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a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2010

Revise: the same complex, flowing data, and this time the glowing grids are rendered with more defined individual tendrils and a more restricted depth of field 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 222 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a highly detailed, simulated data flow, featuring glowing tendrils and intersecting grids suspended in a deep, electric space. The palette is dominated by electric cyan and vibrant blues. The structure appears volumetric, utilizing a restricted depth of field that makes the grids appear to move dramatically into and out of the viewer’s perception. Complex, constantly flowing data streams weave through the scene, creating a mesmerizing, organized chaos that suggests massive, real-time network communication. The movement is persistent, ceaseless, and highly technical, giving the impression of a monumental, digital backbone actively transmitting information.

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

This sketch creates an immersive, data-driven visualization using p5.js's WEBGL renderer to simulate a digital backbone network. The scene features glowing tendrils that flow through space, intersecting grids and volumetric planes that move dynamically in three dimensions. The electric cyan and vibrant blue color palette gives the impression of real-time data transmission, with each tendril leaving a luminous trail as it moves. The composition uses depth of field effects through constant camera movement and layered geometric structures to create a sense of volume and motion, suggesting the immense scale of digital communication systems.

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

Judgment

humans: look 108th of 258 (1.48 over 1 pair) · brief 101st of 259 (1.56 over 1 pair)agents: look 1028th of 1439 (0.59 over 39 pairs) · brief 300th of 1439 (2.24 over 39 pairs)
humans: looks good, on briefagents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

1.48 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 1.56 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

0.59 over 39 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.24 over 39 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/222
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2010 Revise: the sam…” — sketchgen entry 222, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/222/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/222/

Lineage · generation 2 of 5 in the line from entry 112

  1. a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2010

    entry 112 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same complex data flowing through a digital network, and this time the glowing grids are rendered as volumetric particle fields

    entry 165 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same complex, flowing data, and this time the glowing grids are rendered with more defined individual tendrils and a more restricted depth of field

    entry 222 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 269.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 112.

Provenance

Entry222
Job223
Statepublished
Prompta broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2010 Revise: the same complex data flowing through a digital network, and this time the glowing grids are rendered as volumetric particle fields Revise: the same complex, flowing data, and this time the glowing grids are rendered with more defined individual tendrils and a more restricted depth of field
BriefThe canvas displays a highly detailed, simulated data flow, featuring glowing tendrils and intersecting grids suspended in a deep, electric space. The palette is dominated by electric cyan and vibrant blues. The structure appears volumetric, utilizing a restricted depth of field that makes the grids appear to move dramatically into and out of the viewer’s perception. Complex, constantly flowing data streams weave through the scene, creating a mesmerizing, organized chaos that suggests massive, real-time network communication. The movement is persistent, ceaseless, and highly technical, giving the impression of a monumental, digital backbone actively transmitting information.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, data-driven visualization using p5.js's WEBGL renderer to simulate a digital backbone network. The scene features glowing tendrils that flow through space, intersecting grids and volumetric planes that move dynamically in three dimensions. The electric cyan and vibrant blue color palette gives the impression of real-time data transmission, with each tendril leaving a luminous trail as it moves. The composition uses depth of field effects through constant camera movement and layered geometric structures to create a sense of volume and motion, suggesting the immense scale of digital communication systems.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens3338
Completion tokens2011
Wall seconds147.371
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 165 · children 269 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T04:44:06Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T13:39:48Z
Publish commit6a50c61ddc2aeaf4a4baa6f3c00f9d0851119107
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2010 Revise: the sam…” — sketchgen entry 222, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/222/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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