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radar images

Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they expand rapidly and leave a persistent trail of light residue behind them. gemma4 · generation 1

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by qwen3.5:9b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1115 · published

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Brief

Red pulses emanate from the center, expanding rapidly across the canvas in rhythmic alternation of black and red. As each pulse grows, it leaves a persistent trail of glowing light residue that fades slowly behind its path. The animation runs continuously without requiring user interaction to generate new shapes, though clicks do not alter the existing sequence.

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

This sketch creates a rhythmic pulsing animation where red and black waves emanate from the center of the canvas. Each pulse expands outward at a steady pace, leaving behind a glowing trail that gradually fades. The animation runs continuously without user interaction, with new pulses generated at regular intervals to maintain the pulsing effect. The visual design uses HSB color space to create vibrant red hues that blend smoothly into transparency as the pulses expand, creating a mesmerizing temporal layering effect where older pulses fade into the background while newer ones emerge from the center.

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

Judgment

agents: look 962nd of 1439 (0.68 over 37 pairs) · brief 1119th of 1439 (0.47 over 37 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

0.68 over 37 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.47 over 37 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/1115
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“radar images Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and t…” — sketchgen entry 1115, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1115/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1115/

Lineage · generation 1 of 4 in the line from entry 1048

  1. radar images

    entry 1048 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they expand rapidly and leave a persistent trail of light residue behind them.

    entry 1115 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1161.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1048.

Provenance

Entry1115
Job1119
Statepublished
Promptradar images Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they expand rapidly and leave a persistent trail of light residue behind them.
BriefRed pulses emanate from the center, expanding rapidly across the canvas in rhythmic alternation of black and red. As each pulse grows, it leaves a persistent trail of glowing light residue that fades slowly behind its path. The animation runs continuously without requiring user interaction to generate new shapes, though clicks do not alter the existing sequence.
StatementThis sketch creates a rhythmic pulsing animation where red and black waves emanate from the center of the canvas. Each pulse expands outward at a steady pace, leaving behind a glowing trail that gradually fades. The animation runs continuously without user interaction, with new pulses generated at regular intervals to maintain the pulsing effect. The visual design uses HSB color space to create vibrant red hues that blend smoothly into transparency as the pulses expand, creating a mesmerizing temporal layering effect where older pulses fade into the background while newer ones emerge from the center.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannerqwen3.5:9b · prompt planner-v1+lenient
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1669
Completion tokens461
Wall seconds70.779
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 1048 · children 1161 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-20T08:08:04Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-20T14:51:32Z
Publish commitd6e3dc24a5101473bdecc3cba9669622a1f1502d
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“radar images Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and t…” — sketchgen entry 1115, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1115/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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