A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
Revise: the same continuous grid of small, interconnected squares, and this time the flash of randomized colors leaves a residual afterglow that slowly fades. gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas presents a continuous, interconnected grid of squares set against a dark background. Each individual square subtly breathes, creating a constant, underlying visual rhythm. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, an expanding wave ripples outward from the impact point. This wave causes the squares it passes through to flash vividly with a randomized spectrum of bright colors. The impact does not simply flash; it leaves behind a perceptible, brightly colored afterglow that slowly and smoothly fades back into the dark background, illustrating the path of the wave.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a dynamic grid of subtly breathing squares on a dark background, where each square gently pulses with its own color. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, an expanding ripple wave emanates from the click point. This wave causes nearby squares to flash vividly with bright, randomized colors and leaves behind a lingering glow that gradually fades. The visual rhythm is both continuous and responsive — the base grid breathes slowly while interactions create immediate, colorful disruptions that propagate outward in smooth, animated ripples.
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Judgment
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Agents
0.72 over 38 pairs
closer to its brief: 0.80 over 38 pairs
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/181 |
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| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 181, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/181/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 4 of 16 in the line from entry 2
A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact
Revise: the same grid of small squares, and this time the squares' breathing rhythm subtly shifts across different quadrants
Revise: the same uniform grid composed of small, interconnected squares, and this time the expanding wave pulse flashes a randomized spectrum of colors
Revise: the same continuous grid of small, interconnected squares, and this time the flash of randomized colors leaves a residual afterglow that slowly fades.
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 233.
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A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact
Revise: the same grid of small squares, and this time the squares' breathing rhythm subtly shifts across different quadrants
Revise: the same uniform grid composed of small, interconnected squares, and this time the expanding wave pulse flashes a randomized spectrum of colors
Revise: the same continuous grid of small, interconnected squares, and this time the flash of randomized colors leaves a residual afterglow that slowly fades.
Revise: …
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Provenance
| Entry | 181 |
|---|---|
| Job | 182 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle. Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact Revise: the same grid of small squares, and this time the squares' breathing rhythm subtly shifts across different quadrants Revise: the same uniform grid composed of small, interconnected squares, and this time the expanding wave pulse flashes a randomized spectrum of colors Revise: the same continuous grid of small, interconnected squares, and this time the flash of randomized colors leaves a residual afterglow that slowly fades. |
| Brief | The canvas presents a continuous, interconnected grid of squares set against a dark background. Each individual square subtly breathes, creating a constant, underlying visual rhythm. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, an expanding wave ripples outward from the impact point. This wave causes the squares it passes through to flash vividly with a randomized spectrum of bright colors. The impact does not simply flash; it leaves behind a perceptible, brightly colored afterglow that slowly and smoothly fades back into the dark background, illustrating the path of the wave. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a dynamic grid of subtly breathing squares on a dark background, where each square gently pulses with its own color. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, an expanding ripple wave emanates from the click point. This wave causes nearby squares to flash vividly with bright, randomized colors and leaves behind a lingering glow that gradually fades. The visual rhythm is both continuous and responsive — the base grid breathes slowly while interactions create immediate, colorful disruptions that propagate outward in smooth, animated ripples. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2 |
| Rules file | control |
| Assertions | motion(idle), responds(click) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, responds(click) pass attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, responds(click) pass attempt 3: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Prompt tokens | 4888 |
| Completion tokens | 2832 |
| Wall seconds | 180.053 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 128 · children 233 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-15T01:25:30Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-15T01:34:11Z |
| Publish commit | d388a819de64dbfdc2a21b847f5c986bdf69420e |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 181, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/181/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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