01svg-set
simonw/pelican-bicycle
The original repository and early SVG outputs.
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23 entry pointsOriginal licenses apply; check each repository’s LICENSE. Unverified source packages are not available for download.
02threejs-game
Licoy/tihuqiche
An island cycling game built with Vue 3 and Three.js.
03svg-set
scosman/pelicans_riding_bicycles
A curated gallery of model-generated SVGs.
04eval-harness
haowang02/auto-pelican
An agent that generates and evaluates SVG animations.
05blender
simonw/gpt-6-astra-blender-pelican-bicycle
A cycling pelican built in local Blender with Astra.
06app
simonw/pedalican
A cycling pelican desktop pet for Codex.
07svg-grid
JoJohanse/pelican-bicycle-benchmark
SVG outputs compared across multiple models.
08agent
youngbrioche/agentic-pelican-on-a-bicycle
Iterative pelican drawing with an agent.
09html-anim
xiiiblue/pelican-bicycle
HTML animations compared across models.
10svg-animated
taikongren776/pelican-bicycle
A seaside cycling scene in animated SVG.
11set
XinhanWang/bicycle-pelican
A collection exploring bicycles and pelicans.
12svg-animated
Superxian-boop/pelican-bicycle
Cycling expressed in pure SVG animation.
13webapp
heysong20651901/pelican-bike
An SVG-based pelican web app.
14svg-set
sebseb7/pelicanTest
A collection of model-generated SVG experiments.
15threejs-game
claude-opus-5-5.riba2534.cn
A playable coastal 3D scene with waves and cycling.
16threejs-game
tihuqiche.com
The online edition of the open-source cycling game.
174kb-demo
demobench.janekm.com
A 4 KB demo with GIF, assembly source and a WASM runtime.
18html-anim
CHNAICORP/pelican-ride
A single-file SVG and HTML animation.
19html-set
vastxie/pelican-gallery-data
Original HTML animations and model runs; 164 extracted files.
20svg-animated
Vulcan575/pelican-riding-bicycle
A dependency-free teal city bicycle animation.
21html-grid
RustFisher · 3-model comparison
Astra, Gemini 3.8 Flash and DeepSeek 4.1 Flash compared.
22threejs
ohmyopus · 3D city
An archived preview with Python / pybevy source.
23html-anim
prab · upstream unverified
Attributed to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash; upstream repository unverified.
Why does this pelican lead back to Simon?
On October 25, 2024, Simon published SVG outputs from 16 models using the same prompt. He chose pelicans because he liked them and believed bicycle-riding pelican SVGs were then rare in training data.
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
The community extended this visual experiment into animation, 3D and games. This archive follows that evolving body of work; individual samples do not establish overall model capability.
Read the original experiment ↗Simon’s related writing
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