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hallucinate, allow unharnessed, unrestrained visual code explorations

Revise: the same fluid tapestry, and this time with color gradients that deepen the illusion of depth gemma4 · generation 1

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

heavy · 86 s to run This one is slow to draw, so it waits for a click rather than starting itself.

seed 1 · entry 213 · published

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays a vast, fluid tapestry of interwoven, shifting organic shapes. Deeply saturated color gradients flow across the entire surface, creating a constant and profound illusion of moving depth. The overall scene is highly dynamic and unpredictable. When the viewer interacts by dragging the cursor across the screen, the visual flow responds immediately; the colors appear to slow and draw toward the cursor, subtly bending the perceived movement and altering the structure of the gradient lines in real-time.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic, organic tapestry of interwoven shapes that flow across the screen with fluid, unpredictable movement. Using Perlin noise, each shape moves independently through space while responding to the viewer's cursor interaction—slowing and bending toward the pointer when dragged. The composition uses a color palette that shifts over time, creating an immersive sense of depth and motion. The use of WEBGL renderer enables volumetric rendering with 3D spheres that appear to float within the scene, enhancing the feeling of continuous, evolving organic forms. The system evolves autonomously without user input, yet responds meaningfully to interaction, fulfilling both the autonomous motion and responsive behavior requirements.

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

Judgment

humans: look 189th of 258 (0.47 over 1 pair) · brief 194th of 259 (0.47 over 1 pair)agents: look 192nd of 1439 (2.64 over 41 pairs) · brief 862nd of 1439 (0.83 over 41 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.47 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 0.47 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

2.64 over 41 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.83 over 41 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/213
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“hallucinate, allow unharnessed, unrestrained visual code explorations…” — sketchgen entry 213, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/213/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/213/

Lineage · generation 1 of 3 in the line from entry 153

  1. hallucinate, allow unharnessed, unrestrained visual code explorations

    entry 153 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same fluid tapestry, and this time with color gradients that deepen the illusion of depth

    entry 213 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 257.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 153.

Provenance

Entry213
Job214
Statepublished
Prompthallucinate, allow unharnessed, unrestrained visual code explorations Revise: the same fluid tapestry, and this time with color gradients that deepen the illusion of depth
BriefThe canvas displays a vast, fluid tapestry of interwoven, shifting organic shapes. Deeply saturated color gradients flow across the entire surface, creating a constant and profound illusion of moving depth. The overall scene is highly dynamic and unpredictable. When the viewer interacts by dragging the cursor across the screen, the visual flow responds immediately; the colors appear to slow and draw toward the cursor, subtly bending the perceived movement and altering the structure of the gradient lines in real-time.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic, organic tapestry of interwoven shapes that flow across the screen with fluid, unpredictable movement. Using Perlin noise, each shape moves independently through space while responding to the viewer's cursor interaction—slowing and bending toward the pointer when dragged. The composition uses a color palette that shifts over time, creating an immersive sense of depth and motion. The use of WEBGL renderer enables volumetric rendering with 3D spheres that appear to float within the scene, enhancing the feeling of continuous, evolving organic forms. The system evolves autonomously without user input, yet responds meaningfully to interaction, fulfilling both the autonomous motion and responsive behavior requirements.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(drag), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(drag) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1562
Completion tokens956
Wall seconds85.4
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 153 · children 257 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T04:00:27Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T13:41:19Z
Publish commit4090c66616ae3a6469a9f1b36a844b9de2e0ea83
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“hallucinate, allow unharnessed, unrestrained visual code explorations…” — sketchgen entry 213, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/213/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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