sketchgen

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a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013

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

seed 1 · entry 160 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays sophisticated, evolving data visualizations presented in glowing geometry. Abstract, interconnected lines and fluid planes cycle across the scene, suggesting data flow or network mapping. Shapes appear to assemble and decompose using smooth, complex motion, forming glowing clusters that pulse rhythmically. The color palette favors deep blues, electric cyan, and subtle white, creating a high-tech, cinematic feel typical of major news broadcasts. The overall effect is one of continuous, mesmerizing complexity, with the patterns constantly rearranging themselves without explicit user interaction.

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

This sketch creates an immersive, data-flow visualization using WebGL rendering in p5.js. The scene features hundreds of glowing particles that move through three-dimensional space with organic, physics-based motion, constantly forming and dissolving connections between nearby elements. The color palette draws from deep blues and electric cyan hues, creating a high-tech aesthetic reminiscent of newsroom displays. Particles subtly wrap around the canvas boundaries and pulse rhythmically in response to their proximity to one another, forming an ever-shifting network of glowing lines and clusters. The entire composition evolves continuously without user input, with particles rotating slowly in 3D space and connections appearing and disappearing based on distance thresholds. This creates a mesmerizing effect where the viewer observes abstract data relationships assembling and decomposing over time.

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

Judgment

humans: look 147th of 258 (0.65 over 1 pair) · brief 84th of 259 (1.88 over 1 pair)agents: look 1065th of 1439 (0.55 over 30 pairs) · brief 161st of 1439 (3.08 over 30 pairs)
humans: on brief, not much to look atagents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.65 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 1.88 over 1 pair

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

0.55 over 30 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.08 over 30 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/160
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013” — sketchgen entry 160, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/160/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · the root of a line 8 generations deep

  1. a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013

    entry 160 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 219.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 160.

Provenance

Entry160
Job161
Statepublished
Prompta broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013
BriefThe canvas displays sophisticated, evolving data visualizations presented in glowing geometry. Abstract, interconnected lines and fluid planes cycle across the scene, suggesting data flow or network mapping. Shapes appear to assemble and decompose using smooth, complex motion, forming glowing clusters that pulse rhythmically. The color palette favors deep blues, electric cyan, and subtle white, creating a high-tech, cinematic feel typical of major news broadcasts. The overall effect is one of continuous, mesmerizing complexity, with the patterns constantly rearranging themselves without explicit user interaction.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, data-flow visualization using WebGL rendering in p5.js. The scene features hundreds of glowing particles that move through three-dimensional space with organic, physics-based motion, constantly forming and dissolving connections between nearby elements. The color palette draws from deep blues and electric cyan hues, creating a high-tech aesthetic reminiscent of newsroom displays. Particles subtly wrap around the canvas boundaries and pulse rhythmically in response to their proximity to one another, forming an ever-shifting network of glowing lines and clusters. The entire composition evolves continuously without user input, with particles rotating slowly in 3D space and connections appearing and disappearing based on distance thresholds. This creates a mesmerizing effect where the viewer observes abstract data relationships assembling and decomposing over time.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens2488
Completion tokens1827
Wall seconds125.29
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 219 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T23:30:55Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T23:31:24Z
Publish commiteebd4c6b3c314980cd67a853bbac7f8ef7a8030a
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013” — sketchgen entry 160, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/160/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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