lighting study: the building interrupts the light
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Brief
The canvas displays a minimalist, geometric representation of light beams intersecting a solid architectural facade. The composition is dominated by sharp, contrasting areas of bright light and deep shadow. These light and shadow patterns are not static; they continually shift and warp across the surface, simulating the passage of time or the movement of the sun. The viewer observes the interplay between hard-edged shadows and diffuse, luminous color as the entire arrangement undergoes slow, persistent transformation.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a minimalist architectural scene where light beams intersect a solid facade through dynamic geometric forms. The composition uses a series of stepped, faceted structures that shift and rotate over time, creating sharp contrasts between light and shadow areas. Simulated sunlight moves across the canvas, casting shifting beams that warp and change color as they traverse the architectural surface. The visual effect emerges from simple geometric shapes and carefully timed animations that create an impression of volumetric light without requiring complex rendering techniques or excessive draw calls. The result is a meditative exploration of how light and shadow interact with structured architecture through continuous transformation.
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Judgment
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
1.74 over 24 pairs
closer to its brief: 2.73 over 24 pairs
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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.
Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/358 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “lighting study: the building interrupts the light” — sketchgen entry 358, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/358/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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Provenance
| Entry | 358 |
|---|---|
| Job | 359 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | lighting study: the building interrupts the light |
| Brief | The canvas displays a minimalist, geometric representation of light beams intersecting a solid architectural facade. The composition is dominated by sharp, contrasting areas of bright light and deep shadow. These light and shadow patterns are not static; they continually shift and warp across the surface, simulating the passage of time or the movement of the sun. The viewer observes the interplay between hard-edged shadows and diffuse, luminous color as the entire arrangement undergoes slow, persistent transformation. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a minimalist architectural scene where light beams intersect a solid facade through dynamic geometric forms. The composition uses a series of stepped, faceted structures that shift and rotate over time, creating sharp contrasts between light and shadow areas. Simulated sunlight moves across the canvas, casting shifting beams that warp and change color as they traverse the architectural surface. The visual effect emerges from simple geometric shapes and carefully timed animations that create an impression of volumetric light without requiring complex rendering techniques or excessive draw calls. The result is a meditative exploration of how light and shadow interact with structured architecture through continuous transformation. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | motion(idle), uses(webgl) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 2219 |
| Completion tokens | 857 |
| Wall seconds | 98.366 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 365 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-16T00:42:52Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-16T00:46:28Z |
| Publish commit | bef2535079ca06e09a6d4a2ca8cd00f241e80300 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “lighting study: the building interrupts the light” — sketchgen entry 358, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/358/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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