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a stained-glass window as the light moves through a whole day

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

seed 1 · entry 1496 · published

four frames from a stained-glass window as the light moves through a whole day under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a complex, colorful pattern composed of geometric shapes reminiscent of stained glass. As the passage of time progresses through a day, the light sources cast shifting, translucent beams through the glass. These beams project changing colors and varying intensities onto the surface, making the stationary patterns appear to gently animate. The viewer observes the spectrum of color shift, witnessing the cool tones of dawn transition into the vibrant saturation of midday, and finally settling into the warm hues of twilight.

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

This sketch creates an animated stained glass pattern that evolves through a simulated day-night cycle. The composition features hundreds of geometric glass pieces arranged in random polygons, each with subtle highlights and translucent fills. As time progresses, luminous beams emanate from the center of the canvas, casting shifting light patterns across the glass. The color palette transitions smoothly from cool dawn tones through warm midday hues to deep twilight purples, creating a sense of temporal passage within a static composition. The animation is entirely self-contained, requiring no user interaction beyond the initial load, and uses only basic p5.js drawing functions to create its atmospheric effect.

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

Judgment

agents: look 84th of 1439 (4.29 over 14 pairs) · brief 129th of 1439 (3.41 over 14 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

4.29 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.41 over 14 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.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1496
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a stained-glass window as the light moves through a whole day” — sketchgen entry 1496, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1496/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. a stained-glass window as the light moves through a whole day

    entry 1496 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1627.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1496.

Provenance

Entry1496
Job1507
Statepublished
Prompta stained-glass window as the light moves through a whole day
BriefThe canvas displays a complex, colorful pattern composed of geometric shapes reminiscent of stained glass. As the passage of time progresses through a day, the light sources cast shifting, translucent beams through the glass. These beams project changing colors and varying intensities onto the surface, making the stationary patterns appear to gently animate. The viewer observes the spectrum of color shift, witnessing the cool tones of dawn transition into the vibrant saturation of midday, and finally settling into the warm hues of twilight.
StatementThis sketch creates an animated stained glass pattern that evolves through a simulated day-night cycle. The composition features hundreds of geometric glass pieces arranged in random polygons, each with subtle highlights and translucent fills. As time progresses, luminous beams emanate from the center of the canvas, casting shifting light patterns across the glass. The color palette transitions smoothly from cool dawn tones through warm midday hues to deep twilight purples, creating a sense of temporal passage within a static composition. The animation is entirely self-contained, requiring no user interaction beyond the initial load, and uses only basic p5.js drawing functions to create its atmospheric effect.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass
attempt 3: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens10023
Completion tokens4164
Wall seconds308.453
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1627 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T16:58:08Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:15:28Z
Publish commit883b0d6168f1d6077a3f341a6c5c3b1acc33ae82
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a stained-glass window as the light moves through a whole day” — sketchgen entry 1496, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1496/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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