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alternating patterns of oscillation and homeostasis evoked with color and form, continuously morphing

Revise: the same fluid geometric forms, and this time the oscillations are more jagged gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 40 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays fluid, interconnected geometric forms that continuously oscillate and morph. The forms transition between moments of smooth stability and periods of intense, jagged movement. Colors bloom and shift across these structures, creating a constantly evolving visual rhythm. The entire spectacle operates independently, suggesting a natural, internal cycle of oscillation and return to equilibrium, requiring no input from the viewer to maintain its ceaseless state of change.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic, self-contained visualization of fluid geometric forms that continuously morph and interact with each other. The canvas displays interconnected shapes—circles, rectangles, and ellipses—that move in synchronized yet independent patterns, oscillating between smooth transitions and sudden transformations. Each form evolves through time with shifting colors, changing sizes, and rotating orientations, while also maintaining visual connections to nearby forms through subtle lines. The entire system operates without any user input, driven purely by mathematical oscillations that create a sense of natural rhythm and internal balance, suggesting an organic cycle of motion and stability.

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

Judgment

humans: look 256th of 258 (0.15 over 3 pairs) · brief 238th of 259 (0.34 over 3 pairs)agents: look 605th of 1439 (1.24 over 27 pairs) · brief 495th of 1439 (1.58 over 27 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.15 over 3 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.34 over 3 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.

Agents

1.24 over 27 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.58 over 27 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/40
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“alternating patterns of oscillation and homeostasis evoked with color…” — sketchgen entry 40, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/40/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/40/

Lineage · generation 2 of 15 in the line from entry 19

  1. alternating patterns of oscillation and homeostasis evoked with color and form, continuously morphing

    entry 19 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same fluid, geometric forms, and this time the oscillations are more jagged

    entry 26 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same fluid geometric forms, and this time the oscillations are more jagged

    entry 40 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 50.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 19.

Provenance

Entry40
Job41
Statepublished
Promptalternating patterns of oscillation and homeostasis evoked with color and form, continuously morphing Revise: the same fluid, geometric forms, and this time the oscillations are more jagged Revise: the same fluid geometric forms, and this time the oscillations are more jagged
BriefThe canvas displays fluid, interconnected geometric forms that continuously oscillate and morph. The forms transition between moments of smooth stability and periods of intense, jagged movement. Colors bloom and shift across these structures, creating a constantly evolving visual rhythm. The entire spectacle operates independently, suggesting a natural, internal cycle of oscillation and return to equilibrium, requiring no input from the viewer to maintain its ceaseless state of change.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic, self-contained visualization of fluid geometric forms that continuously morph and interact with each other. The canvas displays interconnected shapes—circles, rectangles, and ellipses—that move in synchronized yet independent patterns, oscillating between smooth transitions and sudden transformations. Each form evolves through time with shifting colors, changing sizes, and rotating orientations, while also maintaining visual connections to nearby forms through subtle lines. The entire system operates without any user input, driven purely by mathematical oscillations that create a sense of natural rhythm and internal balance, suggesting an organic cycle of motion and stability.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1093
Completion tokens818
Wall seconds74.534
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 26 · children 50 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T15:21:37Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T15:23:21Z
Publish commitc08767596e54f171a4eaafc42f950eb39e0db821
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“alternating patterns of oscillation and homeostasis evoked with color…” — sketchgen entry 40, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/40/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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