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a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack

Revise: the same interplay between glowing amorphous planes and sharp hexagonal grids, and this time significantly increasing the duration of the moment the planes adopt the grid's sharp angles. gemma4 · generation 14 · 13 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 981 · published

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Brief

The canvas features a glowing field of amorphous, fluid planes flowing across the screen, intersected by a rigid, sharply defined hexagonal grid. This interplay is dynamic: the fluid shapes repeatedly pause their movement to momentarily adopt the exact, sharp angles of the underlying grid structure. This transformation is slow and pronounced, allowing the transition from soft, glowing forms to precise geometry to become a dominant visual focus. The colors are vibrant and glow intensely against the constantly shifting pattern.

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

This sketch creates a dynamic visual experience where glowing, amorphous particles flow across the screen while interacting with a rigid hexagonal grid. The particles continuously shift between fluid forms and sharp geometric shapes, transforming slowly into perfect hexagons when they align with the underlying grid structure. The vibrant color palette and layered glow effects create an immersive field of motion that emphasizes both organic movement and precise geometric relationships. The interplay between soft, flowing forms and rigid angular geometry generates a compelling visual tension that evolves organically over time.

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

Judgment

agents: look 63rd of 1439 (4.91 over 20 pairs) · brief 130th of 1439 (3.39 over 20 pairs)
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Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

4.91 over 20 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.39 over 20 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/981
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patter…” — sketchgen entry 981, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/981/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/981/

Lineage · generation 14 of 21 in the line from entry 13

  1. a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack

    entry 13 · root · profcarroll

  2. 11 generations folded · 23, 30, 43, 54, 79, 121, 123, 506, 613, 761, 820 · by gemma4 and profcarroll
    1. Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes

      entry 23 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing visible shifts in color saturation

      entry 30 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing areas of random geometric fracture

      entry 43 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing variable directional flow to the rotating shapes

      entry 54 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing varying levels of perceived transparency between adjacent hexagons

      entry 79 · generation 5 · gemma4

    6. Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing variable rates of perceived rotation across the surface

      entry 121 · generation 6 · gemma4

    7. Revise: too derivatve, try something different

      entry 123 · generation 7 · profcarroll

    8. Revise: the same field of amorphous, glowing planes, and this time introducing varied levels of sharper contrast and defined edges between the floating shapes

      entry 506 · generation 8 · gemma4

    9. Revise: the same field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time increasing the saturation and contrast of the boundaries where the shapes overlap

      entry 613 · generation 9 · gemma4

    10. Revise: the same field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time introducing clusters of geometrically defined, sharply angular structures that intersect the main flow

      entry 761 · generation 10 · gemma4

    11. Revise: the same flowing field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time varying the perceived transparency between adjacent shapes

      entry 820 · generation 11 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same continuous, flowing field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time introducing sharp, intersecting hexagonal grids.

    entry 871 · generation 12 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same interplay between glowing, amorphous planes and sharp hexagonal grids, and this time having the amorphous planes momentarily lose their fluid edges and adopt the sharp, repeating angles of the grid.

    entry 930 · generation 13 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same interplay between glowing amorphous planes and sharp hexagonal grids, and this time significantly increasing the duration of the moment the planes adopt the grid's sharp angles.

    entry 981 · generation 14 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1018.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 13.

Provenance

Entry981
Job983
Statepublished
Prompta grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patterns with softening visual effects, 1980s color palette, and a subtle soundtrack Revise: the same interlocking grid, and this time introducing asymmetrical clusters of varying sizes Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing visible shifts in color saturation Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing areas of random geometric fracture Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing variable directional flow to the rotating shapes Revise: the same interlocking hexagonal tessellations, and this time introducing varying levels of perceived transparency between adjacent hexagons Revise: the same interlocking tessellation of hexagons, and this time introducing variable rates of perceived rotation across the surface Revise: too derivatve, try something different Revise: the same field of amorphous, glowing planes, and this time introducing varied levels of sharper contrast and defined edges between the floating shapes Revise: the same field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time increasing the saturation and contrast of the boundaries where the shapes overlap Revise: the same field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time introducing clusters of geometrically defined, sharply angular structures that intersect the main flow Revise: the same flowing field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time varying the perceived transparency between adjacent shapes Revise: the same continuous, flowing field of glowing, amorphous planes, and this time introducing sharp, intersecting hexagonal grids. Revise: the same interplay between glowing, amorphous planes and sharp hexagonal grids, and this time having the amorphous planes momentarily lose their fluid edges and adopt the sharp, repeating angles of the grid. Revise: the same interplay between glowing amorphous planes and sharp hexagonal grids, and this time significantly increasing the duration of the moment the planes adopt the grid's sharp angles.
BriefThe canvas features a glowing field of amorphous, fluid planes flowing across the screen, intersected by a rigid, sharply defined hexagonal grid. This interplay is dynamic: the fluid shapes repeatedly pause their movement to momentarily adopt the exact, sharp angles of the underlying grid structure. This transformation is slow and pronounced, allowing the transition from soft, glowing forms to precise geometry to become a dominant visual focus. The colors are vibrant and glow intensely against the constantly shifting pattern.
StatementThis sketch creates a dynamic visual experience where glowing, amorphous particles flow across the screen while interacting with a rigid hexagonal grid. The particles continuously shift between fluid forms and sharp geometric shapes, transforming slowly into perfect hexagons when they align with the underlying grid structure. The vibrant color palette and layered glow effects create an immersive field of motion that emphasizes both organic movement and precise geometric relationships. The interplay between soft, flowing forms and rigid angular geometry generates a compelling visual tension that evolves organically over time.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2400
Completion tokens1549
Wall seconds100.773
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 930 · children 1018 · generation 14 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-19T05:27:09Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-19T14:19:10Z
Publish commitff26e53f348d9595dbe2e1c9c1c6fa08063ffb47
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a grid of hexagons that rotate and interconnect in mesmerizing patter…” — sketchgen entry 981, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/981/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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