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 continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars 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 17 · published

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Brief

A slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent blue circles rises gracefully from the dark bottom edge of the canvas. These softly flowing, aqueous shapes move upward, creating a sense of perpetual tide. Superimposed over the shifting blue flow are countless small, distinct pointillist stars, adding a glittering contrast to the smooth, deep hue of the rising tide.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal underwater scene where translucent blue circles rise slowly from the bottom of the canvas, mimicking the flow of water or liquid tide. The circles overlap and blend smoothly, creating a continuous, fluid motion that suggests depth and movement. Scattered throughout this aqueous flow are countless tiny pointillist stars that sparkle against the dark background, adding texture and contrast to the smooth, deep blue tide.

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

Judgment

humans: on brief, not much to look atagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.44 over 3 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.94 over 3 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.

Agents

1.76 over 40 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.63 over 40 pairs

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/17
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 17, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/17/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/17/

Lineage · generation 2 of 19 in the line from entry 1

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 1 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the cool hue varies randomly among shades of blue
entry 9 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars
entry 17 · generation 2 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 24.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1.

Provenance

Entry	17
Job	17
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
Brief	A slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent blue circles rises gracefully from the dark bottom edge of the canvas. These softly flowing, aqueous shapes move upward, creating a sense of perpetual tide. Superimposed over the shifting blue flow are countless small, distinct pointillist stars, adding a glittering contrast to the smooth, deep hue of the rising tide.
Statement	This sketch creates an ethereal underwater scene where translucent blue circles rise slowly from the bottom of the canvas, mimicking the flow of water or liquid tide. The circles overlap and blend smoothly, creating a continuous, fluid motion that suggests depth and movement. Scattered throughout this aqueous flow are countless tiny pointillist stars that sparkle against the dark background, adding texture and contrast to the smooth, deep blue tide.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1083
Completion tokens	555
Wall seconds	59.481
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 9 · children 24 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-14T09:25:52Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-14T09:28:22Z
Publish commit	8d8c5b2a20c1275f23b7cb3d58dec6460bee950b
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 17, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/17/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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