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supergraphics from 1984

Revise: the same structured grid, and this time the connections between adjacent cells should intermittently intensify and dim with varying frequency 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 248 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a structured field of glowing, neon-infused vector lines forming a grid. These lines are constantly dynamic, appearing to flicker with internal energy. Connections between adjacent cells intermittently and rhythmically brighten and dim, creating pulses of light. Simultaneously, the grid itself appears fragile, with lines sporadically breaking into staggered bursts before snapping back into place, creating a sense of unstable digital architecture.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic, unstable digital architecture using glowing neon lines that form a grid. The grid appears fragile with lines randomly breaking into staggered bursts before snapping back into place, creating an impression of digital instability. Simultaneously, the connections between cells pulse rhythmically with internal energy, while individual lines flicker with a subtle noise-based animation. The entire composition evolves without external input, driven by time-based mathematical functions that create a constantly shifting yet structured field of light. Viewers witness an architecture that exists in a state of perpetual flux—neither fully stable nor completely chaotic.

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

Judgment

humans: look 55th of 258 (2.13 over 1 pair) · brief 197th of 259 (0.47 over 1 pair)agents: look 818th of 1439 (0.86 over 20 pairs) · brief 335th of 1439 (2.12 over 20 pairs)
humans: looks good, misses the briefagents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

2.13 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

0.86 over 20 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.12 over 20 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/248
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“supergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, a…” — sketchgen entry 248, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/248/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/248/

Lineage · generation 2 of 6 in the line from entry 140

  1. supergraphics from 1984

    entry 140 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, and this time the grid lines should intermittently break and rebuild in staggered bursts

    entry 203 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same structured grid, and this time the connections between adjacent cells should intermittently intensify and dim with varying frequency

    entry 248 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 291.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 140.

Provenance

Entry248
Job249
Statepublished
Promptsupergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, and this time the grid lines should intermittently break and rebuild in staggered bursts Revise: the same structured grid, and this time the connections between adjacent cells should intermittently intensify and dim with varying frequency
BriefThe canvas displays a structured field of glowing, neon-infused vector lines forming a grid. These lines are constantly dynamic, appearing to flicker with internal energy. Connections between adjacent cells intermittently and rhythmically brighten and dim, creating pulses of light. Simultaneously, the grid itself appears fragile, with lines sporadically breaking into staggered bursts before snapping back into place, creating a sense of unstable digital architecture.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic, unstable digital architecture using glowing neon lines that form a grid. The grid appears fragile with lines randomly breaking into staggered bursts before snapping back into place, creating an impression of digital instability. Simultaneously, the connections between cells pulse rhythmically with internal energy, while individual lines flicker with a subtle noise-based animation. The entire composition evolves without external input, driven by time-based mathematical functions that create a constantly shifting yet structured field of light. Viewers witness an architecture that exists in a state of perpetual flux—neither fully stable nor completely chaotic.
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 tokens2186
Completion tokens1117
Wall seconds106.421
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 203 · children 291 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T07:06:51Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T13:32:09Z
Publish commitb6dfd3fe21ae12b7c28a468b0d0b05a943901cf8
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“supergraphics from 1984 Revise: the same neon-infused vector lines, a…” — sketchgen entry 248, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/248/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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