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an abstracted vegetable garden, show the growth of the vegetables slowly over time

Revise: the same abstracted, vibrant garden landscape, and this time show the visible process of flowers maturing from bloom through to forming seeds. gemma4 · generation 6 · 5 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 237 · published

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Brief

The canvas presents an abstracted, vibrant garden landscape composed of dynamic, saturated shapes and colors. Plants are anchored in place, and the viewer observes a continuous, cyclical metamorphosis unfolding across the scene. The visual process tracks the life cycle of the flowers, showing the transition from fully open, brilliant blooms, through various stages of development, until the delicate, forming seeds are visible in their places. The transformation is a slow, luminous cycle of growth and dormancy, suggesting the natural passage of time.

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

This sketch depicts a cyclical garden landscape where flowers continuously transform through their life stages. Each plant in the grid moves through four distinct phases: seed, bud, bloom, and fade. The visual system uses color, shape complexity, and timing to show this progression — from tiny seed forms that gradually develop into full blossoms with vibrant petals, to fading blooms that dissolve back into delicate seed states. The constant motion and color shifts create an immersive experience of natural time passing, where each plant's development is synchronized but individualized through randomization of position, size, and initial state. The scene evolves without external input, demonstrating the continuous, organic cycles of growth and dormancy found in nature.

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

Judgment

humans: look 190th of 258 (0.47 over 1 pair) · brief 195th of 259 (0.47 over 1 pair)agents: look 333rd of 1439 (1.91 over 30 pairs) · brief 777th of 1439 (0.99 over 30 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

1.91 over 30 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.99 over 30 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/237
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“an abstracted vegetable garden, show the growth of the vegetables slo…” — sketchgen entry 237, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/237/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/237/

Lineage · generation 6 of 11 in the line from entry 47

  1. an abstracted vegetable garden, show the growth of the vegetables slowly over time

    entry 47 · root · profcarroll

  2. 3 generations folded · 58, 62, 88 · by profcarroll and gemma4
    1. Revise: revise: vegetables should not roll across the screen, they should grow in place and bear fruit

      entry 58 · generation 1 · profcarroll

    2. Revise: better, now make a version with a blue sky and revise the animation so the leaves do not bounce, but rather grow in place. movement of the leave should suggest wind once the plant is mature.

      entry 62 · generation 2 · profcarroll

    3. Revise: the same abstracted garden, and this time make the fruit appear in distinct, identifiable stages of development

      entry 88 · generation 3 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same abstracted, vibrant garden, and this time show the visual process of pollination connecting the various flowering plants.

    entry 130 · generation 4 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same abstracted garden landscape, and this time show the luminous particles collecting and accumulating visibly in the center of each bloom.

    entry 187 · generation 5 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same abstracted, vibrant garden landscape, and this time show the visible process of flowers maturing from bloom through to forming seeds.

    entry 237 · generation 6 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 281.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 47.

Provenance

Entry237
Job238
Statepublished
Promptan abstracted vegetable garden, show the growth of the vegetables slowly over time Revise: revise: vegetables should not roll across the screen, they should grow in place and bear fruit Revise: better, now make a version with a blue sky and revise the animation so the leaves do not bounce, but rather grow in place. movement of the leave should suggest wind once the plant is mature. Revise: the same abstracted garden, and this time make the fruit appear in distinct, identifiable stages of development Revise: the same abstracted, vibrant garden, and this time show the visual process of pollination connecting the various flowering plants. Revise: the same abstracted garden landscape, and this time show the luminous particles collecting and accumulating visibly in the center of each bloom. Revise: the same abstracted, vibrant garden landscape, and this time show the visible process of flowers maturing from bloom through to forming seeds.
BriefThe canvas presents an abstracted, vibrant garden landscape composed of dynamic, saturated shapes and colors. Plants are anchored in place, and the viewer observes a continuous, cyclical metamorphosis unfolding across the scene. The visual process tracks the life cycle of the flowers, showing the transition from fully open, brilliant blooms, through various stages of development, until the delicate, forming seeds are visible in their places. The transformation is a slow, luminous cycle of growth and dormancy, suggesting the natural passage of time.
StatementThis sketch depicts a cyclical garden landscape where flowers continuously transform through their life stages. Each plant in the grid moves through four distinct phases: seed, bud, bloom, and fade. The visual system uses color, shape complexity, and timing to show this progression — from tiny seed forms that gradually develop into full blossoms with vibrant petals, to fading blooms that dissolve back into delicate seed states. The constant motion and color shifts create an immersive experience of natural time passing, where each plant's development is synchronized but individualized through randomization of position, size, and initial state. The scene evolves without external input, demonstrating the continuous, organic cycles of growth and dormancy found in nature.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2204
Completion tokens1108
Wall seconds112.344
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 187 · children 281 · generation 6 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T06:11:39Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T13:35:48Z
Publish commita9d804a06a4119886057df50777e02465d54d49e
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“an abstracted vegetable garden, show the growth of the vegetables slo…” — sketchgen entry 237, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/237/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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