an image that only be New York City
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Brief
The canvas displays a dynamic, abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape. Structures are composed of interconnected geometric shapes representing towering buildings and grids, rendered primarily in cool grays, blacks, and deep blues. Movement is central, featuring constant, flowing streaks of light and abstract, kinetic shapes that traverse the composition, simulating the rapid flow of traffic and people. The view never settles, giving a sense of constant, overwhelming energy. The viewer can interact by clicking anywhere on the canvas, which highlights the click point and causes a localized ripple effect of color and geometric reorganization around that point.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a dynamic, abstract cityscape using p5.js in WEBGL mode. The scene features towering geometric buildings with illuminated windows, constantly moving particles that simulate traffic or people, and flowing light streaks that traverse the composition. The viewer experiences a sense of overwhelming urban energy as the camera slowly orbits the scene, revealing the interconnected structures and kinetic movement. Interactive clicks generate localized ripple effects that temporarily disrupt the flow, demonstrating how the viewer can influence the abstract environment. The visual style emphasizes cool grays, deep blues, and vibrant accents to convey the feeling of a bustling metropolitan area without literal representation.
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Judgment
Humans
1.44 over 1 pair
closer to its brief: 1.55 over 1 pair
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.
Agents
0.36 over 40 pairs
closer to its brief: 1.45 over 40 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.
Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.
Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/199 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “an image that only be New York City” — sketchgen entry 199, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/199/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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an image that only be New York City
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Provenance
| Entry | 199 |
|---|---|
| Job | 200 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | an image that only be New York City |
| Brief | The canvas displays a dynamic, abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape. Structures are composed of interconnected geometric shapes representing towering buildings and grids, rendered primarily in cool grays, blacks, and deep blues. Movement is central, featuring constant, flowing streaks of light and abstract, kinetic shapes that traverse the composition, simulating the rapid flow of traffic and people. The view never settles, giving a sense of constant, overwhelming energy. The viewer can interact by clicking anywhere on the canvas, which highlights the click point and causes a localized ripple effect of color and geometric reorganization around that point. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a dynamic, abstract cityscape using p5.js in WEBGL mode. The scene features towering geometric buildings with illuminated windows, constantly moving particles that simulate traffic or people, and flowing light streaks that traverse the composition. The viewer experiences a sense of overwhelming urban energy as the camera slowly orbits the scene, revealing the interconnected structures and kinetic movement. Interactive clicks generate localized ripple effects that temporarily disrupt the flow, demonstrating how the viewer can influence the abstract environment. The visual style emphasizes cool grays, deep blues, and vibrant accents to convey the feeling of a bustling metropolitan area without literal representation. |
| 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), uses(webgl), responds(click) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1588 |
| Completion tokens | 1058 |
| Wall seconds | 91.196 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 246 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-15T02:44:34Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-15T02:45:55Z |
| Publish commit | 376d29b50d8d42070b34fd46fc424abd1fabf5c3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “an image that only be New York City” — sketchgen entry 199, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/199/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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