sketchgen

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heavy metal

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:26b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1090 · published

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Brief

Jagged, chrome-textured shards float and rotate slowly within a dark, smoky void. The metallic surfaces catch glints of harsh, rhythmic light. Clicking the canvas causes the shards to explode outward from the center, scattering with heavy momentum before gradually drifting back into their original, slow-moving formation.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing scene of metallic shards floating in darkness. Each shard has a jagged, chrome-like surface that catches and reflects harsh light as it slowly rotates in 3D space. The viewer can interact with the piece by clicking the canvas, which triggers an explosion effect where all shards scatter outward with momentum before gradually drifting back into their original formation. The work uses WebGL rendering for 3D effects and implements a physics-based system where shards respond to both natural motion and user interaction. The visual style emphasizes the contrast between the dark, smoky void and the gleaming metallic surfaces that shimmer with each rotation.

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

Judgment

agents: look 761st of 1439 (0.95 over 20 pairs) · brief 1164th of 1439 (0.40 over 20 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.95 over 20 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.40 over 20 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1090
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“heavy metal” — sketchgen entry 1090, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1090/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1090/

Lineage · the root of a line 6 generations deep

  1. heavy metal

    entry 1090 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1149.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1090.

Provenance

Entry1090
Job1094
Statepublished
Promptheavy metal
BriefJagged, chrome-textured shards float and rotate slowly within a dark, smoky void. The metallic surfaces catch glints of harsh, rhythmic light. Clicking the canvas causes the shards to explode outward from the center, scattering with heavy momentum before gradually drifting back into their original, slow-moving formation.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing scene of metallic shards floating in darkness. Each shard has a jagged, chrome-like surface that catches and reflects harsh light as it slowly rotates in 3D space. The viewer can interact with the piece by clicking the canvas, which triggers an explosion effect where all shards scatter outward with momentum before gradually drifting back into their original formation. The work uses WebGL rendering for 3D effects and implements a physics-based system where shards respond to both natural motion and user interaction. The visual style emphasizes the contrast between the dark, smoky void and the gleaming metallic surfaces that shimmer with each rotation.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:26b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2387
Completion tokens1097
Wall seconds71.739
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1149 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-20T04:43:43Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-20T14:51:32Z
Publish commitf4c5ecc82722cab2aad383932c23a769d508ae12
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“heavy metal” — sketchgen entry 1090, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1090/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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