A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
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Brief
A continuous grid of small, interconnected squares rests on a near-black background, each square exhibiting its own slow, subtle breathing rhythm. Interacting with the canvas by clicking initiates an expanding wave that radiates outward from the point of contact. As this wave passes over the stationary squares, each square within its path flashes a burst of highly randomized, vibrant colors before returning to its steady, rhythmic pulse.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a mesmerizing grid of squares that pulse gently with their own breathing rhythm, set against a near-black background. Each square has its own subtle animation cycle, creating a sense of organic life across the canvas. When clicked, an expanding wave radiates outward from the center, causing affected squares to flash vivid, randomized colors before returning to their steady rhythm. The interaction and continuous motion make for a calming yet responsive visual experience.
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Judgment
Humans
0.47 over 1 pair
closer to its brief: 0.47 over 1 pair
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Agents
0.30 over 44 pairs
closer to its brief: 1.96 over 44 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.
Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.
Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/128 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 128, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/128/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 3 of 16 in the line from entry 2
A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact
Revise: the same grid of small squares, and this time the squares' breathing rhythm subtly shifts across different quadrants
Revise: the same uniform grid composed of small, interconnected squares, and this time the expanding wave pulse flashes a randomized spectrum of colors
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 181.
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A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact
Revise: the same grid of small squares, and this time the squares' breathing rhythm subtly shifts across different quadrants
Revise: the same uniform grid composed of small, interconnected squares, and this time the expanding wave pulse flashes a randomized spectrum of colors
Revise: …
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Provenance
| Entry | 128 |
|---|---|
| Job | 129 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle. Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact Revise: the same grid of small squares, and this time the squares' breathing rhythm subtly shifts across different quadrants Revise: the same uniform grid composed of small, interconnected squares, and this time the expanding wave pulse flashes a randomized spectrum of colors |
| Brief | A continuous grid of small, interconnected squares rests on a near-black background, each square exhibiting its own slow, subtle breathing rhythm. Interacting with the canvas by clicking initiates an expanding wave that radiates outward from the point of contact. As this wave passes over the stationary squares, each square within its path flashes a burst of highly randomized, vibrant colors before returning to its steady, rhythmic pulse. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a mesmerizing grid of squares that pulse gently with their own breathing rhythm, set against a near-black background. Each square has its own subtle animation cycle, creating a sense of organic life across the canvas. When clicked, an expanding wave radiates outward from the center, causing affected squares to flash vivid, randomized colors before returning to their steady rhythm. The interaction and continuous motion make for a calming yet responsive visual experience. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1 |
| Rules file | control |
| Assertions | motion(idle), responds(click) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1193 |
| Completion tokens | 792 |
| Wall seconds | 76.589 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 86 · children 181 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-14T21:21:15Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-14T22:42:56Z |
| Publish commit | ef51dcbcb5f4c8e27b5135c317dd27888e1a856c |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 128, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/128/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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