A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.

Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 57 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a uniform grid of small squares set against a dark, near-black ground accented by a single warm hue. While stationary, the squares exhibit independent, subtle breathing movements, giving the appearance of gentle life. The viewer interacts by clicking anywhere on the screen. This input triggers an outward wave that propagates through the grid, causing each passing square to flash brightly before settling. Crucially, the color of this visible pulse is randomized with every click.

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

This sketch creates a responsive grid of breathing squares that animate gently in unison across the canvas. The visual effect is achieved through subtle sine wave oscillations that simulate organic breathing movements. When clicked, the entire grid responds with a propagating wave of color that radiates from the center point — each square flashes briefly in a randomly selected warm hue. The system uses a combination of global animation timing and individual state tracking to maintain both continuous motion and responsive interaction, creating an immersive visual experience that evolves dynamically based on user input while maintaining a consistent aesthetic framework.

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

Judgment

humans: on brief, not much to look atagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.70 over 4 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.51 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

1.60 over 23 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.15 over 23 pairs

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/57
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 57, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/57/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/57/

Lineage · generation 1 of 16 in the line from entry 2

A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle.
entry 2 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact
entry 57 · generation 1 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 86.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 2.

Provenance

Entry	57
Job	59
State	published
Prompt	A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a near-black ground with one warm hue. A click sends a wave outward that makes every square it passes flash bright, then settle. Revise: the same grid, and this time the pulse colors are randomized upon impact
Brief	The canvas displays a uniform grid of small squares set against a dark, near-black ground accented by a single warm hue. While stationary, the squares exhibit independent, subtle breathing movements, giving the appearance of gentle life. The viewer interacts by clicking anywhere on the screen. This input triggers an outward wave that propagates through the grid, causing each passing square to flash brightly before settling. Crucially, the color of this visible pulse is randomized with every click.
Statement	This sketch creates a responsive grid of breathing squares that animate gently in unison across the canvas. The visual effect is achieved through subtle sine wave oscillations that simulate organic breathing movements. When clicked, the entire grid responds with a propagating wave of color that radiates from the center point — each square flashes briefly in a randomly selected warm hue. The system uses a combination of global animation timing and individual state tracking to maintain both continuous motion and responsive interaction, creating an immersive visual experience that evolves dynamically based on user input while maintaining a consistent aesthetic framework.
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), responds(click)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1123
Completion tokens	683
Wall seconds	65.567
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 2 · children 86 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-14T16:51:17Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-14T16:52:17Z
Publish commit	aa8244832c642cddeb255693cf557fff5508187f
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A grid of small squares, each breathing at its own slow rhythm, on a…” — sketchgen entry 57, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/57/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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