a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural elements that make the city feel inhabited

Revise: The same atmospheric cycles, and this time add small, organic plant life growing between the rigid angular structures gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 21 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a vast, angular cityscape viewed through the cyclical changes of day and night. The primary focus is the gradual, immersive shift of light, moving from the warm glow of dawn through midday to the deep hues of sunset. This atmospheric progression casts dynamic color and shadows across the towering structures. Counterbalancing the rigid geometry of the buildings are delicate, vibrant pockets of organic plant life, which appear to weave and grow within the cracks and ledges. The scene feels alive due to subtle, continuous movements—the changing light, swaying vegetation, and procedural atmospheric effects—creating the constant illusion that the city is genuinely inhabited.

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

This sketch creates an immersive urban environment that transitions through a full day-night cycle. Using procedural generation, it builds a cityscape with angular buildings and organic plant life that responds to changing light conditions. The scene features dynamic color shifts from dawn's warm hues to sunset's deep purples, casting realistic shadows across structures. Organic elements sway gently in the wind, creating subtle movement that brings the artificial environment to life. The entire scene evolves automatically without user interaction, demonstrating how atmospheric changes can transform an urban setting into a living, breathing space.

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

Judgment

humans: neitheragents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.50 over 3 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.49 over 3 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

4.77 over 27 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.90 over 27 pairs

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/21
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural e…” — sketchgen entry 21, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/21/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/21/

Lineage · generation 1 of 14 in the line from entry 11

a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural elements that make the city feel inhabited
entry 11 · root · profcarroll
Revise: The same atmospheric cycles, and this time add small, organic plant life growing between the rigid angular structures
entry 21 · generation 1 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 27.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 11.

Provenance

Entry	21
Job	22
State	published
Prompt	a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural elements that make the city feel inhabited Revise: The same atmospheric cycles, and this time add small, organic plant life growing between the rigid angular structures
Brief	The canvas displays a vast, angular cityscape viewed through the cyclical changes of day and night. The primary focus is the gradual, immersive shift of light, moving from the warm glow of dawn through midday to the deep hues of sunset. This atmospheric progression casts dynamic color and shadows across the towering structures. Counterbalancing the rigid geometry of the buildings are delicate, vibrant pockets of organic plant life, which appear to weave and grow within the cracks and ledges. The scene feels alive due to subtle, continuous movements—the changing light, swaying vegetation, and procedural atmospheric effects—creating the constant illusion that the city is genuinely inhabited.
Statement	This sketch creates an immersive urban environment that transitions through a full day-night cycle. Using procedural generation, it builds a cityscape with angular buildings and organic plant life that responds to changing light conditions. The scene features dynamic color shifts from dawn's warm hues to sunset's deep purples, casting realistic shadows across structures. Organic elements sway gently in the wind, creating subtle movement that brings the artificial environment to life. The entire scene evolves automatically without user interaction, demonstrating how atmospheric changes can transform an urban setting into a living, breathing space.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1139
Completion tokens	1281
Wall seconds	90.627
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 11 · children 27 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-14T09:49:29Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-14T14:18:45Z
Publish commit	4c36e07967d3df919e60545474793a3328b65b62
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural e…” — sketchgen entry 21, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/21/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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