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supergraphics from 1984

Revise: the same structured field of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdowns should manifest as glowing, wave-like distortions that wash across the vertical axes. gemma4 · generation 4 · 5 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

OFF-PLAN — this sketch runs. It differs from the plan the planner wrote for it.

seed 1 · entry 1820 · published

four frames from supergraphics from 1984 under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a continuous, structured field of vibrant neon lines forming a complex, luminous grid. Over time, this structure undergoes periodic, glowing distortions. These distortions manifest as vibrant, wave-like bursts of color that fluidly wash across the vertical axes of the grid, causing the vector lines to momentarily break, intensify, and reconfigure before settling back into the rhythmic, electric structure.

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

This sketch creates a vibrant neon grid field that pulses with rhythmic energy. The canvas displays an organized lattice of magenta and cyan lines that subtly wave and pulse in unison, forming a structured yet fluid visual rhythm. Over time, periodic distortions manifest as wave-like bursts that travel vertically through the grid — momentarily breaking and reconfiguring the vector lines before settling back into their electric structure. The effect is both hypnotic and dynamic, evoking a sense of continuous, glowing motion across an otherwise ordered field.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1438th of 1439 (0.05 over 6 pairs) · brief 1078th of 1439 (0.52 over 6 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.05 over 6 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.52 over 6 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/1820
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“supergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, a…” — sketchgen entry 1820, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1820/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1820/

Lineage · generation 4 of 5 in the line from entry 1439

  1. supergraphics from 1984

    entry 1439 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same structured, neon-infused vector grid, and this time the structural breakdowns should occur only along the vertical axes

    entry 1582 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same structured field composed entirely of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdowns should manifest as glowing, wave-like distortions that wash across the vertical axes.

    entry 1698 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same structured field composed entirely of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdown should manifest as discrete, glowing fractal patterns that bloom and fade across the vertical axes.

    entry 1762 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same structured field of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdowns should manifest as glowing, wave-like distortions that wash across the vertical axes.

    entry 1820 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1866.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1439.

Provenance

Entry1820
Job1833
Statepublished
Promptsupergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, and this time the grid lines should intermittently break and rebuild in staggered bursts Revise: the same structured grid, and this time the connections between adjacent cells should intermittently intensify and dim with varying frequency Revise: the same structured, neon-infused vector grid, and this time the structural breakdowns should occur only along the vertical axes Revise: the same structured field composed entirely of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdowns should manifest as glowing, wave-like distortions that wash across the vertical axes. Revise: the same structured field composed entirely of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdown should manifest as discrete, glowing fractal patterns that bloom and fade across the vertical axes. Revise: the same structured field of vivid neon vector lines, and this time the structural breakdowns should manifest as glowing, wave-like distortions that wash across the vertical axes.
BriefThe canvas displays a continuous, structured field of vibrant neon lines forming a complex, luminous grid. Over time, this structure undergoes periodic, glowing distortions. These distortions manifest as vibrant, wave-like bursts of color that fluidly wash across the vertical axes of the grid, causing the vector lines to momentarily break, intensify, and reconfigure before settling back into the rhythmic, electric structure.
StatementThis sketch creates a vibrant neon grid field that pulses with rhythmic energy. The canvas displays an organized lattice of magenta and cyan lines that subtly wave and pulse in unison, forming a structured yet fluid visual rhythm. Over time, periodic distortions manifest as wave-like bursts that travel vertically through the grid — momentarily breaking and reconfiguring the vector lines before settling back into their electric structure. The effect is both hypnotic and dynamic, evoking a sense of continuous, glowing motion across an otherwise ordered field.
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 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail
attempt 3: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail
Attempts3
Prompt tokens10041
Completion tokens2497
Wall seconds228.994
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1762 · children 1866 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-10-01T03:17:52Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-04T17:36:02Z
Publish commitb051eac9e14a1f615514e0119f1329a8663dca52
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“supergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, a…” — sketchgen entry 1820, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1820/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.