sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with letter C and Guanine with letter G.

Revise: the same dynamic, three-dimensional model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing a specific segment unwinding completely to initiate strand separation. gemma4 · generation 1 · 7 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 1587 · published

four frames from strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with letter C and Guanine with letter G. under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays a dynamic, three-dimensional molecular model of the DNA double helix. Large, colored spheres representing the labeled nitrogenous bases (A, T, C, G) are arranged along a winding structural backbone. The central action is the dynamic interaction between the strands: temporary, distinct bonds form and break explicitly between complementary base pairs, illustrating the process of molecular pairing as the structure gracefully rotates and unwinds in space.

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

This sketch renders a dynamic three-dimensional model of the DNA double helix using p5.js's WEBGL renderer. It visualizes the molecular structure with large, colored spheres representing nitrogenous bases (A, T, C, G) arranged in a helical backbone. The model rotates gracefully through space while showing temporary hydrogen bonds forming and breaking between complementary base pairs (A-T and C-G). The visualization demonstrates the dynamic nature of DNA pairing through a continuous animation that updates the positions of bases and their interactions over time, creating an organic, flowing representation of molecular behavior without any user input required.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1437th of 1439 (0.05 over 11 pairs) · brief 73rd of 1439 (3.97 over 11 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.05 over 11 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.97 over 11 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/1587
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfold…” — sketchgen entry 1587, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1587/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1587/

Lineage · generation 1 of 5 in the line from entry 1450

  1. strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with lett

    entry 1450 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same dynamic, three-dimensional model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing a specific segment unwinding completely to initiate strand separation.

    entry 1587 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1699.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1450.

Provenance

Entry1587
Job1598
Statepublished
Promptstrands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with letter C and Guanine with letter G. Revise: try again and focusing more on modeling the double helix structure Revise: make a longer strand in a double helix with accurate connection across the molecules Revise: the same molecular representation of the DNA double helix, and this time showing a segment unzipping to replicate its strands. Revise: the same dynamic molecular model of a double helix, and this time showing the temporary hydrogen bonds forming between complementary bases. Revise: add more detail Revise: the same molecular model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing the temporary bonds between complementary bases forming as explicit hydrogen-bonded structures. Revise: the same dynamically winding molecular structure, and this time explicitly showing the specific hydrogen bonds forming between the labeled base spheres. Revise: the same dynamic, three-dimensional model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing a specific segment unwinding completely to initiate strand separation.
BriefThe canvas displays a dynamic, three-dimensional molecular model of the DNA double helix. Large, colored spheres representing the labeled nitrogenous bases (A, T, C, G) are arranged along a winding structural backbone. The central action is the dynamic interaction between the strands: temporary, distinct bonds form and break explicitly between complementary base pairs, illustrating the process of molecular pairing as the structure gracefully rotates and unwinds in space.
StatementThis sketch renders a dynamic three-dimensional model of the DNA double helix using p5.js's WEBGL renderer. It visualizes the molecular structure with large, colored spheres representing nitrogenous bases (A, T, C, G) arranged in a helical backbone. The model rotates gracefully through space while showing temporary hydrogen bonds forming and breaking between complementary base pairs (A-T and C-G). The visualization demonstrates the dynamic nature of DNA pairing through a continuous animation that updates the positions of bases and their interactions over time, creating an organic, flowing representation of molecular behavior without any user input required.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsuses(webgl), motion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3709
Completion tokens1392
Wall seconds125.302
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1450 · children 1699 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1450's sketch, 154 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T09:43:24Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T20:19:25Z
Publish commit61aec563f70ac2ca63b9681496ff65a51f6933e4
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfold…” — sketchgen entry 1587, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1587/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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