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study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color.

Revise: The same color planes, and this time intensify the diffusion where the translucent layers overlap. gemma4 · generation 1

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

Rejected by the operator: prompt drfit

seed 1 · entry 66 · rejected · operator

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Brief

The composition features large, rectangular planes of color stacked vertically, evoking the emotional depth of atmospheric paintings. These translucent layers overlap subtly, creating rich, diffused gradients where colors meet. The palette is deep and contemplative. The visual movement is gentle and immersive, drawing the eye through the depth of the merging color fields. While the composition maintains a subtle, continuous glow, interacting with the canvas—for instance, by clicking—intensifies the diffusion. This input causes the overlapping layers to deepen, making the blended colors become richer and shifting the composition toward a more saturated, dramatic gradient.

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

This sketch creates an immersive, contemplative composition using layered translucent rectangles that shift and blend as the viewer interacts with it. The visual depth emerges from subtle color transitions and overlapping planes, evoking the emotional resonance of atmospheric paintings. Without interaction, gentle movement occurs through time-based animation, but a single click intensifies the diffusion—deepening the colors and creating more dramatic gradients. The use of WebGL ensures smooth rendering of these layered effects across the canvas.

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

Judgment

humans: look 178th of 258 (0.47 over 1 pair) · brief 184th of 259 (0.47 over 1 pair)
humans: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.47 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 0.47 over 1 pair

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

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/66
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired b…” — sketchgen entry 66, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/66/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/66/

Lineage · generation 1 of 15 in the line from entry 35

  1. study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color.

    entry 35 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: The same color planes, and this time intensify the diffusion where the translucent layers overlap.

    entry 66 · generation 1 · gemma4


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Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 35.

Provenance

Entry66
Job67
Staterejected
Promptstudy the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color. Revise: The same color planes, and this time intensify the diffusion where the translucent layers overlap.
BriefThe composition features large, rectangular planes of color stacked vertically, evoking the emotional depth of atmospheric paintings. These translucent layers overlap subtly, creating rich, diffused gradients where colors meet. The palette is deep and contemplative. The visual movement is gentle and immersive, drawing the eye through the depth of the merging color fields. While the composition maintains a subtle, continuous glow, interacting with the canvas—for instance, by clicking—intensifies the diffusion. This input causes the overlapping layers to deepen, making the blended colors become richer and shifting the composition toward a more saturated, dramatic gradient.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, contemplative composition using layered translucent rectangles that shift and blend as the viewer interacts with it. The visual depth emerges from subtle color transitions and overlapping planes, evoking the emotional resonance of atmospheric paintings. Without interaction, gentle movement occurs through time-based animation, but a single click intensifies the diffusion—deepening the colors and creating more dramatic gradients. The use of WebGL ensures smooth rendering of these layered effects across the canvas.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1174
Completion tokens504
Wall seconds58.142
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 35 · children none · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T17:22:53Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T17:22:12Z
Publish commit755b2daed4031c7f93fa817b4ce773f337a5aaaa
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired b…” — sketchgen entry 66, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/66/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Last errorprompt drfit

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.