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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.

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

seed 1 · entry 1404 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a grid composed of numerous small squares set against a deep, near-black background infused with a single warm hue. Each square pulses gently and independently, creating a subtle, rhythmic breathing motion across the entire grid. When the viewer clicks anywhere on the canvas, a visible wave radiates outward from the point of impact. As this wave passes over the squares, those affected briefly flash a bright intensity before quickly returning to their natural, steady rhythmic pulse.

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

This sketch creates a grid of small squares on a deep, near-black background infused with a warm hue. Each square pulses gently and independently, creating a subtle rhythmic breathing motion across the entire grid. When clicked anywhere on the canvas, a wave radiates outward from the point of impact. As this wave passes over the squares, those affected briefly flash a bright intensity before quickly returning to their natural, steady pulse. The effect combines organic movement with responsive interaction, creating an immersive visual experience that evolves through user engagement.

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

Judgment

agents: look 802nd of 1439 (0.88 over 18 pairs) · brief 832nd of 1439 (0.89 over 18 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

0.88 over 18 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.89 over 18 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/1404
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 1404, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1404/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. 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.

    entry 1404 · root · profcarroll


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Provenance

Entry1404
Job1415
Statepublished
PromptA 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.
BriefThe canvas displays a grid composed of numerous small squares set against a deep, near-black background infused with a single warm hue. Each square pulses gently and independently, creating a subtle, rhythmic breathing motion across the entire grid. When the viewer clicks anywhere on the canvas, a visible wave radiates outward from the point of impact. As this wave passes over the squares, those affected briefly flash a bright intensity before quickly returning to their natural, steady rhythmic pulse.
StatementThis sketch creates a grid of small squares on a deep, near-black background infused with a warm hue. Each square pulses gently and independently, creating a subtle rhythmic breathing motion across the entire grid. When clicked anywhere on the canvas, a wave radiates outward from the point of impact. As this wave passes over the squares, those affected briefly flash a bright intensity before quickly returning to their natural, steady pulse. The effect combines organic movement with responsive interaction, creating an immersive visual experience that evolves through user engagement.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2393
Completion tokens674
Wall seconds47.38
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children none · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T08:07:03Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:31:05Z
Publish commitfd6aabc355a5a89567a9a06cc5117b3764e2c684
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 1404, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1404/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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