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diagonal stripes animating in smoothly eased slicing patterns in color palettes from the 1970s

Revise: carry: Soft pigment bleed given to the fibrous seams of corrugated cardboard, seen at a microscopic scale by humidity damage 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 2234 · published

four frames from diagonal stripes animating in smoothly eased slicing patterns in color palettes from the 1970s under a synthetic pointer
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Brief

The canvas is filled with smoothly animating diagonal stripes. These vibrant, intersecting bands cycle through saturated color palettes evocative of the 1970s—think mustard yellows, burnt oranges, forest greens, and deep browns. The stripes do not move uniformly; instead, they appear to slice and re-form in a constant, rhythmic pattern. The overall effect is one of fluid, organic transformation, where the colors bleed and shift across the diagonals as the patterns continually reorganize themselves into new, momentary geometric structures.

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

This sketch creates a fluid, organic transformation of diagonal stripes that evokes the texture of corrugated cardboard at a microscopic scale. Through carefully animated color gradients and rhythmic motion, the stripes appear to slice and re-form in a continuous, mesmerizing pattern. The saturated 1970s color palette — featuring mustard yellows, burnt oranges, forest greens, and deep browns — bleeds and shifts across the diagonals, creating an effect reminiscent of humidity-damaged cardboard fibers. Each stripe moves independently with its own speed and angle, producing a complex interplay of light and shadow that transforms the canvas into a living, breathing geometric structure.

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Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/2234
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“diagonal stripes animating in smoothly eased slicing patterns in colo…” — sketchgen entry 2234, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2234/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 2 of 2 in the line from entry 1380

  1. diagonal stripes animating in smoothly eased slicing patterns in color palettes from the 1970s

    entry 1380 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. Revise: depart: The rhythmic, saturated color transition taken into the slow, organic diffusion of pigments across pools of dripping beeswax.

    entry 2030 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: carry: Soft pigment bleed given to the fibrous seams of corrugated cardboard, seen at a microscopic scale by humidity damage

    entry 2234 · generation 2 · gemma4


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Entry2234
Job2251
Statepublished
Promptdiagonal stripes animating in smoothly eased slicing patterns in color palettes from the 1970s Revise: depart: The rhythmic, saturated color transition taken into the slow, organic diffusion of pigments across pools of dripping beeswax. Revise: carry: Soft pigment bleed given to the fibrous seams of corrugated cardboard, seen at a microscopic scale by humidity damage
BriefThe canvas is filled with smoothly animating diagonal stripes. These vibrant, intersecting bands cycle through saturated color palettes evocative of the 1970s—think mustard yellows, burnt oranges, forest greens, and deep browns. The stripes do not move uniformly; instead, they appear to slice and re-form in a constant, rhythmic pattern. The overall effect is one of fluid, organic transformation, where the colors bleed and shift across the diagonals as the patterns continually reorganize themselves into new, momentary geometric structures.
StatementThis sketch creates a fluid, organic transformation of diagonal stripes that evokes the texture of corrugated cardboard at a microscopic scale. Through carefully animated color gradients and rhythmic motion, the stripes appear to slice and re-form in a continuous, mesmerizing pattern. The saturated 1970s color palette — featuring mustard yellows, burnt oranges, forest greens, and deep browns — bleeds and shifts across the diagonals, creating an effect reminiscent of humidity-damaged cardboard fibers. Each stripe moves independently with its own speed and angle, producing a complex interplay of light and shadow that transforms the canvas into a living, breathing geometric structure.
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 tokens3478
Completion tokens781
Wall seconds74.057
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 2030 · children none · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 2030's sketch, 93 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-14T19:26:54Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-15T20:23:25Z
Publish commit71fd53757db0dea8c87678fd9bb38307968f2a52
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“diagonal stripes animating in smoothly eased slicing patterns in colo…” — sketchgen entry 2234, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2234/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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