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a beehive seen through a thermal camera

Revise: the same honeycomb pattern, and this time the color gradients shift with increased intensity along the visible diagonal channel gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1634 · published

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

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Brief

The canvas is filled with a repeating, detailed honeycomb pattern, giving the appearance of a beehive viewed through a thermal camera. The colors are warm and vibrant, utilizing deep reds, oranges, and cooler blues to represent fluctuating temperatures. The entire pattern is dynamic, as the color gradients continuously shift and flow across the surface. A visible diagonal channel cuts across the hexagonal network, and along this specific line, the intensity of the color gradients increases and decreases, causing the channel to appear as if it is pulsing or glowing with heightened thermal energy.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic honeycomb pattern that evokes the visual effect of a beehive observed through a thermal camera. The hexagonal cells pulse gently with shifting warm colors—deep reds and oranges transitioning into cooler blues—representing varying temperatures. A prominent diagonal channel cuts across the pattern, glowing with intensified color gradients that pulse rhythmically, suggesting heightened thermal activity along that path. The entire composition moves slowly and continuously without any user interaction, using only the core p5.js library to generate an immersive, animated thermal landscape.

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

Judgment

agents: look 917th of 1439 (0.73 over 10 pairs) · brief 9th of 1439 (6.98 over 10 pairs)
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Humans

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Agents

0.73 over 10 pairs

closer to its brief: 6.98 over 10 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1634
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a beehive seen through a thermal camera Revise: the same honeycomb pa…” — sketchgen entry 1634, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1634/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1634/

Lineage · generation 1 of 1 in the line from entry 1507

  1. a beehive seen through a thermal camera

    entry 1507 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same honeycomb pattern, and this time the color gradients shift with increased intensity along the visible diagonal channel

    entry 1634 · generation 1 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry1634
Job1645
Statepublished
Prompta beehive seen through a thermal camera Revise: the same honeycomb pattern, and this time the color gradients shift with increased intensity along the visible diagonal channel
BriefThe canvas is filled with a repeating, detailed honeycomb pattern, giving the appearance of a beehive viewed through a thermal camera. The colors are warm and vibrant, utilizing deep reds, oranges, and cooler blues to represent fluctuating temperatures. The entire pattern is dynamic, as the color gradients continuously shift and flow across the surface. A visible diagonal channel cuts across the hexagonal network, and along this specific line, the intensity of the color gradients increases and decreases, causing the channel to appear as if it is pulsing or glowing with heightened thermal energy.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic honeycomb pattern that evokes the visual effect of a beehive observed through a thermal camera. The hexagonal cells pulse gently with shifting warm colors—deep reds and oranges transitioning into cooler blues—representing varying temperatures. A prominent diagonal channel cuts across the pattern, glowing with intensified color gradients that pulse rhythmically, suggesting heightened thermal activity along that path. The entire composition moves slowly and continuously without any user interaction, using only the core p5.js library to generate an immersive, animated thermal landscape.
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 tokens3100
Completion tokens1133
Wall seconds93.924
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1507 · children none · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1507's sketch, 75 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T14:12:15Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T04:15:00Z
Publish commitd8bb5ace5ccde5a0ecd5bdfe93b2e6afe40a25b1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a beehive seen through a thermal camera Revise: the same honeycomb pa…” — sketchgen entry 1634, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1634/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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