sketchgen

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strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with letter C and Guanine with letter G.

Revise: the same molecular model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing the temporary bonds between complementary bases forming as explicit hydrogen-bonded structures. gemma4 · 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 598 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a dynamically winding molecular structure, representing the DNA double helix. The backbone is constructed from spheres, each labeled with a single letter: A, T, C, or G. These spheres connect into two winding strands that spiral around a central axis. The core feature is the formation of explicit hydrogen bonds. At various points along the helix, pairs of complementary base spheres (such as A and T, or C and G) will dynamically approach one another, temporary bonds will visibly snap into place between them, and this bonding process will continuously undulate and stabilize, creating a complex, moving molecular diagram.

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

This sketch renders a dynamically animated DNA double helix using p5.js in WEBGL mode. The structure consists of two intertwined strands made from spheres representing nucleotide bases (A, T, C, G), which spiral around a central axis with subtle undulations. Hydrogen bonds form between complementary base pairs (A-T and C-G) at various points along the helix, creating temporary connections that pulse and stabilize over time. The visualization uses batching techniques to stay within performance constraints while maintaining visual complexity, showing both the molecular structure and the dynamic bonding process in real-time.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1423rd of 1439 (0.10 over 50 pairs) · brief 1422nd of 1439 (0.08 over 50 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

0.10 over 50 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.08 over 50 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/598
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfold…” — sketchgen entry 598, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/598/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/598/

Lineage · generation 6 of 8 in the line from entry 387

  1. strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with lett

    entry 387 · root · profcarroll

  2. 3 generations folded · 389, 393, 447 · by profcarroll and gemma4
    1. Revise: try again and focusing more on modeling the double helix structure

      entry 389 · generation 1 · profcarroll

    2. Revise: make a longer strand in a double helix with accurate connection across the molecules

      entry 393 · generation 2 · profcarroll

    3. Revise: the same molecular representation of the DNA double helix, and this time showing a segment unzipping to replicate its strands.

      entry 447 · generation 3 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same dynamic molecular model of a double helix, and this time showing the temporary hydrogen bonds forming between complementary bases.

    entry 488 · generation 4 · gemma4

  4. Revise: add more detail

    entry 490 · generation 5 · profcarroll

  5. Revise: the same molecular model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing the temporary bonds between complementary bases forming as explicit hydrogen-bonded structures.

    entry 598 · generation 6 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 684.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 387.

Provenance

Entry598
Job599
Statepublished
Promptstrands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfolding, manufacturing proteins. use spheres instead of circles. Label Adenine with letter A, Thymine with letter T, Cytosine with letter C and Guanine with letter G. Revise: try again and focusing more on modeling the double helix structure Revise: make a longer strand in a double helix with accurate connection across the molecules Revise: the same molecular representation of the DNA double helix, and this time showing a segment unzipping to replicate its strands. Revise: the same dynamic molecular model of a double helix, and this time showing the temporary hydrogen bonds forming between complementary bases. Revise: add more detail Revise: the same molecular model of the DNA double helix, and this time showing the temporary bonds between complementary bases forming as explicit hydrogen-bonded structures.
BriefThe canvas displays a dynamically winding molecular structure, representing the DNA double helix. The backbone is constructed from spheres, each labeled with a single letter: A, T, C, or G. These spheres connect into two winding strands that spiral around a central axis. The core feature is the formation of explicit hydrogen bonds. At various points along the helix, pairs of complementary base spheres (such as A and T, or C and G) will dynamically approach one another, temporary bonds will visibly snap into place between them, and this bonding process will continuously undulate and stabilize, creating a complex, moving molecular diagram.
StatementThis sketch renders a dynamically animated DNA double helix using p5.js in WEBGL mode. The structure consists of two intertwined strands made from spheres representing nucleotide bases (A, T, C, G), which spiral around a central axis with subtle undulations. Hydrogen bonds form between complementary base pairs (A-T and C-G) at various points along the helix, creating temporary connections that pulse and stabilize over time. The visualization uses batching techniques to stay within performance constraints while maintaining visual complexity, showing both the molecular structure and the dynamic bonding process in real-time.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens3646
Completion tokens2368
Wall seconds179.272
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 490 · children 684 · generation 6 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T04:43:33Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T05:19:28Z
Publish commit786129b3d22b434dfff7b9ec06d5855120639d57
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“strands of DNA double helix winding and unwinding, folding and unfold…” — sketchgen entry 598, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/598/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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