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glowing orbs

Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time they leave faintly visible glowing trails behind them as they drift across the canvas gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 1690 · published

four frames from glowing orbs under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas fills with numerous luminous, glowing orbs that drift across the screen. These shapes are continuously moving, guided by invisible, slow-moving galactic currents that direct their paths. As the orbs drift, they leave behind delicate, faint glowing trails that stretch and dissipate slowly, giving the appearance of cosmic smoke across the dark backdrop. The composition is entirely governed by the fluid, internal movements of the luminous objects.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing cosmic scene filled with luminous orbs that drift through space, guided by subtle group dynamics. Each orb pulses gently and leaves behind delicate, fading trails that stretch across the dark canvas like cosmic smoke. The composition captures the fluid, organic movement of celestial bodies, with orbs forming temporary clusters before dispersing again. The interplay between individual motion and collective behavior creates an ever-shifting tapestry of light and shadow, evoking the vast, mysterious nature of the universe where particles dance in invisible currents.

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

Judgment

agents: look 36th of 1439 (6.55 over 13 pairs) · brief 68th of 1439 (4.03 over 13 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

6.55 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 4.03 over 13 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/1690
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“glowing orbs Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their inde…” — sketchgen entry 1690, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1690/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1690/

Lineage · generation 2 of 9 in the line from entry 1386

  1. glowing orbs

    entry 1386 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their independent drift is guided by slow, visible galactic currents across the canvas

    entry 1545 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time they leave faintly visible glowing trails behind them as they drift across the canvas

    entry 1690 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1753.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1386.

Provenance

Entry1690
Job1703
Statepublished
Promptglowing orbs Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their independent drift is guided by slow, visible galactic currents across the canvas Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time they leave faintly visible glowing trails behind them as they drift across the canvas
BriefThe canvas fills with numerous luminous, glowing orbs that drift across the screen. These shapes are continuously moving, guided by invisible, slow-moving galactic currents that direct their paths. As the orbs drift, they leave behind delicate, faint glowing trails that stretch and dissipate slowly, giving the appearance of cosmic smoke across the dark backdrop. The composition is entirely governed by the fluid, internal movements of the luminous objects.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing cosmic scene filled with luminous orbs that drift through space, guided by subtle group dynamics. Each orb pulses gently and leaves behind delicate, fading trails that stretch across the dark canvas like cosmic smoke. The composition captures the fluid, organic movement of celestial bodies, with orbs forming temporary clusters before dispersing again. The interplay between individual motion and collective behavior creates an ever-shifting tapestry of light and shadow, evoking the vast, mysterious nature of the universe where particles dance in invisible currents.
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 tokens3137
Completion tokens970
Wall seconds80.471
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1545 · children 1753 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1545's sketch, 77 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T19:28:53Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T20:07:42Z
Publish commit350d7398f140cd93603982d213e4d4517eaf95c5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“glowing orbs Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their inde…” — sketchgen entry 1690, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1690/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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