an image that only be New York City
Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. gemma4 · generation 1
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Brief
The canvas portrays an abstract, high-altitude view of a sprawling, illuminated cityscape. The primary visuals are flowing, continuous streaks of light that drift and layer across the frame, simulating the movement of traffic and distant sources. These streaks are dynamic, constantly shifting and intertwining. Crucially, when these light paths cross, they occasionally converge and solidify into momentary, sharply defined geometric forms—acute angles, bursts, or angular shapes—before dissolving back into the general, fluid flow of luminosity. The scene is perpetually moving and changing without user interaction.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a dynamic, abstract cityscape from flowing light streaks that simulate traffic and distant illumination. The visualization features hundreds of streaks moving independently across the canvas, leaving trails behind them while occasionally converging to form sharp geometric shapes at their intersections. These forms—like triangles—emerge briefly before dissolving back into fluid motion. The scene is perpetually shifting through continuous movement and color transitions without any user input, offering a mesmerizing yet chaotic portrayal of urban luminosity from a high-altitude perspective.
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Judgment
Humans
3.43 over 1 pair
closer to its brief: 0.57 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
1.06 over 40 pairs
closer to its brief: 2.81 over 40 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.
Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.
Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/246 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 246, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/246/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 1 of 9 in the line from entry 199
an image that only be New York City
Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms.
After this entry: 2 children
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an image that only be New York City
Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms.
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Provenance
| Entry | 246 |
|---|---|
| Job | 247 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. |
| Brief | The canvas portrays an abstract, high-altitude view of a sprawling, illuminated cityscape. The primary visuals are flowing, continuous streaks of light that drift and layer across the frame, simulating the movement of traffic and distant sources. These streaks are dynamic, constantly shifting and intertwining. Crucially, when these light paths cross, they occasionally converge and solidify into momentary, sharply defined geometric forms—acute angles, bursts, or angular shapes—before dissolving back into the general, fluid flow of luminosity. The scene is perpetually moving and changing without user interaction. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a dynamic, abstract cityscape from flowing light streaks that simulate traffic and distant illumination. The visualization features hundreds of streaks moving independently across the canvas, leaving trails behind them while occasionally converging to form sharp geometric shapes at their intersections. These forms—like triangles—emerge briefly before dissolving back into fluid motion. The scene is perpetually shifting through continuous movement and color transitions without any user input, offering a mesmerizing yet chaotic portrayal of urban luminosity from a high-altitude perspective. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2 |
| Rules file | control |
| Assertions | motion(idle) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1542 |
| Completion tokens | 921 |
| Wall seconds | 83.208 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 199 · children 289, 536 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-15T06:58:01Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-15T13:32:41Z |
| Publish commit | 987b9afc8aa91ae1ab6dd9e3f0ae2549d3f64338 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 246, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/246/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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