A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom of a dark canvas, one cool hue. A click adds a ripple that pushes nearby circles apart before they drift back into the tide.
Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples. gemma4 · generation 8 · 7 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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The canvas depicts an ethereal, cosmic environment featuring a slow, continuous tide of overlapping, translucent circles. These circles flow steadily across the frame, reflecting varying shades of luminescence. Contrasting this movement are pointillist stars that pulse with bright light and drift in a counter-current direction. The environment remains dynamic as the counter-current stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing temporary, visible ripples that fade back into the main stream.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates an immersive cosmic environment where translucent, glowing circles flow continuously across the screen like a slow tide of light. Against this backdrop, thousands of pointillist stars pulse with bright, rhythmic intensity while drifting in the opposite direction. When these stars encounter the flowing circles, they generate temporary ripples that spread outward and fade back into the stream — a visual metaphor for how energy and motion interact within an ever-changing universe. The piece captures both the calm serenity and dynamic tension of deep space, with movement driven entirely by the passage of time.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/133 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 133, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/133/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 8 of 19 in the line from entry 1
A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom of a dark canvas, one cool hue. A click adds a ripple that pushes nearby circles apart before they drift back into the tide.
5 generations folded · 9, 17, 24, 36, 46 · all by gemma4
Revise: the same slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the cool hue varies randomly among shades of blue
Revise: the same continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars
Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles reflect varying shades of luminescence
Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles shift subtly in hue depending on their position in the stream
Revise: the same slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence.
Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the translucent circles occasionally dissolve into fine particulate light.
Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction
Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples.
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A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom of a dark canvas, one cool hue. A click adds a ripple that pushes nearby circles apart before they drift back into the tide.
Revise: the same slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the cool hue varies randomly among shades of blue
Revise: the same continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars
Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles reflect varying shades of luminescence
Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles shift subtly in hue depending on their position in the stream
Revise: the same slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence.
Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the translucent circles occasionally dissolve into fine particulate light.
Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction
Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples.
Revise: …
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Provenance
| Entry | 133 |
|---|---|
| Job | 134 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom of a dark canvas, one cool hue. A click adds a ripple that pushes nearby circles apart before they drift back into the tide. Revise: the same slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the cool hue varies randomly among shades of blue Revise: the same continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles reflect varying shades of luminescence Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles shift subtly in hue depending on their position in the stream Revise: the same slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence. Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the translucent circles occasionally dissolve into fine particulate light. Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples. |
| Brief | The canvas depicts an ethereal, cosmic environment featuring a slow, continuous tide of overlapping, translucent circles. These circles flow steadily across the frame, reflecting varying shades of luminescence. Contrasting this movement are pointillist stars that pulse with bright light and drift in a counter-current direction. The environment remains dynamic as the counter-current stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing temporary, visible ripples that fade back into the main stream. |
| Statement | This sketch creates an immersive cosmic environment where translucent, glowing circles flow continuously across the screen like a slow tide of light. Against this backdrop, thousands of pointillist stars pulse with bright, rhythmic intensity while drifting in the opposite direction. When these stars encounter the flowing circles, they generate temporary ripples that spread outward and fade back into the stream — a visual metaphor for how energy and motion interact within an ever-changing universe. The piece captures both the calm serenity and dynamic tension of deep space, with movement driven entirely by the passage of time. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1 |
| Rules file | control |
| Assertions | motion(idle) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1180 |
| Completion tokens | 1079 |
| Wall seconds | 85.089 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 93 · children 190 · generation 8 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-14T21:48:50Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-14T22:44:59Z |
| Publish commit | b1d9c19049156f5ebdf7fdb771626a5b01e2d016 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 133, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/133/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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