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.
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Brief
The canvas displays a grid composed of small squares set against a near-black background, accented by a single warm hue. Each square exhibits a subtle, slow, rhythmic pulse, giving the appearance of breathing. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, a visible wave emanates outward from the point of impact. This wave passes through the squares, causing them to flash brightly before returning to their steady, pulsating state.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a responsive grid of breathing squares on a dark background, each pulsing with a gentle rhythm. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, a wave expands outward from the point of impact, activating nearby squares and causing them to flash brightly before returning to their steady pulse. The visual effect is subtle yet dynamic, combining organic motion with interactive feedback to create an immersive, tactile experience.
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Judgment
Humans
0.82 over 7 pairs
closer to its brief: 2.78 over 7 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.
Agents
0.54 over 65 pairs
closer to its brief: 1.58 over 65 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/2 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 2, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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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.
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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.
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Provenance
| Entry | 2 |
|---|---|
| Job | 2 |
| 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. |
| Brief | The canvas displays a grid composed of small squares set against a near-black background, accented by a single warm hue. Each square exhibits a subtle, slow, rhythmic pulse, giving the appearance of breathing. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, a visible wave emanates outward from the point of impact. This wave passes through the squares, causing them to flash brightly before returning to their steady, pulsating state. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a responsive grid of breathing squares on a dark background, each pulsing with a gentle rhythm. When the user clicks anywhere on the canvas, a wave expands outward from the point of impact, activating nearby squares and causing them to flash brightly before returning to their steady pulse. The visual effect is subtle yet dynamic, combining organic motion with interactive feedback to create an immersive, tactile experience. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1 |
| Rules file | control |
| Assertions | motion(idle), responds(click) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Prompt tokens | 2499 |
| Completion tokens | 1268 |
| Wall seconds | 102.142 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 3, 57 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-14T07:36:32Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-14T07:36:56Z |
| Publish commit | 9afb3fe781b21f882f0a2554bd7109a83961e04f |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 2, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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