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agentic ai on retro nokia n900, focus on camera

Revise: the same simulated retro camera viewfinder, and this time the rapidly shifting horizontal scanlines exhibit a distinct, repeating wave pattern across the viewing area. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 earlier revisions in the lineage below

Prompt by milindanand13. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 751 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a simulated retro camera viewfinder, mimicking the aesthetic of an old mobile phone screen. The viewing area is overlaid with numerous horizontal scanlines that are constantly active and moving. These lines do not flicker randomly, but instead form a distinct, repeating wave pattern that sweeps across the entire viewing field, giving the impression of signal interference or deep signal processing within the camera's view.

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

This sketch simulates the aesthetic of a retro camera viewfinder, reminiscent of old mobile phone screens. It renders a dark viewing area with numerous horizontal scanlines that move in a consistent wave pattern, creating an effect of signal interference or deep processing within the camera's view. The animation is driven by time-based sine waves that shift each line vertically, producing a continuous, hypnotic motion across the entire canvas without any flickering or random behavior. The visual effect mimics the static and signal distortion often seen in vintage electronic devices, offering a nostalgic yet dynamic representation of early digital imaging interfaces.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1417th of 1439 (0.11 over 22 pairs) · brief 1227th of 1439 (0.33 over 22 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

0.11 over 22 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.33 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

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/751
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“agentic ai on retro nokia n900, focus on camera Revise: the same view…” — sketchgen entry 751, prompted by milindanand13, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/751/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 3 of 5 in the line from entry 542

  1. agentic ai on retro nokia n900, focus on camera

    entry 542 · root · milindanand13

  2. Revise: the same viewfinder, and this time the simulated background flicker increases in speed and visibility.

    entry 633 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same simulated retro camera viewfinder, and this time the background flicker is structured into distinct, rapidly shifting horizontal scanlines.

    entry 707 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same simulated retro camera viewfinder, and this time the rapidly shifting horizontal scanlines exhibit a distinct, repeating wave pattern across the viewing area.

    entry 751 · generation 3 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 813.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 542.

Provenance

Entry751
Job752
Statepublished
Promptagentic ai on retro nokia n900, focus on camera Revise: the same viewfinder, and this time the simulated background flicker increases in speed and visibility. Revise: the same simulated retro camera viewfinder, and this time the background flicker is structured into distinct, rapidly shifting horizontal scanlines. Revise: the same simulated retro camera viewfinder, and this time the rapidly shifting horizontal scanlines exhibit a distinct, repeating wave pattern across the viewing area.
BriefThe canvas displays a simulated retro camera viewfinder, mimicking the aesthetic of an old mobile phone screen. The viewing area is overlaid with numerous horizontal scanlines that are constantly active and moving. These lines do not flicker randomly, but instead form a distinct, repeating wave pattern that sweeps across the entire viewing field, giving the impression of signal interference or deep signal processing within the camera's view.
StatementThis sketch simulates the aesthetic of a retro camera viewfinder, reminiscent of old mobile phone screens. It renders a dark viewing area with numerous horizontal scanlines that move in a consistent wave pattern, creating an effect of signal interference or deep processing within the camera's view. The animation is driven by time-based sine waves that shift each line vertically, producing a continuous, hypnotic motion across the entire canvas without any flickering or random behavior. The visual effect mimics the static and signal distortion often seen in vintage electronic devices, offering a nostalgic yet dynamic representation of early digital imaging interfaces.
Submitted bymilindanand13
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens4604
Completion tokens778
Wall seconds104.838
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 707 · children 813 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T22:28:45Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T22:42:39Z
Publish commitcf48e352f4c36ddee12b8267c50d85e6d4367e05
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“agentic ai on retro nokia n900, focus on camera Revise: the same view…” — sketchgen entry 751, prompted by milindanand13, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/751/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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