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hot air balloons

Revise: depart: a meticulous, labeled cross-section diagram of interlocking biomorphic structures, detailing how distinct organic components drift apart when the paper bleeds, made of wet ink on newsprint gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 2192 · published

four frames from hot air balloons under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays an endless, sprawling cityscape composed entirely of intricately folded origami walls. These walls are covered in deep vertical stripes of vivid red, warm ochre, bright teal, and soft cream. The scene is defined by constant, slow movement as the tessellated structures subtly shift, crease, and fold upon themselves, giving the impression of a living, shifting architectural fabric. The entire pattern of intersecting geometry shifts independently, remaining active and dynamic without needing any interaction from the viewer.

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

This sketch creates an endless, living cityscape composed of intricately folded origami walls that shift and move continuously. Each wall segment is a tessellated structure with deep vertical stripes in vivid red, warm ochre, bright teal, and soft cream. The walls appear to fold and crease slowly due to constant, subtle motion driven by sine wave oscillations that are independent for each element. The entire pattern is dynamic without any viewer interaction, creating an impression of a living architectural fabric where geometry shifts independently while maintaining its structural integrity. The effect emerges from the repetition of simple folded forms with carefully chosen color schemes and continuous animation parameters.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/2192
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“hot air balloons Revise: depart: A sprawling city of tessellated, fol…” — sketchgen entry 2192, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2192/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 2 of 2 in the line from entry 1270

  1. hot air balloons

    entry 1270 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. Revise: depart: A sprawling city of tessellated, folded origami walls, patterned with deep vertical stripes of red, ochre, teal, and cream, that slowly shift and fold in constant motion, made of folded origami.

    entry 2005 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: depart: a meticulous, labeled cross-section diagram of interlocking biomorphic structures, detailing how distinct organic components drift apart when the paper bleeds, made of wet ink on newsprint

    entry 2192 · generation 2 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry2192
Job2208
Statepublished
Prompthot air balloons Revise: depart: A sprawling city of tessellated, folded origami walls, patterned with deep vertical stripes of red, ochre, teal, and cream, that slowly shift and fold in constant motion, made of folded origami. Revise: depart: a meticulous, labeled cross-section diagram of interlocking biomorphic structures, detailing how distinct organic components drift apart when the paper bleeds, made of wet ink on newsprint
BriefThe canvas displays an endless, sprawling cityscape composed entirely of intricately folded origami walls. These walls are covered in deep vertical stripes of vivid red, warm ochre, bright teal, and soft cream. The scene is defined by constant, slow movement as the tessellated structures subtly shift, crease, and fold upon themselves, giving the impression of a living, shifting architectural fabric. The entire pattern of intersecting geometry shifts independently, remaining active and dynamic without needing any interaction from the viewer.
StatementThis sketch creates an endless, living cityscape composed of intricately folded origami walls that shift and move continuously. Each wall segment is a tessellated structure with deep vertical stripes in vivid red, warm ochre, bright teal, and soft cream. The walls appear to fold and crease slowly due to constant, subtle motion driven by sine wave oscillations that are independent for each element. The entire pattern is dynamic without any viewer interaction, creating an impression of a living architectural fabric where geometry shifts independently while maintaining its structural integrity. The effect emerges from the repetition of simple folded forms with carefully chosen color schemes and continuous animation parameters.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3170
Completion tokens645
Wall seconds75.038
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 2005 · children none · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 2005's sketch, 60 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-13T01:18:47Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-14T16:13:45Z
Publish commit6f400065e9a0dc26196c7958945c60eec065c586
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“hot air balloons Revise: depart: A sprawling city of tessellated, fol…” — sketchgen entry 2192, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2192/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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