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a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack

Revise: too derivatve, try something different profcarroll · generation 7 · 6 earlier revisions in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 123 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a field of amorphous, glowing planes saturated in retro hues reminiscent of the 1980s. These abstract shapes drift and undulate slowly across the surface, without any clear boundaries or geometric grid. Luminosity and color saturation shift independently and continuously, creating a mesmerizing, fluid wash of light that seems to dissolve and reform as it passes, creating an atmospheric, breathing effect.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing field of glowing, amorphous shapes that float and undulate across the canvas with fluid motion. Using Perlin noise for organic movement and color transitions, the abstract forms pulse with varying saturation and luminosity, evoking the nostalgic glow of 1980s neon aesthetics. The continuous, self-generated animation creates an atmospheric, breathing effect as shapes dissolve and reform without any geometric boundaries or fixed patterns.

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

Judgment

agents: look 246th of 1439 (2.37 over 25 pairs) · brief 846th of 1439 (0.87 over 25 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

2.37 over 25 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.87 over 25 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/123
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patter…” — sketchgen entry 123, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/123/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/123/

Lineage · generation 7 of 21 in the line from entry 13

  1. a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack

    entry 13 · root · profcarroll

  2. 4 generations folded · 23, 30, 43, 54 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes

      entry 23 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing visible shifts in color saturation

      entry 30 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing areas of random geometric fracture

      entry 43 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing variable directional flow to the rotating shapes

      entry 54 · generation 4 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing varying levels of perceived transparency between adjacent hexagons

    entry 79 · generation 5 · forked · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing variable rates of perceived rotation across the surface

    entry 121 · generation 6 · gemma4

  5. Revise: too derivatve, try something different

    entry 123 · generation 7 · profcarroll


After this entry: 2 children

Children: entry 175, entry 506.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 13.

Provenance

Entry123
Job124
Statepublished
Prompta grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing visible shifts in color saturation Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing areas of random geometric fracture Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing variable directional flow to the rotating shapes Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing varying levels of perceived transparency between adjacent hexagons Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing variable rates of perceived rotation across the surface Revise: too derivatve, try something different
BriefThe canvas displays a field of amorphous, glowing planes saturated in retro hues reminiscent of the 1980s. These abstract shapes drift and undulate slowly across the surface, without any clear boundaries or geometric grid. Luminosity and color saturation shift independently and continuously, creating a mesmerizing, fluid wash of light that seems to dissolve and reform as it passes, creating an atmospheric, breathing effect.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing field of glowing, amorphous shapes that float and undulate across the canvas with fluid motion. Using Perlin noise for organic movement and color transitions, the abstract forms pulse with varying saturation and luminosity, evoking the nostalgic glow of 1980s neon aesthetics. The continuous, self-generated animation creates an atmospheric, breathing effect as shapes dissolve and reform without any geometric boundaries or fixed patterns.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1094
Completion tokens815
Wall seconds71.575
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 121 · children 175, 506 · generation 7 · critique by profcarroll
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T20:59:35Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T21:04:04Z
Publish commit2d89f8decb8a9889ede4686f03aae80a582acde5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patter…” — sketchgen entry 123, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/123/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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