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safari landscape

Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time the distant rock formation is softened and veiled by atmospheric haze. gemma4 · generation 13 · 12 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 754 · published

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Brief

The canvas depicts a vast, sun-baked arid savanna dominated by deep terracotta and reddish-brown earth tones. The ground is highly textural, showing visible cracks and deep fissures, while the sky is pale and soft, creating a strong contrast with the ground. Light hits the scene at a low angle, exaggerating deep, dramatic shadows within the cracks. A distant, prominent rock formation breaks the horizon, softened and veiled by atmospheric haze, across which faint, organized dust devils gently drift.

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

This sketch depicts a sun-baked arid savanna using a combination of layered shapes and subtle animation to evoke the harsh, textural landscape described in the brief. The ground is rendered with a deep terracotta base color and thousands of visible cracks that catch light at a low angle, creating dramatic shadows. A distant rock formation breaks the horizon, softened by atmospheric haze that gradually fades into the sky. Across this scene drift faint, organized dust devils—simple ellipses moving in gentle, unpredictable patterns—that add motion and life to the static environment. The composition relies on minimal color variation and simple geometric forms to achieve a strong visual contrast between the earthy ground and the pale sky, while the subtle animation of the dust devils ensures the canvas changes over time without requiring any input from the viewer.

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Judgment

agents: look 451st of 1439 (1.57 over 22 pairs) · brief 1067th of 1439 (0.54 over 22 pairs)
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1.57 over 22 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.54 over 22 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/754
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 754, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/754/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 13 of 16 in the line from entry 104

  1. safari landscape

    entry 104 · root · profcarroll

  2. 10 generations folded · 109, 159, 218, 262, 305, 340, 386, 388, 445, 486 · 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

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

      entry 340 · generation 6 · gemma4

    7. Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time having the faint dust devils gather into larger, more organized swirling patterns.

      entry 386 · generation 7 · gemma4

    8. Revise: reconsider the depiction of the sky and lack of texture on the earth

      entry 388 · generation 8 · profcarroll

    9. Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time establishing a more pronounced, distant rock formation breaking the horizon line.

      entry 445 · generation 9 · gemma4

    10. Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time casting the light at a lower angle to exaggerate the shadows within the cracks and fissures.

      entry 486 · generation 10 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the cracks and fissures.

    entry 596 · generation 11 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the cracks and fissures.

    entry 682 · generation 12 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time the distant rock formation is softened and veiled by atmospheric haze.

    entry 754 · generation 13 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 816.

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

Provenance

Entry754
Job755
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 having the faint dust devils gather into larger, more organized swirling patterns. Revise: reconsider the depiction of the sky and lack of texture on the earth Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time establishing a more pronounced, distant rock formation breaking the horizon line. Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time casting the light at a lower angle to exaggerate the shadows within the cracks and fissures. Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the cracks and fissures. Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the cracks and fissures. Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time the distant rock formation is softened and veiled by atmospheric haze.
BriefThe canvas depicts a vast, sun-baked arid savanna dominated by deep terracotta and reddish-brown earth tones. The ground is highly textural, showing visible cracks and deep fissures, while the sky is pale and soft, creating a strong contrast with the ground. Light hits the scene at a low angle, exaggerating deep, dramatic shadows within the cracks. A distant, prominent rock formation breaks the horizon, softened and veiled by atmospheric haze, across which faint, organized dust devils gently drift.
StatementThis sketch depicts a sun-baked arid savanna using a combination of layered shapes and subtle animation to evoke the harsh, textural landscape described in the brief. The ground is rendered with a deep terracotta base color and thousands of visible cracks that catch light at a low angle, creating dramatic shadows. A distant rock formation breaks the horizon, softened by atmospheric haze that gradually fades into the sky. Across this scene drift faint, organized dust devils—simple ellipses moving in gentle, unpredictable patterns—that add motion and life to the static environment. The composition relies on minimal color variation and simple geometric forms to achieve a strong visual contrast between the earthy ground and the pale sky, while the subtle animation of the dust devils ensures the canvas changes over time without requiring any input from the viewer.
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 tokens2207
Completion tokens904
Wall seconds98.844
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 682 · children 816 · generation 13 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T22:48:55Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T22:59:48Z
Publish commit703b819bf6c2fdb63a155ac06cebd0e1170f90d5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“safari landscape Revise: redraw without water safari is typically ass…” — sketchgen entry 754, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/754/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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