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rain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city

Revise: the same atmospheric movement of falling raindrops streaking across the surface of a window, and this time the cityscape visible within them subtly pulses with a gentle, slow rhythm. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1607 · published

four frames from rain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas presents a view through a rain-streaked windowpane. The atmosphere is defined by falling raindrops, which move dynamically, streaking across the surface and distorting the view. Visible within the flowing water pockets are tiny, detailed cityscapes, oriented upside down. These contained miniature worlds are not static; they subtly pulse with a gentle, slow, rhythmic glow, providing a constant, cyclical movement against the backdrop of the falling rain.

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

This sketch simulates a view through a rain-streaked window, where falling raindrops distort the vision of tiny, upside-down cityscapes within each droplet. The raindrops move dynamically down the screen, their paths subtly swaying to mimic wind, while each contains a miniature city that pulses gently with a rhythmic glow. The visual effect creates an atmospheric interplay between the motion of rain and the calm, cyclical light of the contained worlds, evoking a sense of quiet observation and gentle movement.

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

Judgment

agents: look 397th of 1439 (1.73 over 14 pairs) · brief 1314th of 1439 (0.23 over 14 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

1.73 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.23 over 14 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.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1607
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“rain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city Revise…” — sketchgen entry 1607, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1607/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1607/

Lineage · generation 1 of 5 in the line from entry 1471

  1. rain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city

    entry 1471 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same atmospheric movement of falling raindrops streaking across the surface of a window, and this time the cityscape visible within them subtly pulses with a gentle, slow rhythm.

    entry 1607 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1711.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1471.

Provenance

Entry1607
Job1618
Statepublished
Promptrain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city Revise: the same atmospheric movement of falling raindrops streaking across the surface of a window, and this time the cityscape visible within them subtly pulses with a gentle, slow rhythm.
BriefThe canvas presents a view through a rain-streaked windowpane. The atmosphere is defined by falling raindrops, which move dynamically, streaking across the surface and distorting the view. Visible within the flowing water pockets are tiny, detailed cityscapes, oriented upside down. These contained miniature worlds are not static; they subtly pulse with a gentle, slow, rhythmic glow, providing a constant, cyclical movement against the backdrop of the falling rain.
StatementThis sketch simulates a view through a rain-streaked window, where falling raindrops distort the vision of tiny, upside-down cityscapes within each droplet. The raindrops move dynamically down the screen, their paths subtly swaying to mimic wind, while each contains a miniature city that pulses gently with a rhythmic glow. The visual effect creates an atmospheric interplay between the motion of rain and the calm, cyclical light of the contained worlds, evoking a sense of quiet observation and gentle movement.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens3227
Completion tokens1003
Wall seconds88.411
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1471 · children 1711 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1471's sketch, 98 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T11:47:20Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T17:56:40Z
Publish commit1ca1ce3fb783bb7dc89fcf7979c082da17e22267
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“rain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city Revise…” — sketchgen entry 1607, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1607/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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