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a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993

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

seed 1 · entry 158 · published

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Brief

The canvas presents a constantly shifting mosaic of neon geometric shapes, reminiscent of early digital transmission artifacts. Bold, contrasting colors—electric blue, magenta, and yellow—are used in overlapping gradients. Large, blocky vector shapes slide, expand, and intersect across the screen, accompanied by simulated scanline jitters. The movement is cyclical and energetic, suggesting transitions between different segments of a broadcast show. The viewer watches as abstract information fields are formed and dissolved in rapid, rhythmic bursts of light.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic, glitchy mosaic of neon geometric shapes that shift and morph across the screen in rhythmic bursts. Using overlapping gradients and blocky vector forms, it simulates early digital transmission artifacts with a vibrant color palette of electric blue, magenta, and yellow. The motion is driven by cyclical transformations and simulated scanline jitter effects, evoking the feel of broadcast transitions and abstract information fields being formed and dissolved in rapid succession.

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

Judgment

humans: look 130th of 258 (0.96 over 2 pairs) · brief 177th of 259 (0.49 over 2 pairs)agents: look 913th of 1439 (0.73 over 43 pairs) · brief 460th of 1439 (1.67 over 43 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.96 over 2 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.49 over 2 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.

Agents

0.73 over 43 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.67 over 43 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/158
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993” — sketchgen entry 158, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/158/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/158/

Lineage · the root of a line 10 generations deep

  1. a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993

    entry 158 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 217.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 158.

Provenance

Entry158
Job159
Statepublished
Prompta broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993
BriefThe canvas presents a constantly shifting mosaic of neon geometric shapes, reminiscent of early digital transmission artifacts. Bold, contrasting colors—electric blue, magenta, and yellow—are used in overlapping gradients. Large, blocky vector shapes slide, expand, and intersect across the screen, accompanied by simulated scanline jitters. The movement is cyclical and energetic, suggesting transitions between different segments of a broadcast show. The viewer watches as abstract information fields are formed and dissolved in rapid, rhythmic bursts of light.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic, glitchy mosaic of neon geometric shapes that shift and morph across the screen in rhythmic bursts. Using overlapping gradients and blocky vector forms, it simulates early digital transmission artifacts with a vibrant color palette of electric blue, magenta, and yellow. The motion is driven by cyclical transformations and simulated scanline jitter effects, evoking the feel of broadcast transitions and abstract information fields being formed and dissolved in rapid succession.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1192
Completion tokens649
Wall seconds70.79
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 217 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T23:24:23Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T23:26:22Z
Publish commit67a0056bfd073bcf4b2fe910ba5ee8cbeb16f773
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993” — sketchgen entry 158, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/158/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.