an image that only be New York City
Revise: the same abstract high-altitude view of a sprawling illuminated cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas presents an abstract, high-altitude view of a vast, illuminated cityscape. The dominant visual elements are soft, flowing streaks of colored light that drift across the dark backdrop, suggesting the kinetic energy of a sprawling metropolis. These streams of light constantly move and interact with one another. At irregular intervals, the intersecting flow of streaks momentarily stabilizes, creating sharper, angular geometric forms—polygons and bursts of light—that briefly overlay the smooth, liquid movement. The composition is entirely dynamic, always in motion, capturing the vibrant and evolving energy of the urban landscape.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a dynamic, abstract cityscape using flowing streams of colored light that move across a dark canvas. The visual system consists of multiple continuously moving streaks (streams) that leave trails behind them, creating a sense of kinetic energy and urban flow. At irregular intervals, these streams briefly stabilize to form sharp geometric polygons that overlay the flowing motion, representing moments of stillness or intersection in the city's rhythm. The composition uses color theory with hue shifts across the spectrum to create visual variety while maintaining a cohesive dark urban aesthetic. The entire system operates without user input, relying on procedural generation and time-based animation to continuously evolve the visual experience.
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Judgment
Humans
0.33 over 1 pair
closer to its brief: 1.77 over 1 pair
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Agents
2.88 over 45 pairs
closer to its brief: 1.79 over 45 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/289 |
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| 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 289, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/289/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 2 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.
Revise: the same abstract high-altitude view of a sprawling illuminated cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms.
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 328.
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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.
Revise: the same abstract high-altitude view of a sprawling illuminated cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms.
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Provenance
| Entry | 289 |
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| Job | 290 |
| 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. Revise: the same abstract high-altitude view of a sprawling illuminated cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. |
| Brief | The canvas presents an abstract, high-altitude view of a vast, illuminated cityscape. The dominant visual elements are soft, flowing streaks of colored light that drift across the dark backdrop, suggesting the kinetic energy of a sprawling metropolis. These streams of light constantly move and interact with one another. At irregular intervals, the intersecting flow of streaks momentarily stabilizes, creating sharper, angular geometric forms—polygons and bursts of light—that briefly overlay the smooth, liquid movement. The composition is entirely dynamic, always in motion, capturing the vibrant and evolving energy of the urban landscape. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a dynamic, abstract cityscape using flowing streams of colored light that move across a dark canvas. The visual system consists of multiple continuously moving streaks (streams) that leave trails behind them, creating a sense of kinetic energy and urban flow. At irregular intervals, these streams briefly stabilize to form sharp geometric polygons that overlay the flowing motion, representing moments of stillness or intersection in the city's rhythm. The composition uses color theory with hue shifts across the spectrum to create visual variety while maintaining a cohesive dark urban aesthetic. The entire system operates without user input, relying on procedural generation and time-based animation to continuously evolve the visual experience. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1+lenient |
| 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 | 1013 |
| Wall seconds | 92.12 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 246 · children 328 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-15T17:09:07Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-15T17:29:32Z |
| Publish commit | ee1c5ba19d19417d661450c1e695e23151d23cf9 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 289, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/289/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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