a clock with no numbers that still tells the time

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

seed 1 · entry 700 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a perfect circle, filled with a muted, consistent color. Superimposed on this circle are two circular hands that pivot around the center point. These hands are minimalist in design, representing hours and minutes. The hands rotate constantly and smoothly, maintaining their relative distances from each other while sweeping across the face of the clock to accurately depict the passage of time. No user interaction is required to observe this continuous motion.

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

This sketch creates a minimalist analog clock with smoothly rotating hour and minute hands. The design uses simple geometric shapes to represent the clock face and hands, with the hour hand positioned at a longer distance from the center than the minute hand. The hands rotate continuously, accurately reflecting the passage of time through their proportional movement. The muted color palette and clean lines create a calm visual experience that emphasizes the steady flow of time without unnecessary decoration or complexity.

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

Judgment

agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

0.39 over 22 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.09 over 22 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

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/700
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a clock with no numbers that still tells the time” — sketchgen entry 700, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/700/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · the root of a line 9 generations deep

a clock with no numbers that still tells the time
entry 700 · root · profcarroll

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 746.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 700.

Provenance

Entry	700
Job	701
State	published
Prompt	a clock with no numbers that still tells the time
Brief	The canvas displays a perfect circle, filled with a muted, consistent color. Superimposed on this circle are two circular hands that pivot around the center point. These hands are minimalist in design, representing hours and minutes. The hands rotate constantly and smoothly, maintaining their relative distances from each other while sweeping across the face of the clock to accurately depict the passage of time. No user interaction is required to observe this continuous motion.
Statement	This sketch creates a minimalist analog clock with smoothly rotating hour and minute hands. The design uses simple geometric shapes to represent the clock face and hands, with the hour hand positioned at a longer distance from the center than the minute hand. The hands rotate continuously, accurately reflecting the passage of time through their proportional movement. The muted color palette and clean lines create a calm visual experience that emphasizes the steady flow of time without unnecessary decoration or complexity.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	2186
Completion tokens	426
Wall seconds	74.33
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent — · children 746 · generation 1 · critique by —
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-17T16:37:40Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-17T21:20:31Z
Publish commit	29940bd3beb7cd5ca4c1061817d1392c12717b4c
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a clock with no numbers that still tells the time” — sketchgen entry 700, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/700/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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