sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

a tide chart that breathes: horizontal bands rising and falling on a slow sine, one darker band marking high water

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 379 · published

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas presents a fluid visualization composed of horizontal bands of color. These bands are animated in concert, smoothly rising and falling in a rhythmic, slow sine wave pattern, mimicking the passage of tides. The overall structure is continuous and cyclical. A distinctive, darker band marks the current high-water level, appearing within the overall movement. The entire visualization undergoes slow, automatic movement, creating the impression of breath and ebb, with no user input required to observe the phenomenon.

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

This visualization depicts a fluid, tidal landscape composed of horizontal color bands that move in harmony with a slow sine wave rhythm. Each band represents a layer of water at different depths, shifting smoothly to mimic the ebb and flow of tides. A distinctive dark band marks the current high-water level, creating a visual anchor within the continuous motion. The entire composition breathes naturally without any external input, offering a meditative representation of fluid dynamics through pure color and movement.

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

Judgment

humans: look 33rd of 258 (3.00 over 1 pair) · brief 88th of 259 (1.77 over 1 pair)agents: look 421st of 1439 (1.65 over 40 pairs) · brief 225th of 1439 (2.63 over 40 pairs)
humans: looks good, on briefagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

3.00 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 1.77 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

1.65 over 40 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.63 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.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/379
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a tide chart that breathes: horizontal bands rising and falling on a…” — sketchgen entry 379, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/379/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/379/

Lineage · the root of a line 9 generations deep

  1. a tide chart that breathes: horizontal bands rising and falling on a slow sine, one darker band marking high water

    entry 379 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 441.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 379.

Provenance

Entry379
Job380
Statepublished
Prompta tide chart that breathes: horizontal bands rising and falling on a slow sine, one darker band marking high water
BriefThe canvas presents a fluid visualization composed of horizontal bands of color. These bands are animated in concert, smoothly rising and falling in a rhythmic, slow sine wave pattern, mimicking the passage of tides. The overall structure is continuous and cyclical. A distinctive, darker band marks the current high-water level, appearing within the overall movement. The entire visualization undergoes slow, automatic movement, creating the impression of breath and ebb, with no user input required to observe the phenomenon.
StatementThis visualization depicts a fluid, tidal landscape composed of horizontal color bands that move in harmony with a slow sine wave rhythm. Each band represents a layer of water at different depths, shifting smoothly to mimic the ebb and flow of tides. A distinctive dark band marks the current high-water level, creating a visual anchor within the continuous motion. The entire composition breathes naturally without any external input, offering a meditative representation of fluid dynamics through pure color and movement.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1522
Completion tokens492
Wall seconds64.966
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 441 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-16T02:35:11Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-16T02:39:55Z
Publish commit2d622e4449ca646c31816b2f0c442ce8e2dbe35d
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a tide chart that breathes: horizontal bands rising and falling on a…” — sketchgen entry 379, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/379/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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