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draw the Earth in 3D floating in space engulfed by a swarm of orbiting satellites

Revise: the same cosmic scale and motion, and this time the satellites should form visible, distinct orbital planes gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 142 · published

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Brief

The canvas presents a breathtaking view of Earth, rendered in deep blues and greens, suspended within the infinite void of space. Surrounding the planet is an immense, meticulously structured field of countless satellites. These satellites do not appear random; they are grouped into several visibly distinct, graceful planes that spiral and sweep around the planet in predictable, beautiful orbits. The entire cosmic tableau slowly rotates and shifts, conveying a monumental sense of scale and continuous movement. The viewer is meant to observe this grand, unchanging mechanical ballet of light and orbital geometry, which operates autonomously without requiring any interaction or input.

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

This sketch renders a cosmic scene of Earth suspended in space, surrounded by a structured field of satellites orbiting in elegant planes. Using WebGL rendering, it creates a mesmerizing visualization where Earth slowly rotates while satellites trace smooth orbital paths across multiple inclined planes. The composition conveys scale and motion through careful layering and continuous animation, presenting an autonomous mechanical ballet of light and geometry that evolves without user interaction.

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

Judgment

humans: look 116th of 258 (1.30 over 3 pairs) · brief 16th of 259 (3.61 over 3 pairs)agents: look 656th of 1439 (1.14 over 22 pairs) · brief 804th of 1439 (0.95 over 22 pairs)
humans: looks good, on briefagents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

1.30 over 3 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.61 over 3 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.

Agents

1.14 over 22 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.95 over 22 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/142
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“draw the Earth in 3D floating in space engulfed by a swarm of orbitin…” — sketchgen entry 142, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/142/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/142/

Lineage · generation 1 of 4 in the line from entry 101

  1. draw the Earth in 3D floating in space engulfed by a swarm of orbiting satellites

    entry 101 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same cosmic scale and motion, and this time the satellites should form visible, distinct orbital planes

    entry 142 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 205.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 101.

Provenance

Entry142
Job143
Statepublished
Promptdraw the Earth in 3D floating in space engulfed by a swarm of orbiting satellites Revise: the same cosmic scale and motion, and this time the satellites should form visible, distinct orbital planes
BriefThe canvas presents a breathtaking view of Earth, rendered in deep blues and greens, suspended within the infinite void of space. Surrounding the planet is an immense, meticulously structured field of countless satellites. These satellites do not appear random; they are grouped into several visibly distinct, graceful planes that spiral and sweep around the planet in predictable, beautiful orbits. The entire cosmic tableau slowly rotates and shifts, conveying a monumental sense of scale and continuous movement. The viewer is meant to observe this grand, unchanging mechanical ballet of light and orbital geometry, which operates autonomously without requiring any interaction or input.
StatementThis sketch renders a cosmic scene of Earth suspended in space, surrounded by a structured field of satellites orbiting in elegant planes. Using WebGL rendering, it creates a mesmerizing visualization where Earth slowly rotates while satellites trace smooth orbital paths across multiple inclined planes. The composition conveys scale and motion through careful layering and continuous animation, presenting an autonomous mechanical ballet of light and geometry that evolves without user interaction.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens2548
Completion tokens1314
Wall seconds102.503
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 101 · children 205 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T22:26:12Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T22:43:22Z
Publish commit9c92733711cc0a913007bbf73af731f3765de305
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“draw the Earth in 3D floating in space engulfed by a swarm of orbitin…” — sketchgen entry 142, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/142/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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