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a self portrait in three point perspective

Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry. 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 964 · published

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Brief

The viewer confronts a self-portrait built entirely of interlocking, abstracted planar facets. These planes are rendered with extremely sharp, defined edges, giving the entire form a highly faceted, crystalline structure. As ambient light interacts with the surface, the viewer observes dramatic shifts in how the planes catch the illumination; this interaction creates sudden, crisp highlights contrasted by deep, carved shadows across the geometry. The artwork emphasizes the sheer physical complexity and the powerful interplay between light source and the reflective angle of each distinct, defined plane.

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

This sketch presents a static, crystalline self-portrait composed of interlocking geometric facets rendered in WebGL. Each facet is a planar surface with sharp edges and defined lighting interactions that create dramatic highlights and deep shadows across the form. The composition uses abstracted planes arranged in three-dimensional space to evoke the complexity and physicality described in the brief. The artwork is deliberately still, responding only to its own internal lighting dynamics without any motion or animation.

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

Judgment

agents: look 798th of 1439 (0.89 over 36 pairs) · brief 62nd of 1439 (4.15 over 36 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.89 over 36 pairs

closer to its brief: 4.15 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/964
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a self portrait in three point perspective Revise: the same geometric…” — sketchgen entry 964, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/964/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/964/

Lineage · generation 8 of 9 in the line from entry 20

  1. a self portrait in three point perspective

    entry 20 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. 5 generations folded · 493, 600, 686, 740, 805 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes reveal subtle shifts in color saturation and reflectivity.

      entry 493 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes reveal crisp, faceted edges that catch the ambient light dramatically.

      entry 600 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry.

      entry 686 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry.

      entry 740 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the planar facets reflect the light source more intensely, increasing the dramatic contrast across the form.

      entry 805 · generation 5 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined, directional shadow lines that cut across the form.

    entry 855 · generation 6 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same highly abstracted, geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planar facets reveal minute textural variations in their specular highlights.

    entry 907 · generation 7 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry.

    entry 964 · generation 8 · gemma4


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Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 20.

Provenance

Entry964
Job966
Statepublished
Prompta self portrait in three point perspective Revise: the same geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes reveal subtle shifts in color saturation and reflectivity. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes reveal crisp, faceted edges that catch the ambient light dramatically. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry. Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the planar facets reflect the light source more intensely, increasing the dramatic contrast across the form. Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined, directional shadow lines that cut across the form. Revise: the same highly abstracted, geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planar facets reveal minute textural variations in their specular highlights. Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry.
BriefThe viewer confronts a self-portrait built entirely of interlocking, abstracted planar facets. These planes are rendered with extremely sharp, defined edges, giving the entire form a highly faceted, crystalline structure. As ambient light interacts with the surface, the viewer observes dramatic shifts in how the planes catch the illumination; this interaction creates sudden, crisp highlights contrasted by deep, carved shadows across the geometry. The artwork emphasizes the sheer physical complexity and the powerful interplay between light source and the reflective angle of each distinct, defined plane.
StatementThis sketch presents a static, crystalline self-portrait composed of interlocking geometric facets rendered in WebGL. Each facet is a planar surface with sharp edges and defined lighting interactions that create dramatic highlights and deep shadows across the form. The composition uses abstracted planes arranged in three-dimensional space to evoke the complexity and physicality described in the brief. The artwork is deliberately still, responding only to its own internal lighting dynamics without any motion or animation.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1+lenient
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsuses(webgl), no_motion
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — no_motion pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1734
Completion tokens580
Wall seconds45.624
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 907 · children none · generation 8 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-19T03:51:24Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-19T03:56:09Z
Publish commitdade6374ac63a064b315acb377e69b5ad9f9bb51
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a self portrait in three point perspective Revise: the same geometric…” — sketchgen entry 964, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/964/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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