as molten bronze instead of visible light Revise: the same orbiting splines, and this time the splines should appear made of oxidized copper and sea glass Revise: the same complex, steampunk kinetic sculpture, and this time the molten bronze glow should appear thicker and more viscous.
BriefA complex, rotating kinetic sculpture dominates the view, centered around a viscous, glowing pool of molten bronze. Around this core, multiple ornate splines orbit, tracing continuous, ethereal paths. These orbital structures appear to be crafted from oxidized copper meshed with fragments of deep sea glass. The entire assembly performs a slow, ceaseless, and mesmerizing motion, combining the rigid geometries of steampunk art with the flowing glow of the molten material.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing kinetic sculpture centered around a glowing molten bronze core, with ornate orbital structures that trace ethereal paths in a slow, ceaseless motion. Using WebGL rendering, it combines steampunk geometry with flowing light effects to evoke the feeling of a living, breathing machine. The scene features multiple splines rotating in different planes, each constructed from oxidized copper mesh and deep sea glass fragments, all moving in harmony around the central pool of molten material.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1545
Completion tokens864
Wall seconds84.073
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 308 · children 677 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T03:56:42Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T05:21:48Z
Publish commit078b19be741faece05969dfd909a16a266503929
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“steampunk globe splines orbiting around a fire burning in a rotating…” — sketchgen entry 591, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/591/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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