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, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly decays. gemma4 · generation 2 · 13 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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The canvas displays a slow, ethereal cosmic environment characterized by overlapping translucent circles and pointillist stars. This fluid background flows continuously, forming the void. When bursts of light pass through the system, they create transient, radiating rings. These rings do not instantly vanish; instead, they visibly linger in the void for a brief moment before dissipating. They leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly fades into the overall cosmic stream, creating a continuously evolving and luminous scene.
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This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent circles drift slowly across a dark void, punctuated by pointillist stars. From time to time, bursts of light radiate outward in expanding rings, leaving behind a lingering afterglow that gradually fades. The continuous motion and transient luminous events evoke the sense of a fluid, ever-evolving universe. The scene is entirely self-contained, with no external inputs required once initialized.
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0.95 over 11 pairs
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1707 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1707, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1707/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 2 of 6 in the line from entry 1459
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, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly decays.
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Children: entry 1771.
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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 fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction
Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples.
Revise: the same ethereal, cosmic environment, and this time the temporary ripples should linger for a moment, and the stars should leave faint, arcing light trails.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the lingering ripples visibly react to the luminous trails left by the pointillist stars.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlap points between the circles and the luminous trails momentarily glow with amplified intensity.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly decays.
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Provenance
| Entry | 1707 |
|---|---|
| Job | 1720 |
| 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 fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples. Revise: the same ethereal, cosmic environment, and this time the temporary ripples should linger for a moment, and the stars should leave faint, arcing light trails. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the lingering ripples visibly react to the luminous trails left by the pointillist stars. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlap points between the circles and the luminous trails momentarily glow with amplified intensity. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating, radiating rings of light should visibly linger in the void for a brief moment. Revise: the same slow, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly decays. |
| Brief | The canvas displays a slow, ethereal cosmic environment characterized by overlapping translucent circles and pointillist stars. This fluid background flows continuously, forming the void. When bursts of light pass through the system, they create transient, radiating rings. These rings do not instantly vanish; instead, they visibly linger in the void for a brief moment before dissipating. They leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly fades into the overall cosmic stream, creating a continuously evolving and luminous scene. |
| Statement | This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent circles drift slowly across a dark void, punctuated by pointillist stars. From time to time, bursts of light radiate outward in expanding rings, leaving behind a lingering afterglow that gradually fades. The continuous motion and transient luminous events evoke the sense of a fluid, ever-evolving universe. The scene is entirely self-contained, with no external inputs required once initialized. |
| 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 1 — motion(idle) pass attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 2 |
| Prompt tokens | 7139 |
| Completion tokens | 2283 |
| Wall seconds | 207.661 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 1595 · children 1771 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-26T21:31:39Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-27T20:25:22Z |
| Publish commit | 441d0ec95d24d870c84e6e1297542d5466a6fdbf |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1707, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1707/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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