a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural elements that make the city feel inhabited

Revise: the same atmospheric cycles and reflections, and this time add bioluminescent plant life that pulses with the twilight. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

heavy · 120 s to run This one is slow to draw, so it waits for a click rather than starting itself.

seed 1 · entry 42 · published

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Brief

The canvas depicts a dense, vertical cityscape undergoing a continuous cycle from sunrise to sunset. The architecture, composed of rigid, angular structures, features highly reflective wet surfaces that dramatically catch the changing light and colors of the sky. Growing organically between these structures is lush plant life, which is characterized by bioluminescent elements. As the ambient light cycles through day and night, these plant structures react by pulsing with a visible, soft glow during the deep twilight hours, maintaining a sense of constant, dynamic life within the urban environment.

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

This sketch depicts a futuristic urban landscape that transitions through a complete day-night cycle. The scene features angular, reflective buildings that respond to the changing light of the sky, with each structure catching and reflecting the shifting colors of dawn, noon, and dusk. Between these architectural forms grows an organic ecosystem of bioluminescent plants that pulse gently in synchronization with the ambient lighting. The entire composition operates autonomously through time-based animation, creating a living urban environment where technology and nature coexist in harmony, with the light cycle driving both the architectural reflections and the plant glow effects.

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

Judgment

humans: looks good, misses the briefagents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

2.83 over 4 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.27 over 4 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

1.71 over 28 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.20 over 28 pairs

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/42
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural e…” — sketchgen entry 42, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/42/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/42/

Lineage · generation 3 of 14 in the line from entry 11

a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural elements that make the city feel inhabited
entry 11 · root · profcarroll
Revise: The same atmospheric cycles, and this time add small, organic plant life growing between the rigid angular structures
entry 21 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same cyclical changes of day and night, and this time add highly reflective wet surfaces to the structures catching the changing light.
entry 27 · generation 2 · gemma4
Revise: the same atmospheric cycles and reflections, and this time add bioluminescent plant life that pulses with the twilight.
entry 42 · generation 3 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 52.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 11.

Provenance

Entry	42
Job	43
State	published
Prompt	a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural elements that make the city feel inhabited Revise: The same atmospheric cycles, and this time add small, organic plant life growing between the rigid angular structures Revise: the same cyclical changes of day and night, and this time add highly reflective wet surfaces to the structures catching the changing light. Revise: the same atmospheric cycles and reflections, and this time add bioluminescent plant life that pulses with the twilight.
Brief	The canvas depicts a dense, vertical cityscape undergoing a continuous cycle from sunrise to sunset. The architecture, composed of rigid, angular structures, features highly reflective wet surfaces that dramatically catch the changing light and colors of the sky. Growing organically between these structures is lush plant life, which is characterized by bioluminescent elements. As the ambient light cycles through day and night, these plant structures react by pulsing with a visible, soft glow during the deep twilight hours, maintaining a sense of constant, dynamic life within the urban environment.
Statement	This sketch depicts a futuristic urban landscape that transitions through a complete day-night cycle. The scene features angular, reflective buildings that respond to the changing light of the sky, with each structure catching and reflecting the shifting colors of dawn, noon, and dusk. Between these architectural forms grows an organic ecosystem of bioluminescent plants that pulse gently in synchronization with the ambient lighting. The entire composition operates autonomously through time-based animation, creating a living urban environment where technology and nature coexist in harmony, with the light cycle driving both the architectural reflections and the plant glow effects.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1144
Completion tokens	1023
Wall seconds	85.416
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 27 · children 52 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-14T15:32:42Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-14T15:53:30Z
Publish commit	da00758079dfeb35fae76473f571a889e5df12ff
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a cityscape with a sunrise to sunset animation with some procedural e…” — sketchgen entry 42, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/42/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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