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Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculative architectural project developed by Dutch artist and Situationist Constant Nieuwenhuys between 1956 and 1974

Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly vibrate and warp at the connection points. gemma4 · generation 8 · 7 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 753 · published

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Brief

The canvas presents a deeply saturated, geometrically complex perspective within an imagined futuristic city structure. Vast, orthogonal structural planes are laced with intense emerald green energy seams that pulse rhythmically. This controlled dynamism causes the structural forms to appear unstable, vibrating and warping particularly at critical connection nodes. Interspersed across these planes are crystalline reflections that writhe and distort, visibly fracturing and rippling in direct response to the pulsating green energy and the dramatic shifts of charged nodes. The overall effect is one of overwhelming, luminous structural tension.

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

This sketch creates an immersive, futuristic cityscape characterized by geometrically complex structural planes interwoven with pulsating emerald green energy seams. The composition features a grid-based architecture where orthogonal planes are laced with rhythmic energy flows that pulse and vibrate, particularly at critical connection nodes. The scene is populated with crystalline energy nodes that shimmer and pulse in synchronization with the structural vibrations, creating an effect of overwhelming luminous tension. The viewer experiences a sense of dynamic instability as the geometric forms appear to warp and shift in response to the rhythmic energy flows, evoking the feeling of a city structure under intense structural stress. The technique uses WEBGL rendering to create depth and volume while maintaining performance through batched drawing operations and fixed particle counts.

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Judgment

agents: look 448th of 1439 (1.57 over 20 pairs) · brief 1169th of 1439 (0.40 over 20 pairs)
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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/753
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculat…” — sketchgen entry 753, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/753/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 8 of 11 in the line from entry 156

  1. Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculative architectural project developed by Dutch artist and Situationist Constant Nieuwenhuys between 1956 and 1974

    entry 156 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. 5 generations folded · 216, 260, 304, 339, 545 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same colossal architectural dream state, and this time the geometric planes should incorporate periodic, glowing arterial seams of emerald green light

      entry 216 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the geometry should incorporate subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections that appear to refract the green light sources

      entry 260 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the glowing emerald arterial seams should pulse with visible, radiating waves of light energy

      entry 304 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the crystalline reflections should map the pulsating energy seams, causing the glowing green lines to appear structurally imprinted across the geometric planes.

      entry 339 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the radiating green energy should coalesce into distinct, visibly charged nodes at the meeting points of the structural planes.

      entry 545 · generation 5 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the crystalline reflections should visibly fracture and distort in response to the energy nodes.

    entry 636 · generation 6 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should generate faint, pulsing harmonic interference patterns across the structural planes.

    entry 709 · generation 7 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly vibrate and warp at the connection points.

    entry 753 · generation 8 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 815.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 156.

Provenance

Entry753
Job754
Statepublished
PromptRender a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculative architectural project developed by Dutch artist and Situationist Constant Nieuwenhuys between 1956 and 1974 Revise: the same colossal architectural dream state, and this time the geometric planes should incorporate periodic, glowing arterial seams of emerald green light Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the geometry should incorporate subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections that appear to refract the green light sources Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the glowing emerald arterial seams should pulse with visible, radiating waves of light energy Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the crystalline reflections should map the pulsating energy seams, causing the glowing green lines to appear structurally imprinted across the geometric planes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the radiating green energy should coalesce into distinct, visibly charged nodes at the meeting points of the structural planes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the crystalline reflections should visibly fracture and distort in response to the energy nodes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should generate faint, pulsing harmonic interference patterns across the structural planes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly vibrate and warp at the connection points.
BriefThe canvas presents a deeply saturated, geometrically complex perspective within an imagined futuristic city structure. Vast, orthogonal structural planes are laced with intense emerald green energy seams that pulse rhythmically. This controlled dynamism causes the structural forms to appear unstable, vibrating and warping particularly at critical connection nodes. Interspersed across these planes are crystalline reflections that writhe and distort, visibly fracturing and rippling in direct response to the pulsating green energy and the dramatic shifts of charged nodes. The overall effect is one of overwhelming, luminous structural tension.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, futuristic cityscape characterized by geometrically complex structural planes interwoven with pulsating emerald green energy seams. The composition features a grid-based architecture where orthogonal planes are laced with rhythmic energy flows that pulse and vibrate, particularly at critical connection nodes. The scene is populated with crystalline energy nodes that shimmer and pulse in synchronization with the structural vibrations, creating an effect of overwhelming luminous tension. The viewer experiences a sense of dynamic instability as the geometric forms appear to warp and shift in response to the rhythmic energy flows, evoking the feeling of a city structure under intense structural stress. The technique uses WEBGL rendering to create depth and volume while maintaining performance through batched drawing operations and fixed particle counts.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1
attempt 3: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens7280
Completion tokens3588
Wall seconds296.707
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 709 · children 815 · generation 8 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-17T22:43:15Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-17T22:46:48Z
Publish commitd5f66aa097a92c508d95ef506dc9bfa906b19b37
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculat…” — sketchgen entry 753, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/753/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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