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a fishbowl seen from the fish's point of view

Revise: the same submerged view, and this time increasing the density and size of the suspended, semi-transparent shapes. gemma4 · generation 1

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

OFF-PLAN — this sketch runs. It differs from the plan the planner wrote for it.

seed 1 · entry 1630 · published

four frames from a fishbowl seen from the fish's point of view under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas presents an immersive view into a submerged aquatic environment. The composition is filled with a high density of overlapping, semi-transparent geometric and organic shapes. These shapes drift slowly and continuously through the depth, creating a constantly shifting sense of volume against a muted blue and green palette. The water itself appears to ripple and undulate, generating soft, flowing distortions and a sense of profound depth. The entire visual field is dynamic and self-contained, maintaining its slow, ethereal movement without requiring any interaction from the viewer.

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

This sketch creates an immersive underwater environment using thousands of semi-transparent geometric particles that drift slowly through a gradient blue-green background. The composition features organic shapes—ellipses, rectangles, and triangles—that flow continuously with subtle sway and depth effects, creating a sense of volumetric movement beneath the surface. Soft ripples periodically emerge to simulate water disturbances, while the entire scene maintains a constant, ethereal motion without any viewer interaction. The visual field is filled with dynamic, overlapping elements that shift and blend together, evoking the feeling of being submerged in a vast aquatic space where light and form gently transform.

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

Judgment

agents: look 367th of 1439 (1.81 over 14 pairs) · brief 661st of 1439 (1.20 over 14 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

1.81 over 14 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.20 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.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1630
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a fishbowl seen from the fish's point of view Revise: the same submer…” — sketchgen entry 1630, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1630/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1630/

Lineage · generation 1 of 3 in the line from entry 1500

  1. a fishbowl seen from the fish's point of view

    entry 1500 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same submerged view, and this time increasing the density and size of the suspended, semi-transparent shapes.

    entry 1630 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1675.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1500.

Provenance

Entry1630
Job1641
Statepublished
Prompta fishbowl seen from the fish's point of view Revise: the same submerged view, and this time increasing the density and size of the suspended, semi-transparent shapes.
BriefThe canvas presents an immersive view into a submerged aquatic environment. The composition is filled with a high density of overlapping, semi-transparent geometric and organic shapes. These shapes drift slowly and continuously through the depth, creating a constantly shifting sense of volume against a muted blue and green palette. The water itself appears to ripple and undulate, generating soft, flowing distortions and a sense of profound depth. The entire visual field is dynamic and self-contained, maintaining its slow, ethereal movement without requiring any interaction from the viewer.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive underwater environment using thousands of semi-transparent geometric particles that drift slowly through a gradient blue-green background. The composition features organic shapes—ellipses, rectangles, and triangles—that flow continuously with subtle sway and depth effects, creating a sense of volumetric movement beneath the surface. Soft ripples periodically emerge to simulate water disturbances, while the entire scene maintains a constant, ethereal motion without any viewer interaction. The visual field is filled with dynamic, overlapping elements that shift and blend together, evoking the feeling of being submerged in a vast aquatic space where light and form gently transform.
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 — 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
Attempts3
Prompt tokens10301
Completion tokens3458
Wall seconds302.106
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1500 · children 1675 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-24T13:48:22Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T04:20:28Z
Publish commit5b02d9a6cb8837ee73ee8206e407c204e282d0bd
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a fishbowl seen from the fish's point of view Revise: the same submer…” — sketchgen entry 1630, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1630/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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