tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words
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The canvas displays soft, luminous tendrils of steam rising and drifting across the background. These ephemeral clouds slowly condense and coalesce, momentarily forming the vague outlines and fragmented letterforms of forgotten words. The movement is fluid and gentle, with the steam appearing to curl and twist like smoke. The shapes are not static, but constantly reforming, drifting, and dissipating back into ambient steam as new words briefly materialize only to dissolve once more.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates an atmospheric visualization of rising steam that subtly transforms into fragmented word forms. Using a particle system with Perlin noise for organic movement, it renders thousands of luminous particles that drift and coalesce in gentle currents. The particles leave fading trails as they move, creating a sense of continuous motion and transformation. Occasionally, these ephemeral clouds form vague outlines resembling words like "steam," "mist," "fog," and "vapor" before dissolving back into the ambient flow. The technique emphasizes fluidity and organic behavior over rigid geometric forms, resulting in a dreamlike representation of vapor dynamics that feels both natural and mysterious.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1467 |
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| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words” — sketchgen entry 1467, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1467/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words
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Provenance
| Entry | 1467 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1478 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words |
| Brief | The canvas displays soft, luminous tendrils of steam rising and drifting across the background. These ephemeral clouds slowly condense and coalesce, momentarily forming the vague outlines and fragmented letterforms of forgotten words. The movement is fluid and gentle, with the steam appearing to curl and twist like smoke. The shapes are not static, but constantly reforming, drifting, and dissipating back into ambient steam as new words briefly materialize only to dissolve once more. |
| Statement | This sketch creates an atmospheric visualization of rising steam that subtly transforms into fragmented word forms. Using a particle system with Perlin noise for organic movement, it renders thousands of luminous particles that drift and coalesce in gentle currents. The particles leave fading trails as they move, creating a sense of continuous motion and transformation. Occasionally, these ephemeral clouds form vague outlines resembling words like "steam," "mist," "fog," and "vapor" before dissolving back into the ambient flow. The technique emphasizes fluidity and organic behavior over rigid geometric forms, resulting in a dreamlike representation of vapor dynamics that feels both natural and mysterious. |
| 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), uses(webgl) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail attempt 3: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Prompt tokens | 9695 |
| Completion tokens | 3587 |
| Wall seconds | 297.685 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent — · children 1603 · generation 1 · critique by — |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-23T15:25:59Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-24T01:15:28Z |
| Publish commit | fe51ebdba3e99c933ae28ea6312372facfbfb8ef |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words” — sketchgen entry 1467, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1467/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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