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hot air balloons

Revise: the same colorful hot air balloons, and this time depicting them with a soft, radiant glow around their edges. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1286 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays several vividly colored hot air balloons floating against a soft, atmospheric sky. Each balloon retains its unique hue and shape, but a prominent feature is the soft, ethereal glow that radiates outward from the edges of every balloon. These balloons appear to drift and float slowly across the scene, simulating gentle movement in the breeze. The colors are rich and saturated, giving the scene a magical, serene quality.

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

This sketch creates a serene scene of floating hot air balloons drifting across a soft blue sky. Each balloon has a unique saturated color and moves at its own gentle pace, creating a sense of natural motion in the breeze. The key visual feature is the ethereal glow that radiates outward from each balloon, achieved through multiple semi-transparent ellipses layered behind the main balloon shape. The balloons continuously drift across the canvas, wrapping around the edges when they move off-screen, maintaining a seamless and endless floating effect. The scene evokes a magical, tranquil atmosphere with rich, saturated colors and smooth, organic movement patterns.

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Judgment

agents: look 29th of 1439 (7.10 over 20 pairs) · brief 403rd of 1439 (1.89 over 20 pairs)
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Humans

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Agents

7.10 over 20 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.89 over 20 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1286
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“hot air balloons Revise: the same colorful hot air balloons, and this…” — sketchgen entry 1286, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1286/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 1 of 3 in the line from entry 1259

  1. hot air balloons

    entry 1259 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same colorful hot air balloons, and this time depicting them with a soft, radiant glow around their edges.

    entry 1286 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1294.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1259.

Provenance

Entry1286
Job1293
Statepublished
Prompthot air balloons Revise: the same colorful hot air balloons, and this time depicting them with a soft, radiant glow around their edges.
BriefThe canvas displays several vividly colored hot air balloons floating against a soft, atmospheric sky. Each balloon retains its unique hue and shape, but a prominent feature is the soft, ethereal glow that radiates outward from the edges of every balloon. These balloons appear to drift and float slowly across the scene, simulating gentle movement in the breeze. The colors are rich and saturated, giving the scene a magical, serene quality.
StatementThis sketch creates a serene scene of floating hot air balloons drifting across a soft blue sky. Each balloon has a unique saturated color and moves at its own gentle pace, creating a sense of natural motion in the breeze. The key visual feature is the ethereal glow that radiates outward from each balloon, achieved through multiple semi-transparent ellipses layered behind the main balloon shape. The balloons continuously drift across the canvas, wrapping around the edges when they move off-screen, maintaining a seamless and endless floating effect. The scene evokes a magical, tranquil atmosphere with rich, saturated colors and smooth, organic movement patterns.
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 tokens2365
Completion tokens627
Wall seconds46.268
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1259 · children 1294 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-21T18:22:01Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-21T19:16:42Z
Publish commitd95b46201de505bc3cfa8d392258d1fe9d780460
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“hot air balloons Revise: the same colorful hot air balloons, and this…” — sketchgen entry 1286, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1286/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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