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 dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment. gemma4 · generation 1 · 12 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas presents a slow, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment made of overlapping, translucent light. The constant movement provides a sense of deep, glowing depth. When light events occur, temporary flashes expand into visible, radiating rings. These rings do not vanish instantly; instead, they visibly linger in the void, gracefully dissipating and fading out over a visible period of time.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment using overlapping translucent light elements that move slowly across the canvas. The visual effect is achieved through a combination of gently drifting circles and twinkling stars, all rendered with low-opacity colors to create depth and luminosity. When these elements interact, temporary flash events generate expanding rings that fade gracefully over time. The movement is subtle and continuous, evoking a sense of deep space where light persists and dissipates in the void. The implementation uses efficient particle systems and avoids expensive operations like full-canvas pixel processing or complex physics calculations, ensuring smooth performance within the constraints of the environment.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1595 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1595, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1595/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 1 of 6 in the line from entry 1459
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 dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment.
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 1707.
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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: 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: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment.
Revise: …
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Provenance
| Entry | 1595 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1606 |
| 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. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment. |
| Brief | The canvas presents a slow, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment made of overlapping, translucent light. The constant movement provides a sense of deep, glowing depth. When light events occur, temporary flashes expand into visible, radiating rings. These rings do not vanish instantly; instead, they visibly linger in the void, gracefully dissipating and fading out over a visible period of time. |
| Statement | This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment using overlapping translucent light elements that move slowly across the canvas. The visual effect is achieved through a combination of gently drifting circles and twinkling stars, all rendered with low-opacity colors to create depth and luminosity. When these elements interact, temporary flash events generate expanding rings that fade gracefully over time. The movement is subtle and continuous, evoking a sense of deep space where light persists and dissipates in the void. The implementation uses efficient particle systems and avoids expensive operations like full-canvas pixel processing or complex physics calculations, ensuring smooth performance within the constraints of the 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), uses(webgl) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) fail 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 | 10364 |
| Completion tokens | 3258 |
| Wall seconds | 264.492 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 1459 · children 1707 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-24T10:41:41Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-26T20:19:25Z |
| Publish commit | b05f94cd5ef0013d9973a43efce40b65bd241219 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1595, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1595/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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