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the line between night and day sweeping across a planet of city lights

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

REJECTED — kept, because a gallery that only shows successes is not a record of anything: gate exit 1: checks failed: frame_budget

seed 1 · entry 1512 · rejected · automatic

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Brief

The canvas presents a sweeping, curved view resembling a planet illuminated by vast constellations of glowing city lights. These lights form intricate, densely packed networks across the dark surface. The primary focus is a distinct, dynamic gradient—a line of color and increasing brightness—that constantly sweeps across this planet, visually representing the shift from deep night to full daylight. The whole scene should maintain a smooth, ambient motion as the light progresses across the illuminated cityscape.

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

This sketch portrays a distant planet illuminated by a network of glowing city lights that form intricate patterns across its surface. A sweeping gradient sweeps across the planet's surface, representing the transition from night to day, with dynamic lighting that shifts and moves over time. The visual effect is created using a large number of points mapped onto a spherical surface, each point colorized according to its position relative to the moving light source. The scene rotates slowly to provide a sense of depth and planetary motion, while thousands of stars fill the background space.

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1512
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“the line between night and day sweeping across a planet of city lights” — sketchgen entry 1512, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1512/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. the line between night and day sweeping across a planet of city lights

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Provenance

Entry1512
Job1523
Statefailed-kept
Promptthe line between night and day sweeping across a planet of city lights
BriefThe canvas presents a sweeping, curved view resembling a planet illuminated by vast constellations of glowing city lights. These lights form intricate, densely packed networks across the dark surface. The primary focus is a distinct, dynamic gradient—a line of color and increasing brightness—that constantly sweeps across this planet, visually representing the shift from deep night to full daylight. The whole scene should maintain a smooth, ambient motion as the light progresses across the illuminated cityscape.
StatementThis sketch portrays a distant planet illuminated by a network of glowing city lights that form intricate patterns across its surface. A sweeping gradient sweeps across the planet's surface, representing the transition from night to day, with dynamic lighting that shifts and moves over time. The visual effect is created using a large number of points mapped onto a spherical surface, each point colorized according to its position relative to the moving light source. The scene rotates slowly to provide a sense of depth and planetary motion, while thousands of stars fill the background space.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1
attempt 2: gate exit 1
attempt 3: gate exit 1
Attempts3
Prompt tokens9201
Completion tokens2594
Wall seconds206.081
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children none · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T17:51:13Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-27T20:43:06Z
Publish commit179d716aff979d3f888c25ac53369293abc90088
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“the line between night and day sweeping across a planet of city lights” — sketchgen entry 1512, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1512/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Last errorgate exit 1: checks failed: frame_budget

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