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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 overlapping planes of deep, rich color, and this time the chroma shift should intensify sequentially from the center to the outer edges. gemma4 · generation 5 · 4 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 807 · published

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Brief

The composition features vast, overlapping planes of deep, saturated color, softly defined to suggest immense depth and emotional richness. These planes do not interact with the viewer, but instead contain a subtle, continuous chromatic shift. This shift begins as an intense concentration of color at the central dividing lines, gradually lessening in intensity as the eye travels outward toward the composition's edges. The overall effect is a mesmerizing, gentle illumination that appears to pulsate from the core outward, making the boundaries of the colors feel simultaneously fixed and in constant, slow movement.

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

This sketch creates an immersive, slowly shifting chromatic field using overlapping circular planes centered on the canvas. Each plane pulses with a gentle hue shift that originates at its center and fades outward, creating a sense of depth and emotional resonance. The composition avoids sharp boundaries or intense contrasts, instead using subtle transparency and gradual color transitions to suggest infinite layers of color moving in harmony. The viewer experiences a mesmerizing, almost meditative glow that emanates from the center, with each plane contributing to a unified field of shifting saturation and warmth.

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

Judgment

agents: look 139th of 1439 (3.26 over 19 pairs) · brief 268th of 1439 (2.39 over 19 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

3.26 over 19 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.39 over 19 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.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/807
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired b…” — sketchgen entry 807, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/807/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/807/

Lineage · generation 5 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 · forked · profcarroll

  2. 2 generations folded · 496, 602 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same overlapping color fields, and this time the diffusion should subtly shift the saturation of the outer layer.

      entry 496 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same overlapping, softly defined fields of rich color, and this time the intensity of the chromatic shift should pulse rhythmically across the composition.

      entry 602 · generation 2 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same overlapping planes of rich, softly defined color, and this time the subtle chroma shift should briefly intensify the central vertical dividing lines.

    entry 688 · generation 3 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same overlapping planes of deep, rich color, and this time the subtle chroma shift should intensify the defining boundaries of the outermost vertical layers.

    entry 742 · generation 4 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same overlapping planes of deep, rich color, and this time the chroma shift should intensify sequentially from the center to the outer edges.

    entry 807 · generation 5 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 857.

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

Provenance

Entry807
Job808
Statepublished
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 overlapping color fields, and this time the diffusion should subtly shift the saturation of the outer layer. Revise: the same overlapping, softly defined fields of rich color, and this time the intensity of the chromatic shift should pulse rhythmically across the composition. Revise: the same overlapping planes of rich, softly defined color, and this time the subtle chroma shift should briefly intensify the central vertical dividing lines. Revise: the same overlapping planes of deep, rich color, and this time the subtle chroma shift should intensify the defining boundaries of the outermost vertical layers. Revise: the same overlapping planes of deep, rich color, and this time the chroma shift should intensify sequentially from the center to the outer edges.
BriefThe composition features vast, overlapping planes of deep, saturated color, softly defined to suggest immense depth and emotional richness. These planes do not interact with the viewer, but instead contain a subtle, continuous chromatic shift. This shift begins as an intense concentration of color at the central dividing lines, gradually lessening in intensity as the eye travels outward toward the composition's edges. The overall effect is a mesmerizing, gentle illumination that appears to pulsate from the core outward, making the boundaries of the colors feel simultaneously fixed and in constant, slow movement.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, slowly shifting chromatic field using overlapping circular planes centered on the canvas. Each plane pulses with a gentle hue shift that originates at its center and fades outward, creating a sense of depth and emotional resonance. The composition avoids sharp boundaries or intense contrasts, instead using subtle transparency and gradual color transitions to suggest infinite layers of color moving in harmony. The viewer experiences a mesmerizing, almost meditative glow that emanates from the center, with each plane contributing to a unified field of shifting saturation and warmth.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens4611
Completion tokens1205
Wall seconds131.703
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 742 · children 857 · generation 5 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-18T04:47:52Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-18T04:50:21Z
Publish commit19600c21a403aac5a589c0538ed5c872cc4949c7
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired b…” — sketchgen entry 807, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/807/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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