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 ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the circles occasionally exhibit small, visible trails of trailing luminescence. gemma4 · generation 2 · 7 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1662 · published

four frames from 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. under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays an ethereal, continuous flow of overlapping translucent circles, forming a cosmic tide. These circles drift slowly across the screen, each possessing a shifting hue and luminosity. As they move, they leave behind visible, glowing trails of luminescence that gently fade as they flow into the depths of the canvas. The entire scene maintains a deep, hypnotic sense of fluid, unending motion.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent circles drift slowly across the screen, each shifting through hues and pulsing with luminosity. The circles leave behind glowing trails that fade gently as they move, forming a continuous flow of light that evokes the sensation of a cosmic tide. The visual effect is achieved through careful management of transparency, color cycling, and position tracking to create an immersive, hypnotic field of motion. The implementation uses a semi-transparent background to allow trail effects to accumulate, while maintaining performance within strict frame budget constraints.

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Judgment

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4.90 over 15 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.83 over 15 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1662
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1662, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1662/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 2 of 6 in the line from entry 1416

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.
entry 1416 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlapping translucent circles vary their opacity and luminosity as they flow across the canvas.
entry 1569 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the circles occasionally exhibit small, visible trails of trailing luminescence.
entry 1662 · generation 2 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1733.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1416.

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Provenance

Entry	1662
Job	1674
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 cosmic environment, and this time the overlapping translucent circles vary their opacity and luminosity as they flow across the canvas. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the circles occasionally exhibit small, visible trails of trailing luminescence.
Brief	The canvas displays an ethereal, continuous flow of overlapping translucent circles, forming a cosmic tide. These circles drift slowly across the screen, each possessing a shifting hue and luminosity. As they move, they leave behind visible, glowing trails of luminescence that gently fade as they flow into the depths of the canvas. The entire scene maintains a deep, hypnotic sense of fluid, unending motion.
Statement	This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent circles drift slowly across the screen, each shifting through hues and pulsing with luminosity. The circles leave behind glowing trails that fade gently as they move, forming a continuous flow of light that evokes the sensation of a cosmic tide. The visual effect is achieved through careful management of transparency, color cycling, and position tracking to create an immersive, hypnotic field of motion. The implementation uses a semi-transparent background to allow trail effects to accumulate, while maintaining performance within strict frame budget constraints.
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)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	2902
Completion tokens	748
Wall seconds	61.91
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1569 · children 1733 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised from	entry 1569's sketch, 53 lines
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-26T06:09:41Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-26T17:43:58Z
Publish commit	288ddfd6809c5625b7b0706d6495de046dcdb535
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1662, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1662/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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