Here's what qwen 3.8 max preview generated when prompted with "create an svg of a pelican riding a bicycle"

Notably it added a cheeky fish in the beak.

simonw 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What method did you use to generate that one?

I tried using their OpenAI-compatible API and got one that's a lot less fun (no animation) - https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer#url=ht...

	▲	cypressf 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I used the web UI at https://chat.qwen.ai/. I didn’t log in. I selected Qwen3.8-Max-Preview and prompted “create an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle.” It took a LOT of reasoning time before it spit it out. 10 min or more? I wish I had created an account first because I lost the chain-of-thought that it used. I remember a couple highlights. There was an internal monologue about whether it was worth it to animate the legs and pedals, and a lot of repeated text about focusing on “a cohesive visual design.” I don’t make svg art so I’m no expert, but I am also surprised at how small the resulting svg ended up. I expected LLM output to be more verbose, especially considering the animations. I’m curious what happens if you retry a couple times. The nondeterminism might be strong enough to have highly variable outcomes.

simonw 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, that one is really good.

	▲	Gormo 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Apart from the fish being visible inside the pelican's mouth.
	▲	winter_blue 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		And it's animated!