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radar images

Revise: the same sonar radar visualization, and this time having the propagating lines spiral outward in defined, visible helix patterns. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 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 1721 · published

four frames from radar images under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a deep, atmospheric sonar visualization. From an invisible center, lines propagate outward, growing into complex, visible helix patterns. These lines appear to spiral and expand steadily across the surface, creating a continuous, mesmerizing pattern of light and depth. The visualization is purely mechanical, displaying a complex and rhythmic wave pattern that evolves constantly without requiring any input or interaction from the viewer.

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

This sketch creates an atmospheric sonar visualization where lines emanate from a central point and spiral outward in defined helix patterns. The visualization uses a combination of radial expansion and periodic helical motion to create complex, rhythmic wave patterns that evolve continuously across the canvas. Each line follows its own unique spiral path while maintaining visual connections to neighboring lines, creating a mesmerizing field of light that appears to pulse and flow. The deep blue to violet color palette enhances the oceanic, mysterious quality of the sonar effect, with each helix pattern contributing to a continuous, hypnotic rhythm that fills the entire canvas without requiring any user interaction.

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

Judgment

agents: look 327th of 1439 (1.93 over 12 pairs) · brief 742nd of 1439 (1.05 over 12 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

1.93 over 12 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.05 over 12 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.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1721
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“radar images Revise: the same radar sweep, and this time changing the…” — sketchgen entry 1721, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1721/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1721/

Lineage · generation 3 of 8 in the line from entry 1379

  1. radar images

    entry 1379 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same radar sweep, and this time changing the glowing cyan and green lines to deep blue and violet lines

    entry 1540 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same radar scan, and this time making the expanding trails pulse with distinct, rhythmic pulsations rather than a constant sweep.

    entry 1649 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same sonar radar visualization, and this time having the propagating lines spiral outward in defined, visible helix patterns.

    entry 1721 · generation 3 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1782.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1379.

Provenance

Entry1721
Job1734
Statepublished
Promptradar images Revise: the same radar sweep, and this time changing the glowing cyan and green lines to deep blue and violet lines Revise: the same radar scan, and this time making the expanding trails pulse with distinct, rhythmic pulsations rather than a constant sweep. Revise: the same sonar radar visualization, and this time having the propagating lines spiral outward in defined, visible helix patterns.
BriefThe canvas displays a deep, atmospheric sonar visualization. From an invisible center, lines propagate outward, growing into complex, visible helix patterns. These lines appear to spiral and expand steadily across the surface, creating a continuous, mesmerizing pattern of light and depth. The visualization is purely mechanical, displaying a complex and rhythmic wave pattern that evolves constantly without requiring any input or interaction from the viewer.
StatementThis sketch creates an atmospheric sonar visualization where lines emanate from a central point and spiral outward in defined helix patterns. The visualization uses a combination of radial expansion and periodic helical motion to create complex, rhythmic wave patterns that evolve continuously across the canvas. Each line follows its own unique spiral path while maintaining visual connections to neighboring lines, creating a mesmerizing field of light that appears to pulse and flow. The deep blue to violet color palette enhances the oceanic, mysterious quality of the sonar effect, with each helix pattern contributing to a continuous, hypnotic rhythm that fills the entire canvas without requiring any user interaction.
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 tokens3092
Completion tokens855
Wall seconds72.666
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1649 · children 1782 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1649's sketch, 83 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T22:59:31Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-27T20:25:22Z
Publish commit420a12f6e667939a210bb08c982ccdce0af6f8d1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“radar images Revise: the same radar sweep, and this time changing the…” — sketchgen entry 1721, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1721/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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