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concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

Revise: the same nested, circular rings, and this time the segment oscillations maintain a consistent, visible phase shift between adjacent rings. gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 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 1321 · published

four frames from concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas displays several nested, circular rings. These rings are not continuous lines, but are segmented into adjacent rectangular pieces using shades of blue, purple, and magenta. These segments are constantly oscillating, smoothly expanding and contracting. The movement is defined by a visible temporal relationship: as the rings expand and contract, each successive ring exhibits a distinct and consistent phase shift, meaning the oscillation of one adjacent ring lags behind the next in a predictable, visible sequence around the entire structure.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing display of nested circular rings composed of segmented rectangular pieces. Each ring is made up of multiple segments that oscillate smoothly in size, creating a rhythmic expansion and contraction effect. The visual rhythm is enhanced by a consistent phase shift applied to each successive ring — meaning that as you move outward from the center, each ring lags behind the previous one in its oscillation cycle. The color palette transitions through shades of blue, purple, and magenta, giving the whole structure a vibrant, pulsing appearance. The motion is entirely self-generated, driven by time-based oscillations, and requires no external input once started.

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

Judgment

agents: look 995th of 1439 (0.64 over 13 pairs) · brief 187th of 1439 (2.85 over 13 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.64 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.85 over 13 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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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1321
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 1321, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1321/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1321/

Lineage · generation 4 of 5 in the line from entry 1254

  1. concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

    entry 1254 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time they expand and contract using perfectly stable, predictable harmonic sine waves.

    entry 1282 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time they oscillate exclusively using shades of deep purple and magenta.

    entry 1291 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same nested, circular rings, and this time they appear as adjacent, rectangular segments using shades of blue, purple, and magenta.

    entry 1310 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same nested, circular rings, and this time the segment oscillations maintain a consistent, visible phase shift between adjacent rings.

    entry 1321 · generation 4 · gemma4


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Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1254.

Provenance

Entry1321
Job1329
Statepublished
Promptconcentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time they expand and contract using perfectly stable, predictable harmonic sine waves. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time they oscillate exclusively using shades of deep purple and magenta. Revise: the same nested, circular rings, and this time they appear as adjacent, rectangular segments using shades of blue, purple, and magenta. Revise: the same nested, circular rings, and this time the segment oscillations maintain a consistent, visible phase shift between adjacent rings.
BriefThe canvas displays several nested, circular rings. These rings are not continuous lines, but are segmented into adjacent rectangular pieces using shades of blue, purple, and magenta. These segments are constantly oscillating, smoothly expanding and contracting. The movement is defined by a visible temporal relationship: as the rings expand and contract, each successive ring exhibits a distinct and consistent phase shift, meaning the oscillation of one adjacent ring lags behind the next in a predictable, visible sequence around the entire structure.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing display of nested circular rings composed of segmented rectangular pieces. Each ring is made up of multiple segments that oscillate smoothly in size, creating a rhythmic expansion and contraction effect. The visual rhythm is enhanced by a consistent phase shift applied to each successive ring — meaning that as you move outward from the center, each ring lags behind the previous one in its oscillation cycle. The color palette transitions through shades of blue, purple, and magenta, giving the whole structure a vibrant, pulsing appearance. The motion is entirely self-generated, driven by time-based oscillations, and requires no external input once started.
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 tokens2794
Completion tokens535
Wall seconds48.283
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1310 · children none · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1310's sketch, 39 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-22T01:39:37Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-22T02:31:51Z
Publish commit909ee4ba714e4801d3b3da333c26fa865fd1c1f9
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Re…” — sketchgen entry 1321, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1321/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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