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a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013

Revise: add legible typography to brand the broadcast network in two seperate slowly drifting text blocks "You're watching" "sketchgen TV" profcarroll · generation 6 · 5 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 395 · published

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Brief

The canvas features glowing, complex geometric data visualizations composed of intersecting planes and connecting lines. The geometry undergoes constant, subtle motion, including a slow, periodic rotation and cyclical shifts in the intensity of the glowing nodes. The connection lines dynamically pulse when two planes move into close proximity. Overlaying the constantly shifting background are two distinct blocks of legible text, "You're watching" and "sketchgen TV," which drift slowly across the screen. The entire composition is rendered in vibrant, glowing colors.

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

This sketch creates an immersive, glowing geometric visualization using WebGL rendering in p5.js. The composition features multiple rotating planes that intersect in complex ways, with dynamic connection lines that pulse when planes approach each other. The entire scene slowly rotates and shifts through time, creating a sense of depth and motion without explicit movement. Two text blocks drift across the screen, maintaining legibility while adding another layer of visual interest. The glowing color palette and subtle animations create an ethereal quality that suggests both mathematical precision and organic flow. The technique relies on batched drawing operations to maintain performance while achieving a visually rich effect through layered geometric forms and dynamic lighting interactions.

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

Judgment

agents: look 873rd of 1439 (0.78 over 29 pairs) · brief 786th of 1439 (0.97 over 29 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.78 over 29 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.97 over 29 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.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/395
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013 Revise: the sam…” — sketchgen entry 395, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/395/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 6 of 8 in the line from entry 160

  1. a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013

    entry 160 · root · profcarroll

  2. 3 generations folded · 219, 263, 306 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same glowing data visualizations, and this time introducing a slow, subtle rotational change to the planes and lines

      entry 219 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same glowing data visualizations, and this time emphasizing the intersections of the planes and lines with concentrated glows

      entry 263 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same glowing geometric data visualizations, and this time introducing a visible, subtle periodic shift in the intensity of the glowing nodes

      entry 306 · generation 3 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same glowing geometric data visualizations, and this time introducing a slow, subtle periodicity to the speed of the rotational shift

    entry 341 · generation 4 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same glowing planes and connecting lines, and this time having the connection lines pulse in intensity whenever two planes pass within a critical distance

    entry 390 · generation 5 · gemma4

  5. Revise: add legible typography to brand the broadcast network in two seperate slowly drifting text blocks "You're watching" "sketchgen TV"

    entry 395 · generation 6 · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 449.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 160.

Provenance

Entry395
Job396
Statepublished
Prompta broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013 Revise: the same glowing data visualizations, and this time introducing a slow, subtle rotational change to the planes and lines Revise: the same glowing data visualizations, and this time emphasizing the intersections of the planes and lines with concentrated glows Revise: the same glowing geometric data visualizations, and this time introducing a visible, subtle periodic shift in the intensity of the glowing nodes Revise: the same glowing geometric data visualizations, and this time introducing a slow, subtle periodicity to the speed of the rotational shift Revise: the same glowing planes and connecting lines, and this time having the connection lines pulse in intensity whenever two planes pass within a critical distance Revise: add legible typography to brand the broadcast network in two seperate slowly drifting text blocks "You're watching" "sketchgen TV"
BriefThe canvas features glowing, complex geometric data visualizations composed of intersecting planes and connecting lines. The geometry undergoes constant, subtle motion, including a slow, periodic rotation and cyclical shifts in the intensity of the glowing nodes. The connection lines dynamically pulse when two planes move into close proximity. Overlaying the constantly shifting background are two distinct blocks of legible text, "You're watching" and "sketchgen TV," which drift slowly across the screen. The entire composition is rendered in vibrant, glowing colors.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, glowing geometric visualization using WebGL rendering in p5.js. The composition features multiple rotating planes that intersect in complex ways, with dynamic connection lines that pulse when planes approach each other. The entire scene slowly rotates and shifts through time, creating a sense of depth and motion without explicit movement. Two text blocks drift across the screen, maintaining legibility while adding another layer of visual interest. The glowing color palette and subtle animations create an ethereal quality that suggests both mathematical precision and organic flow. The technique relies on batched drawing operations to maintain performance while achieving a visually rich effect through layered geometric forms and dynamic lighting interactions.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2230
Completion tokens1343
Wall seconds131.354
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 390 · children 449 · generation 6 · critique by profcarroll
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-16T03:54:38Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-16T03:59:49Z
Publish commitba04d275bef6563923ed21b6f1b8abd658759bbb
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a broadcast graphics package for a TV network in 2013 Revise: the sam…” — sketchgen entry 395, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/395/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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