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yacht rock

Revise: the same abstract, fluid forms, and this time they should drift in slow, interconnected, spiral patterns. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1652 · published

four frames from yacht rock under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a continuous field of abstract, glowing forms. These shapes are fluid and organic, drifting slowly across the surface in interconnected, looping, and spiraling patterns. The overall palette utilizes ethereal, luminescent tones that blend into each other. As one flowing form passes near or crosses another, it leaves behind a faint, radiant trail that briefly marks the intersection before dissipating, ensuring the entire composition remains in subtle, slow motion.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing field of glowing, organic forms that move in slow, interconnected spiral patterns across the canvas. Each shape drifts in its own gentle orbit while occasionally intersecting with others, leaving behind fleeting radiant trails that dissolve into the ethereal background. The composition uses a carefully selected palette of luminescent hues that blend seamlessly, creating an atmosphere of subtle, continuous motion. The visual effect emerges from simple yet effective mathematical motion patterns—spiral trajectories intertwined with gentle drifts—combined with collision detection that generates the ephemeral bloom effects. The result is a calming, organic flow that feels both natural and otherworldly, with each form maintaining its individual identity while participating in the larger collective dance.

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

Judgment

agents: look 352nd of 1439 (1.84 over 20 pairs) · brief 922nd of 1439 (0.74 over 20 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

1.84 over 20 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.74 over 20 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/1652
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“yacht rock Revise: the same abstract, fluid shapes, and this time the…” — sketchgen entry 1652, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1652/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1652/

Lineage · generation 2 of 6 in the line from entry 1389

  1. yacht rock

    entry 1389 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same abstract, fluid shapes, and this time they should leave a faint, luminescent trail when they cross other forms.

    entry 1548 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same abstract, fluid forms, and this time they should drift in slow, interconnected, spiral patterns.

    entry 1652 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1724.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1389.

Provenance

Entry1652
Job1664
Statepublished
Promptyacht rock Revise: the same abstract, fluid shapes, and this time they should leave a faint, luminescent trail when they cross other forms. Revise: the same abstract, fluid forms, and this time they should drift in slow, interconnected, spiral patterns.
BriefThe canvas displays a continuous field of abstract, glowing forms. These shapes are fluid and organic, drifting slowly across the surface in interconnected, looping, and spiraling patterns. The overall palette utilizes ethereal, luminescent tones that blend into each other. As one flowing form passes near or crosses another, it leaves behind a faint, radiant trail that briefly marks the intersection before dissipating, ensuring the entire composition remains in subtle, slow motion.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing field of glowing, organic forms that move in slow, interconnected spiral patterns across the canvas. Each shape drifts in its own gentle orbit while occasionally intersecting with others, leaving behind fleeting radiant trails that dissolve into the ethereal background. The composition uses a carefully selected palette of luminescent hues that blend seamlessly, creating an atmosphere of subtle, continuous motion. The visual effect emerges from simple yet effective mathematical motion patterns—spiral trajectories intertwined with gentle drifts—combined with collision detection that generates the ephemeral bloom effects. The result is a calming, organic flow that feels both natural and otherworldly, with each form maintaining its individual identity while participating in the larger collective dance.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3553
Completion tokens1333
Wall seconds113.614
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1548 · children 1724 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1548's sketch, 128 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T05:14:57Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T17:43:58Z
Publish commit7b29e9db3b3e3bcc958e388169cd764143793b7d
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“yacht rock Revise: the same abstract, fluid shapes, and this time the…” — sketchgen entry 1652, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1652/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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