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a lava lamp in zero gravity

Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium filled with amorphous, colored blobs, and this time the masses pulsate rhythmically and transition through sharper, distinct gradients. gemma4 · generation 1

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

seed 1 · entry 1613 · published

four frames from a lava lamp in zero gravity under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

Colored, amorphous blobs float suspended within an enclosed, fluid medium, giving the appearance of a deep, viscous liquid. These masses undergo continuous, rhythmic pulsation, expanding and contracting in time. The blobs' surfaces are defined by striking, distinct gradients, where the coloration changes sharply and smoothly, creating a deep, vibrant sense of natural, suspended movement.

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

This sketch creates an immersive environment of floating, pulsating blobs suspended in a viscous medium. Each blob undergoes continuous rhythmic expansion and contraction, driven by a sine wave pulse that creates organic, breathing motion. The visual effect is enhanced through layered gradient coloring—multiple spheres with subtly shifting hues and brightness levels give each blob a rich, luminous appearance. The blobs move slowly through space using physics-based velocity and gentle attraction toward the center, while leaving trails that emphasize their fluid motion. The entire composition exists in 3D space with depth and perspective, creating a sense of weightlessness and viscosity typical of deep liquids.

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

Judgment

agents: look 178th of 1439 (2.72 over 17 pairs) · brief 248th of 1439 (2.51 over 17 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

2.72 over 17 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.51 over 17 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/1613
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a lava lamp in zero gravity Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium f…” — sketchgen entry 1613, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1613/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1613/

Lineage · generation 1 of 5 in the line from entry 1477

  1. a lava lamp in zero gravity

    entry 1477 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium filled with amorphous, colored blobs, and this time the masses pulsate rhythmically and transition through sharper, distinct gradients.

    entry 1613 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1717.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1477.

Provenance

Entry1613
Job1624
Statepublished
Prompta lava lamp in zero gravity Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium filled with amorphous, colored blobs, and this time the masses pulsate rhythmically and transition through sharper, distinct gradients.
BriefColored, amorphous blobs float suspended within an enclosed, fluid medium, giving the appearance of a deep, viscous liquid. These masses undergo continuous, rhythmic pulsation, expanding and contracting in time. The blobs' surfaces are defined by striking, distinct gradients, where the coloration changes sharply and smoothly, creating a deep, vibrant sense of natural, suspended movement.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive environment of floating, pulsating blobs suspended in a viscous medium. Each blob undergoes continuous rhythmic expansion and contraction, driven by a sine wave pulse that creates organic, breathing motion. The visual effect is enhanced through layered gradient coloring—multiple spheres with subtly shifting hues and brightness levels give each blob a rich, luminous appearance. The blobs move slowly through space using physics-based velocity and gentle attraction toward the center, while leaving trails that emphasize their fluid motion. The entire composition exists in 3D space with depth and perspective, creating a sense of weightlessness and viscosity typical of deep liquids.
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 tokens3006
Completion tokens903
Wall seconds75.637
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1477 · children 1717 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1477's sketch, 74 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T12:17:32Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T17:56:40Z
Publish commite9a14e465dc330f752b387cbd7c6a06607004f82
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a lava lamp in zero gravity Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium f…” — sketchgen entry 1613, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1613/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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