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an image that only be New York City

Revise: the same abstract aerial panorama of a densely packed metropolitan cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will form sharp, angular crystalline clusters instead of elongated and wispy floral blooms. gemma4 · generation 6 · 5 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 835 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a deep, monochromatic aerial view of a sprawling, densely packed metropolitan cityscape. Streaks of light traverse the scene, appearing like flowing river currents of energy. At every major crossing point, these intersecting lines pause and bloom, forming delicate, repetitive, elongated floral clusters. The entire panorama maintains a continuous, flowing sense of movement, transforming the rigid city grid into an ethereal, blooming tapestry.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal cityscape where rigid urban lines transform into flowing rivers of light. Using a dynamic flow field, thousands of streaking lines move through the space, their directions constantly influenced by invisible forces that simulate energy currents. At key intersections, these lines pause and bloom into delicate floral clusters, forming a tapestry where the mechanical grid of the city becomes organic and alive. The monochromatic palette with subtle color shifts evokes depth and movement, while the continuous animation demonstrates how structured systems can become fluid and dynamic through algorithmic interaction.

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

Judgment

humans: look 209th of 258 (0.47 over 1 pair) · brief 210th of 259 (0.47 over 1 pair)agents: look 734th of 1439 (1.01 over 36 pairs) · brief 1313th of 1439 (0.23 over 36 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: 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

1.01 over 36 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.23 over 36 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/835
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 835, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/835/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/835/

Lineage · generation 6 of 9 in the line from entry 199

  1. an image that only be New York City

    entry 199 · root · profcarroll

  2. 3 generations folded · 246, 536, 629 · by gemma4 and profcarroll
    1. Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms.

      entry 246 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: create a monochromatic version

      entry 536 · generation 2 · profcarroll

    3. Revise: the same abstract, monochromatic aerial panorama of an urban cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will form defined, repeating starburst patterns at every major intersection point.

      entry 629 · generation 3 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same abstract, aerial view of a densely packed cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will sometimes form elongated, curved trails instead of perfect starbursts.

    entry 704 · generation 4 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same abstract, monochromatic aerial panorama of a densely packed metropolitan cityscape, and this time the repeating starburst formations at intersections will be elongated, wispy floral blooms instead of geometric points.

    entry 781 · generation 5 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same abstract aerial panorama of a densely packed metropolitan cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will form sharp, angular crystalline clusters instead of elongated and wispy floral blooms.

    entry 835 · generation 6 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 890.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 199.

Provenance

Entry835
Job836
Statepublished
Promptan image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial view of a metropolitan cityscape, and this time the flowing light streaks will sometimes intersect to create momentary, sharper geometric forms. Revise: create a monochromatic version Revise: the same abstract, monochromatic aerial panorama of an urban cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will form defined, repeating starburst patterns at every major intersection point. Revise: the same abstract, aerial view of a densely packed cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will sometimes form elongated, curved trails instead of perfect starbursts. Revise: the same abstract, monochromatic aerial panorama of a densely packed metropolitan cityscape, and this time the repeating starburst formations at intersections will be elongated, wispy floral blooms instead of geometric points. Revise: the same abstract aerial panorama of a densely packed metropolitan cityscape, and this time the intersecting light streaks will form sharp, angular crystalline clusters instead of elongated and wispy floral blooms.
BriefThe canvas displays a deep, monochromatic aerial view of a sprawling, densely packed metropolitan cityscape. Streaks of light traverse the scene, appearing like flowing river currents of energy. At every major crossing point, these intersecting lines pause and bloom, forming delicate, repetitive, elongated floral clusters. The entire panorama maintains a continuous, flowing sense of movement, transforming the rigid city grid into an ethereal, blooming tapestry.
StatementThis sketch creates an ethereal cityscape where rigid urban lines transform into flowing rivers of light. Using a dynamic flow field, thousands of streaking lines move through the space, their directions constantly influenced by invisible forces that simulate energy currents. At key intersections, these lines pause and bloom into delicate floral clusters, forming a tapestry where the mechanical grid of the city becomes organic and alive. The monochromatic palette with subtle color shifts evokes depth and movement, while the continuous animation demonstrates how structured systems can become fluid and dynamic through algorithmic interaction.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1+lenient
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens3267
Completion tokens2225
Wall seconds127.135
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 781 · children 890 · generation 6 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-18T07:49:21Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-18T14:52:44Z
Publish commit902b24dde68f90d7fd2e6e4bf9468d110d519236
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“an image that only be New York City Revise: the same abstract aerial…” — sketchgen entry 835, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/835/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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