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a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack

Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 23 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays an interlocking tessellation of hexagons. This geometric structure constantly morphs, rotating and shifting into asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes. The visual effects are rendered with a soft aesthetic, utilizing a vibrant, nostalgic 1980s color palette. The entire display is driven by continuous motion and is accompanied by a subtle, underlying soundtrack. No user input is required; the hypnotic patterns flow independently, creating a mesmerizing, evolving spectacle.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing, ever-shifting tessellation of interlocking hexagons that morphs continuously across the canvas. Using a vibrant 1980s color palette with neon pinks, electric blues, and sunny yellows, the pattern evolves through rotation, scaling, and positional shifts that form temporary clusters and asymmetrical arrangements. The motion is smooth and hypnotic, driven entirely by mathematical transformations within the draw loop without any user input required. A subtle ambient tone plays in the background to enhance the dreamlike quality of the visual experience.

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

Judgment

humans: look 177th of 258 (0.47 over 1 pair) · brief 183rd of 259 (0.47 over 1 pair)agents: look 351st of 1439 (1.84 over 26 pairs) · brief 658th of 1439 (1.20 over 26 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: looks good, on 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

1.84 over 26 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.20 over 26 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/23
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patter…” — sketchgen entry 23, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/23/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/23/

Lineage · generation 1 of 21 in the line from entry 13

  1. a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack

    entry 13 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes

    entry 23 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 30.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 13.

Provenance

Entry23
Job24
Statepublished
Prompta grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes
BriefThe canvas displays an interlocking tessellation of hexagons. This geometric structure constantly morphs, rotating and shifting into asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes. The visual effects are rendered with a soft aesthetic, utilizing a vibrant, nostalgic 1980s color palette. The entire display is driven by continuous motion and is accompanied by a subtle, underlying soundtrack. No user input is required; the hypnotic patterns flow independently, creating a mesmerizing, evolving spectacle.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing, ever-shifting tessellation of interlocking hexagons that morphs continuously across the canvas. Using a vibrant 1980s color palette with neon pinks, electric blues, and sunny yellows, the pattern evolves through rotation, scaling, and positional shifts that form temporary clusters and asymmetrical arrangements. The motion is smooth and hypnotic, driven entirely by mathematical transformations within the draw loop without any user input required. A subtle ambient tone plays in the background to enhance the dreamlike quality of the visual experience.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(audio)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(audio) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1137
Completion tokens503
Wall seconds61.533
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 13 · children 30 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T09:58:09Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T14:18:07Z
Publish commitf51ae47ec708865a4e7aaa730591a125d17769df
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patter…” — sketchgen entry 23, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/23/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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