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, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light. unknown · generation 1 · 11 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 1459 · published

four frames from 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. under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas depicts a slow, ethereal cosmic environment dominated by a continuous tide of overlapping, translucent circles that drift across the screen. Against this flowing current, small pointillist stars drift in a visible counter-current. When these two opposing forces intersect, the collision causes a momentary flare of light at the overlap points. This flare visibly expands outward, creating a dissipating, radiating ring of light that floats away into the cosmic flow.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic scene where overlapping translucent circles drift slowly across the screen like a flowing tide. Against this current, thousands of tiny stars move in visible counter-currents. When these opposing forces intersect, collisions generate momentary flares that expand into dissipating rings of light. The visual effect captures the tension between opposing flows, creating a dynamic interplay of motion and light against a deep cosmic backdrop. The technique uses particle systems for both the continuous flow and the pointillist stars, with collision detection triggering the flare effects to create a sense of interaction within the cosmic environment.

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Judgment

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Agents

1.61 over 17 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.96 over 17 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1459
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 1459, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1459/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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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.
entry 1459 · root · profcarroll

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1595.

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the child's 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.

Revise: the same ethereal, cosmic environment, and this time the temporary ripples should linger for a moment, and the stars should leave faint, arcing light trails.

Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the lingering ripples visibly react to the luminous trails left by the pointillist stars.

Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlap points between the circles and the luminous trails momentarily glow with amplified intensity.

Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light.

Revise: …

Provenance

Entry	1459
Job	1470
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. Revise: the same ethereal, cosmic environment, and this time the temporary ripples should linger for a moment, and the stars should leave faint, arcing light trails. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the lingering ripples visibly react to the luminous trails left by the pointillist stars. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlap points between the circles and the luminous trails momentarily glow with amplified intensity. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light.
Brief	The canvas depicts a slow, ethereal cosmic environment dominated by a continuous tide of overlapping, translucent circles that drift across the screen. Against this flowing current, small pointillist stars drift in a visible counter-current. When these two opposing forces intersect, the collision causes a momentary flare of light at the overlap points. This flare visibly expands outward, creating a dissipating, radiating ring of light that floats away into the cosmic flow.
Statement	This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic scene where overlapping translucent circles drift slowly across the screen like a flowing tide. Against this current, thousands of tiny stars move in visible counter-currents. When these opposing forces intersect, collisions generate momentary flares that expand into dissipating rings of light. The visual effect captures the tension between opposing flows, creating a dynamic interplay of motion and light against a deep cosmic backdrop. The technique uses particle systems for both the continuous flow and the pointillist stars, with collision detection triggering the flare effects to create a sense of interaction within the cosmic environment.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	2368
Completion tokens	1096
Wall seconds	67.958
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent — · children 1595 · generation 1 · critique by —
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-23T11:33:49Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-24T01:15:28Z
Publish commit	d5eaac9ec296a4def73bf220dc5ba9422ea91ae4
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1459, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1459/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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