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A calm pond whose ripples grow with the sound level in the room.

Revise: the same tranquil, deep-water surface, and this time the ripples should expand vertically to cover a wider portion of the canvas. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1064 · published

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Brief

The canvas presents a deep, tranquil body of water whose surface is perpetually active with fluid ripples. These ripples constantly spread and evolve across the visual field, maintaining a deep, calm appearance. The water's movement is dynamically influenced by ambient sound. As the sound level rises, the surface ripples respond significantly: they expand vertically to cover a much wider portion of the screen, and at peak sound intensity, the ripples become brightly illuminated, fragmented, and highly erratic.

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

This sketch creates a serene yet dynamically responsive underwater scene where fluid ripples continuously emanate and evolve across the canvas. The water's surface appears calm and deep, but its movement reacts to ambient sound levels — from gentle undulations in silence to dramatic, fragmented bursts of light during high-volume moments. The ripples grow and shrink over time, with their visual properties (brightness, hue, size) shifting based on audio input, creating an immersive and emotionally responsive aquatic environment that changes visibly with sound without requiring user interaction beyond the initial click to activate audio.

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

Judgment

agents: look 313th of 1439 (1.97 over 23 pairs) · brief 1003rd of 1439 (0.62 over 23 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

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Agents

1.97 over 23 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.62 over 23 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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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1064
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A calm pond whose ripples grow with the sound level in the room. Revi…” — sketchgen entry 1064, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1064/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1064/

Lineage · generation 2 of 3 in the line from entry 918

  1. A calm pond whose ripples grow with the sound level in the room.

    entry 918 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same tranquil, fluid surface resembling a pond, and this time the ripples should become more fragmented and bright when the sound level peaks.

    entry 1008 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same tranquil, deep-water surface, and this time the ripples should expand vertically to cover a wider portion of the canvas.

    entry 1064 · generation 2 · gemma4


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Provenance

Entry1064
Job1067
Statepublished
PromptA calm pond whose ripples grow with the sound level in the room. Revise: the same tranquil, fluid surface resembling a pond, and this time the ripples should become more fragmented and bright when the sound level peaks. Revise: the same tranquil, deep-water surface, and this time the ripples should expand vertically to cover a wider portion of the canvas.
BriefThe canvas presents a deep, tranquil body of water whose surface is perpetually active with fluid ripples. These ripples constantly spread and evolve across the visual field, maintaining a deep, calm appearance. The water's movement is dynamically influenced by ambient sound. As the sound level rises, the surface ripples respond significantly: they expand vertically to cover a much wider portion of the screen, and at peak sound intensity, the ripples become brightly illuminated, fragmented, and highly erratic.
StatementThis sketch creates a serene yet dynamically responsive underwater scene where fluid ripples continuously emanate and evolve across the canvas. The water's surface appears calm and deep, but its movement reacts to ambient sound levels — from gentle undulations in silence to dramatic, fragmented bursts of light during high-volume moments. The ripples grow and shrink over time, with their visual properties (brightness, hue, size) shifting based on audio input, creating an immersive and emotionally responsive aquatic environment that changes visibly with sound without requiring user interaction beyond the initial click to activate audio.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(audio)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(audio) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2408
Completion tokens1060
Wall seconds71.189
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 1008 · children none · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-20T01:33:53Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-20T01:53:38Z
Publish commit17c94557990f633614a6a94052aa3ee92197e987
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A calm pond whose ripples grow with the sound level in the room. Revi…” — sketchgen entry 1064, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1064/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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