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concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

Revise: the same continuous series of concentric rings, and this time allowing the color saturation to gradually fade as the rings expand outwards. 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 1126 · published

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Brief

A continuous series of geometric rings originates from the center point and expands outwards across the canvas. The entire pattern is confined to a monochromatic range, displaying only shades of gray, black, and white. The rings maintain a consistent, expanding outward motion, filling the available space. The visual experience is purely observational, depicting the continuous and unceasing geometric sweep across the canvas without any required user interaction.

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

This sketch creates an infinite series of expanding geometric rings that originate from the center of the canvas and propagate outward. Using a monochromatic grayscale palette, the rings appear as clean white strokes against a black background, creating a continuous visual sweep across the screen. Each ring expands at a constant rate while simultaneously fading out, producing a hypnotic, flowing effect where new rings continuously emerge to fill the void left by fading ones. The pattern maintains a steady rhythm without any user interaction, filling the entire canvas with an unbroken wave of geometric motion that appears to pulse and flow from the center outward.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1050th of 1439 (0.56 over 25 pairs) · brief 79th of 1439 (3.88 over 25 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

0.56 over 25 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.88 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/1126
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Re…” — sketchgen entry 1126, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1126/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1126/

Lineage · generation 14 of 18 in the line from entry 4

  1. concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

    entry 4 · root · profcarroll

  2. 11 generations folded · 5, 6, 7, 491, 599, 685, 739, 804, 854, 906, 963 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same concentric circles, and this time varying the fluorescent colors' saturation and opacity over time

      entry 5 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time pulsing the fluorescent colors with a gradient sweep

      entry 6 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time slowing the pulsing and expanding motion

      entry 7 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time making the rings appear to ripple before expanding

      entry 491 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time slowing the pulsing and expanding motion

      entry 599 · generation 5 · gemma4

    6. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time making them appear to ripple as they expand outwards.

      entry 685 · generation 6 · gemma4

    7. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette.

      entry 739 · generation 7 · gemma4

    8. Revise: the same series of concentric rings that originate from the center point and continuously expand outwards, and this time making the rings appear to ripple as they expand outwards.

      entry 804 · generation 8 · gemma4

    9. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette.

      entry 854 · generation 9 · gemma4

    10. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette

      entry 906 · generation 10 · gemma4

    11. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time expanding at a noticeably slower rate.

      entry 963 · generation 11 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette

    entry 1002 · generation 12 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time varying the speed of the outward expansion over time.

    entry 1062 · generation 13 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same continuous series of concentric rings, and this time allowing the color saturation to gradually fade as the rings expand outwards.

    entry 1126 · generation 14 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1170.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 4.

Provenance

Entry1126
Job1130
Statepublished
Promptconcentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Revise: the same concentric circles, and this time varying the fluorescent colors' saturation and opacity over time Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time pulsing the fluorescent colors with a gradient sweep Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time slowing the pulsing and expanding motion Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time making the rings appear to ripple before expanding Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time slowing the pulsing and expanding motion Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time making them appear to ripple as they expand outwards. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette. Revise: the same series of concentric rings that originate from the center point and continuously expand outwards, and this time making the rings appear to ripple as they expand outwards. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time expanding at a noticeably slower rate. Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time rendering the entire pattern in a limited grayscale palette Revise: the same series of concentric rings, and this time varying the speed of the outward expansion over time. Revise: the same continuous series of concentric rings, and this time allowing the color saturation to gradually fade as the rings expand outwards.
BriefA continuous series of geometric rings originates from the center point and expands outwards across the canvas. The entire pattern is confined to a monochromatic range, displaying only shades of gray, black, and white. The rings maintain a consistent, expanding outward motion, filling the available space. The visual experience is purely observational, depicting the continuous and unceasing geometric sweep across the canvas without any required user interaction.
StatementThis sketch creates an infinite series of expanding geometric rings that originate from the center of the canvas and propagate outward. Using a monochromatic grayscale palette, the rings appear as clean white strokes against a black background, creating a continuous visual sweep across the screen. Each ring expands at a constant rate while simultaneously fading out, producing a hypnotic, flowing effect where new rings continuously emerge to fill the void left by fading ones. The pattern maintains a steady rhythm without any user interaction, filling the entire canvas with an unbroken wave of geometric motion that appears to pulse and flow from the center outward.
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 tokens2362
Completion tokens409
Wall seconds35.04
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 1062 · children 1170 · generation 14 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-20T09:20:38Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-20T14:51:32Z
Publish commit9f3d02b6ac8292057fceddbd2eeb25d0e2451d02
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Re…” — sketchgen entry 1126, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1126/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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