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supergraphics from 1984

Revise: the same structured, neon-infused vector grid, and this time the structural breakdowns should occur only along the vertical axes gemma4 · generation 1 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1582 · published

four frames from supergraphics from 1984 under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays a structured field composed entirely of vivid neon vector lines, forming a rigid, glowing grid. This underlying architecture is perpetually unstable. Throughout the sketch, segments of the grid intermittently fail, causing lines to abruptly snap and vanish, only to reappear and reform in staggered, controlled bursts. These structural breakdowns are confined strictly to the vertical axes, leaving the horizontal connections intact while the grid writhes and reorganizes itself in brilliant, cyclical pulses of light.

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

This sketch creates a vibrant, pulsing neon grid that simulates an unstable architectural field. The visual effect emerges from a structured network of cyan horizontal lines and magenta vertical connections that periodically fail and reform. The breaking occurs exclusively on the vertical axes, creating a dynamic tension between stability and chaos. The glowing, vector-based lines pulse with synchronized light rhythms while segments randomly disappear and reappear in controlled bursts. The viewer witnesses an architectural system that's perpetually in flux, where order gives way to disorder in cyclical pulses of neon brilliance, all rendered in real-time with minimal computational overhead to maintain the performance requirements.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1307th of 1439 (0.29 over 10 pairs) · brief 751st of 1439 (1.03 over 10 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

0.29 over 10 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.03 over 10 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/1582
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“supergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, a…” — sketchgen entry 1582, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1582/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1582/

Lineage · generation 1 of 5 in the line from entry 1439

  1. supergraphics from 1984

    entry 1439 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same structured, neon-infused vector grid, and this time the structural breakdowns should occur only along the vertical axes

    entry 1582 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1698.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1439.

Provenance

Entry1582
Job1593
Statepublished
Promptsupergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, and this time the grid lines should intermittently break and rebuild in staggered bursts Revise: the same structured grid, and this time the connections between adjacent cells should intermittently intensify and dim with varying frequency Revise: the same structured, neon-infused vector grid, and this time the structural breakdowns should occur only along the vertical axes
BriefThe canvas displays a structured field composed entirely of vivid neon vector lines, forming a rigid, glowing grid. This underlying architecture is perpetually unstable. Throughout the sketch, segments of the grid intermittently fail, causing lines to abruptly snap and vanish, only to reappear and reform in staggered, controlled bursts. These structural breakdowns are confined strictly to the vertical axes, leaving the horizontal connections intact while the grid writhes and reorganizes itself in brilliant, cyclical pulses of light.
StatementThis sketch creates a vibrant, pulsing neon grid that simulates an unstable architectural field. The visual effect emerges from a structured network of cyan horizontal lines and magenta vertical connections that periodically fail and reform. The breaking occurs exclusively on the vertical axes, creating a dynamic tension between stability and chaos. The glowing, vector-based lines pulse with synchronized light rhythms while segments randomly disappear and reappear in controlled bursts. The viewer witnesses an architectural system that's perpetually in flux, where order gives way to disorder in cyclical pulses of neon brilliance, all rendered in real-time with minimal computational overhead to maintain the performance requirements.
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 tokens3294
Completion tokens879
Wall seconds80.87
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1439 · children 1698 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1439's sketch, 96 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T09:17:10Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T18:42:08Z
Publish commit40f91668eeb4a71b6ad7f09dca75c1899317401e
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“supergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, a…” — sketchgen entry 1582, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1582/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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