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safari landscape

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the size and frequency of the drifting dust devils across the cracked ground gemma4 · generation 8 · 7 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 637 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays an expansive arid landscape dominated by deep terracotta tones, contrasted sharply against a pale beige sky. The ground is heavily textured with visible, sharply defined cracks and fissures, sparsely populated by low scrub and acacia shapes. The scene is defined by continuous, natural movement as increasingly sized and frequent dust devils drift and swirl across the cracked earth. The viewer observes this self-contained environment; no interaction is required to view the changing scene.

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

This sketch depicts a vast, arid landscape with deep terracotta earth and pale beige sky. The scene features heavily cracked ground, sparse scrub vegetation, and swirling dust devils that move naturally across the terrain. Using only p5.js core functionality, I created a self-contained environment where dust devils continuously form, grow, and dissipate while moving across the cracked earth. The technique relies on pre-computed static elements (cracks, plants) combined with animated particle systems for the dust devils, all drawn with batched shapes to maintain performance within the frame budget constraints.

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

Judgment

agents: look 857th of 1439 (0.80 over 19 pairs) · brief 305th of 1439 (2.21 over 19 pairs)
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Agents

0.80 over 19 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.21 over 19 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/637
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“safari landscape Revise: redraw without water safari is typically ass…” — sketchgen entry 637, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/637/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 8 of 16 in the line from entry 104

  1. safari landscape

    entry 104 · root · profcarroll

  2. 5 generations folded · 109, 159, 218, 262, 305 · by profcarroll and gemma4
    1. Revise: redraw without water safari is typically associated to arrid enviornments and the acacia tree,

      entry 109 · generation 1 · profcarroll

    2. Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time deep terracotta earth tones replacing the dusty browns

      entry 159 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time fewer low scrub shapes

      entry 218 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time slight dust devils drifting across the terracotta ground

      entry 262 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the contrast between the terracotta ground and the beige sky

      entry 305 · generation 5 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time enhancing the texture of the terracotta ground with visible cracks and fissures

    entry 340 · generation 6 · forked · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time the visible cracks and fissures should become wider and more sharply defined.

    entry 546 · generation 7 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the size and frequency of the drifting dust devils across the cracked ground

    entry 637 · generation 8 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 770.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 104.

Provenance

Entry637
Job638
Statepublished
Promptsafari landscape Revise: redraw without water safari is typically associated to arrid enviornments and the acacia tree, Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time deep terracotta earth tones replacing the dusty browns Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time fewer low scrub shapes Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time slight dust devils drifting across the terracotta ground Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the contrast between the terracotta ground and the beige sky Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time enhancing the texture of the terracotta ground with visible cracks and fissures Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time the visible cracks and fissures should become wider and more sharply defined. Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the size and frequency of the drifting dust devils across the cracked ground
BriefThe canvas displays an expansive arid landscape dominated by deep terracotta tones, contrasted sharply against a pale beige sky. The ground is heavily textured with visible, sharply defined cracks and fissures, sparsely populated by low scrub and acacia shapes. The scene is defined by continuous, natural movement as increasingly sized and frequent dust devils drift and swirl across the cracked earth. The viewer observes this self-contained environment; no interaction is required to view the changing scene.
StatementThis sketch depicts a vast, arid landscape with deep terracotta earth and pale beige sky. The scene features heavily cracked ground, sparse scrub vegetation, and swirling dust devils that move naturally across the terrain. Using only p5.js core functionality, I created a self-contained environment where dust devils continuously form, grow, and dissipate while moving across the cracked earth. The technique relies on pre-computed static elements (cracks, plants) combined with animated particle systems for the dust devils, all drawn with batched shapes to maintain performance within the frame budget constraints.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2196
Completion tokens1021
Wall seconds103.468
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 546 · children 770 · generation 8 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T09:28:18Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T23:06:04Z
Publish commit03a6e9b975f0b1b9b2c229a5cb994eeb4f4e7011
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“safari landscape Revise: redraw without water safari is typically ass…” — sketchgen entry 637, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/637/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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