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yacht rock

Revise: the same field of abstract, glowing forms, and this time the radiant trails left at intersection should briefly crystallize into sharp, geometrically patterned anchors. 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 1724 · published

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

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas is filled with an ethereal field of glowing, abstract forms that continuously drift and interweave. These fluid shapes move in slow, interconnected patterns, giving the impression of depth and continuous, autonomous life. When the radiant trails left by one form cross paths with another, the glowing energy does not simply fade. Instead, the intersection point momentarily stabilizes, crystallizing into a sharp, geometrically patterned anchor before the entire structure dissolves back into the fluid, luminous flow. The experience is purely observational, allowing the viewer to watch the dynamic interplay between the soft, glowing shapes and the sudden rigidity of their anchors.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal field of glowing, abstract forms that move in slow, interconnected patterns. The fluid shapes drift through space, leaving luminous trails behind them. When two shapes intersect, the collision point crystallizes into a sharp, geometric anchor — a pyramid structure — before dissolving back into the fluid flow. The visual effect emphasizes both the continuous movement and the sudden moments of stability that arise from the interactions between these abstract forms. The palette of deep blues, golds, and turquoises creates an otherworldly glow, while the geometric anchors provide a sense of structure within the chaos.

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

Judgment

agents: look 106th of 1439 (3.89 over 13 pairs) · brief 1015th of 1439 (0.60 over 13 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

3.89 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.60 over 13 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/1724
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 1724, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1724/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1724/

Lineage · generation 3 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

  4. Revise: the same field of abstract, glowing forms, and this time the radiant trails left at intersection should briefly crystallize into sharp, geometrically patterned anchors.

    entry 1724 · generation 3 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1785.

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

Provenance

Entry1724
Job1737
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. Revise: the same field of abstract, glowing forms, and this time the radiant trails left at intersection should briefly crystallize into sharp, geometrically patterned anchors.
BriefThe canvas is filled with an ethereal field of glowing, abstract forms that continuously drift and interweave. These fluid shapes move in slow, interconnected patterns, giving the impression of depth and continuous, autonomous life. When the radiant trails left by one form cross paths with another, the glowing energy does not simply fade. Instead, the intersection point momentarily stabilizes, crystallizing into a sharp, geometrically patterned anchor before the entire structure dissolves back into the fluid, luminous flow. The experience is purely observational, allowing the viewer to watch the dynamic interplay between the soft, glowing shapes and the sudden rigidity of their anchors.
StatementThis sketch creates an ethereal field of glowing, abstract forms that move in slow, interconnected patterns. The fluid shapes drift through space, leaving luminous trails behind them. When two shapes intersect, the collision point crystallizes into a sharp, geometric anchor — a pyramid structure — before dissolving back into the fluid flow. The visual effect emphasizes both the continuous movement and the sudden moments of stability that arise from the interactions between these abstract forms. The palette of deep blues, golds, and turquoises creates an otherworldly glow, while the geometric anchors provide a sense of structure within the chaos.
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 tokens3704
Completion tokens1686
Wall seconds141.812
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1652 · children 1785 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1652's sketch, 135 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T23:18:48Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-27T20:25:22Z
Publish commit5e0c46851cbcfe47808dc1b558972d5b5b56c833
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“yacht rock Revise: the same abstract, fluid shapes, and this time the…” — sketchgen entry 1724, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1724/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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