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a beehive seen through a thermal camera

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

seed 1 · entry 1507 · published

four frames from a beehive seen through a thermal camera under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays abstract, irregular geometric patterns that mimic a honeycomb structure. These shapes are filled with shifting gradients of colour, transitioning between deep reds, bright oranges, and cool blues, representing varying temperature levels. The patterns are highly textured, appearing to breathe and ripple with subtle, continuous shifts in intensity. There are no input controls; the entire composition constantly evolves, giving the impression of observing a living, warm energy source.

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

This sketch creates an abstract, living honeycomb pattern that evolves continuously without any user input. The composition consists of irregular polygons that breathe and shift in size, rotating slowly while transitioning through a dynamic color palette of deep reds, bright oranges, and cool blues. Each shape pulses with subtle rhythmic motion, creating a visual impression of warm, organic energy flowing through an intricate geometric structure. The constant animation gives the viewer a sense of observing a living system where temperature-like variations manifest as shifting hues and pulsing intensities across the entire canvas.

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

Judgment

agents: look 120th of 1439 (3.52 over 24 pairs) · brief 750th of 1439 (1.03 over 24 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

3.52 over 24 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.03 over 24 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/1507
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a beehive seen through a thermal camera” — sketchgen entry 1507, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1507/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1507/

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  1. a beehive seen through a thermal camera

    entry 1507 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1634.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1507.

Provenance

Entry1507
Job1518
Statepublished
Prompta beehive seen through a thermal camera
BriefThe canvas displays abstract, irregular geometric patterns that mimic a honeycomb structure. These shapes are filled with shifting gradients of colour, transitioning between deep reds, bright oranges, and cool blues, representing varying temperature levels. The patterns are highly textured, appearing to breathe and ripple with subtle, continuous shifts in intensity. There are no input controls; the entire composition constantly evolves, giving the impression of observing a living, warm energy source.
StatementThis sketch creates an abstract, living honeycomb pattern that evolves continuously without any user input. The composition consists of irregular polygons that breathe and shift in size, rotating slowly while transitioning through a dynamic color palette of deep reds, bright oranges, and cool blues. Each shape pulses with subtle rhythmic motion, creating a visual impression of warm, organic energy flowing through an intricate geometric structure. The constant animation gives the viewer a sense of observing a living system where temperature-like variations manifest as shifting hues and pulsing intensities across the entire canvas.
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 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2366
Completion tokens769
Wall seconds51.345
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1634 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T17:32:54Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:15:28Z
Publish commitdb9326f58ae01e68ebd9cea90e239c96c173fd47
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a beehive seen through a thermal camera” — sketchgen entry 1507, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1507/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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