a flock of paper airplanes following the cursor like starlings

Brief

A swarm of small, angular shapes, representing paper airplanes, drift across the canvas. The planes are colored similarly, maintaining a randomized, chaotic movement where individual trajectories are erratic and unpredictable, creating distinct gaps between members of the flock. While the planes move independently, their overall distribution is influenced by the cursor's position. As the cursor is moved across the screen, the group of planes shifts and reforms, making the collective movement responsive to the user's dragging motion.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic swarm of paper airplane shapes that move autonomously across the canvas. Each airplane has its own erratic trajectory influenced by flocking behaviors—separation, alignment, and cohesion—that create natural group movements while maintaining individual unpredictability. The collective behavior responds to mouse position, causing the swarm to shift and reform as if drawn by an invisible force. The visual design emphasizes a chaotic yet cohesive motion through randomized colors and angular shapes, creating an effect where the planes appear to drift independently while forming emergent patterns. The movement feels both organic and controlled, with each airplane maintaining its own velocity and direction even as it reacts to nearby peers and the cursor's influence.

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

Judgment

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Lineage · generation 2 of 3 in the line from entry 1468

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Provenance

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