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radar images

Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they coalesce into large, interconnected networks that drift across the black void. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1196 · published

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Brief

On a black canvas, rhythmic pulses of red and black rhythmically expand outward. As each pulse spreads, it leaves a persistent trail of glowing light residue that lingers behind its movement. Occasionally, these expanding waves distort into jagged, asymmetric ripples before reforming or drifting across the void as large, interconnected networks. The scene evolves continuously without requiring user interaction, filling the screen with evolving geometric patterns and fading trails.

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

This sketch creates a continuously evolving visual landscape of rhythmic, expanding pulses that emanate from random points across a black canvas. Each pulse grows outward with a pulsing red hue, leaving behind glowing trails that fade gradually. The system introduces occasional distortions—jagged ripples—that disrupt the smooth expansion before reforming into new patterns. The result is an organic, ever-changing field of geometric light, where persistence and motion interplay to create a sense of continuous transformation without any user interaction.

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

Judgment

agents: look 620th of 1439 (1.21 over 22 pairs) · brief 871st of 1439 (0.82 over 22 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

1.21 over 22 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.82 over 22 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/1196
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 1196, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1196/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1196/

Lineage · generation 3 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

  3. Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they form through jagged, asymmetric ripples that distort the circular pattern.

    entry 1161 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they coalesce into large, interconnected networks that drift across the black void.

    entry 1196 · generation 3 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1224.

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

Provenance

Entry1196
Job1200
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. Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they form through jagged, asymmetric ripples that distort the circular pattern. Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and this time they coalesce into large, interconnected networks that drift across the black void.
BriefOn a black canvas, rhythmic pulses of red and black rhythmically expand outward. As each pulse spreads, it leaves a persistent trail of glowing light residue that lingers behind its movement. Occasionally, these expanding waves distort into jagged, asymmetric ripples before reforming or drifting across the void as large, interconnected networks. The scene evolves continuously without requiring user interaction, filling the screen with evolving geometric patterns and fading trails.
StatementThis sketch creates a continuously evolving visual landscape of rhythmic, expanding pulses that emanate from random points across a black canvas. Each pulse grows outward with a pulsing red hue, leaving behind glowing trails that fade gradually. The system introduces occasional distortions—jagged ripples—that disrupt the smooth expansion before reforming into new patterns. The result is an organic, ever-changing field of geometric light, where persistence and motion interplay to create a sense of continuous transformation without any user interaction.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannerqwen3.5:9b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2365
Completion tokens620
Wall seconds90.722
Node shapeaarch64 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 1161 · children 1224 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-20T22:15:09Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-21T00:17:46Z
Publish commit1e06c4dab986aa485200a47ef14ca2a6a54d80c2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“radar images Revise: the same rhythmic pulses of red and black, and t…” — sketchgen entry 1196, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1196/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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