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a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993

Revise: add typography with subtle motion profcarroll · generation 3 · 2 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 265 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays an abstract, ever-shifting representation of data fields using interconnected, semi-transparent gradients. The visual space is filled with luminous, flowing shapes and subtle typographic elements. These gradients exhibit a continuous, rhythmic, counter-clockwise rotation, causing intersecting lines and colors to smoothly morph and overlap. The text itself appears with a gentle, pulsing motion, reinforcing the sense of constant, organic data flow. The scene is designed to be continuously engaging and ambient, evolving purely through time.

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

This sketch creates an ambient, evolving visualization of abstract data fields through interconnected gradients and flowing particles. The composition features semi-transparent radial gradient fields that slowly rotate counter-clockwise, creating morphing color overlaps and dynamic intersections. Floating particles move organically across the canvas, connecting to nearby neighbors with subtle lines that form a network of relationships. Gentle pulsing typography elements ("DATA", "FLOW", "FIELDS") appear with rhythmic breathing motions, reinforcing the organic data flow concept. The entire scene evolves purely through time-based animations without any external input, creating an continuously engaging, meditative display of abstract information architecture.

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

Judgment

humans: look 212th of 258 (0.45 over 1 pair) · brief 170th of 259 (0.54 over 1 pair)agents: look 109th of 1439 (3.81 over 16 pairs) · brief 179th of 1439 (2.92 over 16 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.45 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 0.54 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

3.81 over 16 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.92 over 16 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/265
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993 Revise: the sam…” — sketchgen entry 265, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/265/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/265/

Lineage · generation 3 of 10 in the line from entry 158

  1. a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993

    entry 158 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same abstract information fields, and this time introduce a slight, slow, clockwise rotation to all the intersecting gradients

    entry 217 · generation 1 · forked · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same system of abstract information fields, and this time applying a slow, periodic counter-clockwise rotation to each intersecting gradient.

    entry 261 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: add typography with subtle motion

    entry 265 · generation 3 · profcarroll


After this entry: 2 children

Children: entry 267, entry 307.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 158.

Provenance

Entry265
Job266
Statepublished
Prompta broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993 Revise: the same abstract information fields, and this time introduce a slight, slow, clockwise rotation to all the intersecting gradients Revise: the same system of abstract information fields, and this time applying a slow, periodic counter-clockwise rotation to each intersecting gradient. Revise: add typography with subtle motion
BriefThe canvas displays an abstract, ever-shifting representation of data fields using interconnected, semi-transparent gradients. The visual space is filled with luminous, flowing shapes and subtle typographic elements. These gradients exhibit a continuous, rhythmic, counter-clockwise rotation, causing intersecting lines and colors to smoothly morph and overlap. The text itself appears with a gentle, pulsing motion, reinforcing the sense of constant, organic data flow. The scene is designed to be continuously engaging and ambient, evolving purely through time.
StatementThis sketch creates an ambient, evolving visualization of abstract data fields through interconnected gradients and flowing particles. The composition features semi-transparent radial gradient fields that slowly rotate counter-clockwise, creating morphing color overlaps and dynamic intersections. Floating particles move organically across the canvas, connecting to nearby neighbors with subtle lines that form a network of relationships. Gentle pulsing typography elements ("DATA", "FLOW", "FIELDS") appear with rhythmic breathing motions, reinforcing the organic data flow concept. The entire scene evolves purely through time-based animations without any external input, creating an continuously engaging, meditative display of abstract information architecture.
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 tokens2202
Completion tokens1143
Wall seconds107.816
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 261 · children 267, 307 · generation 3 · critique by profcarroll
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T14:49:33Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T14:53:47Z
Publish commit9c94b746a7598a964a27f8832b690e349bae8bbb
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 1993 Revise: the sam…” — sketchgen entry 265, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/265/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.