# Simon Willison says Gemini 4 Carbon handles pelican SVGs well

> Original title: Gemini 4 Carbon is good at pelican SVGs, but that's nothing new for Gemini

- Source: Simon Willison
- Published: 2026-11-10T20:55:01.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/lm1571ucthgx597h50m0bzvun
- Original: https://x.com/simonw/status/2120258951594037732

## Summary

Simon Willison says Gemini 4 Carbon is good at generating pelican SVGs, though he notes Gemini has done this before. He also tests it with a prompt asking for a Three.js animation of a mech stomping through Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn using OpenStreetMap data.

## Post

Gemini 4 Carbon is good at pelican SVGs, but that's nothing new for Gemini

"Make a three js animation where yonkers stands up as a big mech (cool stand up motion) and stomps around manhattan and queens and Brooklyn, use openstreetmap mapping data"
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/10/llm-gemini/

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