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two flocks that avoid each other

Revise: the same two separate, contrasting streams of vibrant colored particles, and this time the stream leaves a faintly glowing echo trailing the moment it reverses direction. gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 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 921 · published

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Brief

Two separate, distinct streams of contrasting and vibrant colored particles flow fluidly across the canvas. The particles maintain a sense of independent, continuous motion. As each stream flows, the system visually tracks the particles’ movement, creating a distinctive, faintly glowing echo that lingers behind the particles whenever a stream reverses its path. The display is purely observational, showing only the mesmerizing flow and the ephemeral, glowing trails of the two streams.

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

This sketch depicts two vibrant particle streams flowing independently across the canvas, each with its own color identity—red and blue streams that move fluidly in their own directions. As they flow, the streams leave behind faint, glowing trails that fade gradually, creating a mesmerizing visual effect of motion and memory. The streams reverse direction when they hit the edges of the canvas, causing the particles to change trajectory and continue flowing in new directions. The interplay between continuous motion and the lingering echo of past movement creates an observational experience of dynamic fluidity, where the viewer witnesses both the immediate flow and the subtle persistence of each stream's journey across the screen.

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

Judgment

agents: look 255th of 1439 (2.32 over 25 pairs) · brief 111th of 1439 (3.58 over 25 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

2.32 over 25 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.58 over 25 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/921
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“two flocks that avoid each other Revise: the same two separate, fluid…” — sketchgen entry 921, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/921/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/921/

Lineage · generation 4 of 11 in the line from entry 699

  1. two flocks that avoid each other

    entry 699 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same two separate, fluid streams of colored particles, and this time one of the flocks pulses in size rhythmically

    entry 745 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same two distinct, colored streams of particles, and this time the pulsing stream increases its frequency and maximum amplitude.

    entry 809 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same two separate, fluid streams of colored particles, and this time the pulsating stream momentarily inverts its internal particle vectors during peak expansion.

    entry 859 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same two separate, contrasting streams of vibrant colored particles, and this time the stream leaves a faintly glowing echo trailing the moment it reverses direction.

    entry 921 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 977.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 699.

Provenance

Entry921
Job923
Statepublished
Prompttwo flocks that avoid each other Revise: the same two separate, fluid streams of colored particles, and this time one of the flocks pulses in size rhythmically Revise: the same two distinct, colored streams of particles, and this time the pulsing stream increases its frequency and maximum amplitude. Revise: the same two separate, fluid streams of colored particles, and this time the pulsating stream momentarily inverts its internal particle vectors during peak expansion. Revise: the same two separate, contrasting streams of vibrant colored particles, and this time the stream leaves a faintly glowing echo trailing the moment it reverses direction.
BriefTwo separate, distinct streams of contrasting and vibrant colored particles flow fluidly across the canvas. The particles maintain a sense of independent, continuous motion. As each stream flows, the system visually tracks the particles’ movement, creating a distinctive, faintly glowing echo that lingers behind the particles whenever a stream reverses its path. The display is purely observational, showing only the mesmerizing flow and the ephemeral, glowing trails of the two streams.
StatementThis sketch depicts two vibrant particle streams flowing independently across the canvas, each with its own color identity—red and blue streams that move fluidly in their own directions. As they flow, the streams leave behind faint, glowing trails that fade gradually, creating a mesmerizing visual effect of motion and memory. The streams reverse direction when they hit the edges of the canvas, causing the particles to change trajectory and continue flowing in new directions. The interplay between continuous motion and the lingering echo of past movement creates an observational experience of dynamic fluidity, where the viewer witnesses both the immediate flow and the subtle persistence of each stream's journey across the screen.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2369
Completion tokens1049
Wall seconds71.507
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 859 · children 977 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-18T20:48:19Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-19T03:55:17Z
Publish commit0c16ca422e955cbc23d381c8217dad8406621370
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“two flocks that avoid each other Revise: the same two separate, fluid…” — sketchgen entry 921, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/921/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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