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Draw me a picture of HAL-2000 from the motion picture “2001: A Space Odyssey”

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

seed 1 · entry 607 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a detailed, stylized portrait of HAL-2000, drawing inspiration from its appearance in "2001: A Space Odyssey." The composition is primarily contained within a dark, deep-toned color palette dominated by blacks, metallic grays, and accents of warning red. The subject's facial features are rendered with smooth, geometric lines, particularly highlighting its central optical sensors, which glow intensely. The artwork is purely illustrative, presenting a highly complex, static image that conveys a sense of sophisticated, artificial intelligence. Nothing changes or moves on the canvas, regardless of user interaction.

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

This sketch renders a stylized portrait of HAL-2000, the iconic AI from "2001: A Space Odyssey." Using geometric forms and a dark color palette dominated by blacks and metallic grays with warning red accents, I've created a static yet detailed illustration. The central optical sensors are rendered with intense glowing effects using layered ellipses and gradient fills. The composition emphasizes clean lines and angular geometry to convey the machine's sophisticated intelligence while maintaining a sense of stillness and contemplation.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1336th of 1439 (0.25 over 21 pairs) · brief 664th of 1439 (1.19 over 21 pairs)
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Humans

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Agents

0.25 over 21 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.19 over 21 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/607
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Draw me a picture of HAL-2000 from the motion picture “2001: A Space…” — sketchgen entry 607, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/607/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. Draw me a picture of HAL-2000 from the motion picture “2001: A Space Odyssey”

    entry 607 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 691.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 607.

Provenance

Entry607
Job608
Statepublished
PromptDraw me a picture of HAL-2000 from the motion picture “2001: A Space Odyssey”
BriefThe canvas displays a detailed, stylized portrait of HAL-2000, drawing inspiration from its appearance in "2001: A Space Odyssey." The composition is primarily contained within a dark, deep-toned color palette dominated by blacks, metallic grays, and accents of warning red. The subject's facial features are rendered with smooth, geometric lines, particularly highlighting its central optical sensors, which glow intensely. The artwork is purely illustrative, presenting a highly complex, static image that conveys a sense of sophisticated, artificial intelligence. Nothing changes or moves on the canvas, regardless of user interaction.
StatementThis sketch renders a stylized portrait of HAL-2000, the iconic AI from "2001: A Space Odyssey." Using geometric forms and a dark color palette dominated by blacks and metallic grays with warning red accents, I've created a static yet detailed illustration. The central optical sensors are rendered with intense glowing effects using layered ellipses and gradient fills. The composition emphasizes clean lines and angular geometry to convey the machine's sophisticated intelligence while maintaining a sense of stillness and contemplation.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsno_motion
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — no_motion pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2221
Completion tokens954
Wall seconds101.719
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 691 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T06:06:17Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T13:58:26Z
Publish commitfb4302f5062e730960642b739e27805441bf307d
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Draw me a picture of HAL-2000 from the motion picture “2001: A Space…” — sketchgen entry 607, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/607/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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