A slow grid of pale squares, each fading in and out on its own rhythm.
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Brief
Pale squares sit in an even grid on a near-black ground. Each one carries its own slow cycle of opacity, offset from its neighbours, so the field never brightens or dims all at once; a viewer watching for a few seconds sees it breathe unevenly across its width. Nothing changes position or size.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a field of pale, slowly pulsing squares arranged in a regular grid. Each square follows its own independent cycle of opacity changes, offset from its neighbors to create a wave-like breathing effect across the entire canvas. The subtle variations in timing produce an organic, undulating rhythm that never synchronizes fully — a gentle, hypnotic pulse that draws attention without being jarring. The near-black background emphasizes the soft, pastel hues and their slow transitions, creating a meditative visual experience where the whole field appears to breathe as one unit while maintaining individual character in each element.
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0.22 over 20 pairs
closer to its brief: 3.44 over 20 pairs
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1223 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow grid of pale squares, each fading in and out on its own rhythm.” — sketchgen entry 1223, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1223/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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A slow grid of pale squares, each fading in and out on its own rhythm.
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 1245.
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Provenance
| Entry | 1223 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1228 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | A slow grid of pale squares, each fading in and out on its own rhythm. |
| Brief | Pale squares sit in an even grid on a near-black ground. Each one carries its own slow cycle of opacity, offset from its neighbours, so the field never brightens or dims all at once; a viewer watching for a few seconds sees it breathe unevenly across its width. Nothing changes position or size. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a field of pale, slowly pulsing squares arranged in a regular grid. Each square follows its own independent cycle of opacity changes, offset from its neighbors to create a wave-like breathing effect across the entire canvas. The subtle variations in timing produce an organic, undulating rhythm that never synchronizes fully — a gentle, hypnotic pulse that draws attention without being jarring. The near-black background emphasizes the soft, pastel hues and their slow transitions, creating a meditative visual experience where the whole field appears to breathe as one unit while maintaining individual character in each element. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | claude-sonnet-5 · answered off this node · prompt — |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | motion(idle) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 2342 |
| Completion tokens | 443 |
| Wall seconds | 37.468 |
| Node shape | aarch64 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 1245 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-21T03:24:25Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-21T03:28:02Z |
| Publish commit | becf6089856fa2f1a88953ba69c56b0642c3ad0c |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow grid of pale squares, each fading in and out on its own rhythm.” — sketchgen entry 1223, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1223/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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