a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves

Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish composed of constantly flowing, luminous structures, and this time its segments are composed of highly reflective, jagged crystalline shards. 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 1712 · published

four frames from a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays a luminous, ethereal jellyfish suspended in a dark environment. Its form is composed of several flowing, sinuous tendrils that pulse and drift slowly. These structures are not smooth, but are highly segmented, creating the visual effect of countless jagged, crystalline shards. The shards catch and refract light sharply, scattering bright, changing colors and giving the whole creature a highly reflective, dynamic appearance. The jellyfish exists as a self-contained spectacle, drifting continuously without any need for user input.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal jellyfish using WebGL rendering to achieve a luminous, crystalline appearance. The creature consists of a central body made of jagged polygonal segments and flowing tendrils composed of sharp, prismatic shards that catch and refract light. The piece uses constant animation to create a sense of slow, organic movement while maintaining the illusion of floating in darkness. The viewer observes a self-contained spectacle where light and motion are intrinsic properties of the form itself, without requiring any interaction or input from the user.

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

Judgment

agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

2.41 over 7 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.82 over 7 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.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1712
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves Revise: the same ethereal jel…” — sketchgen entry 1712, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1712/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 2 of 3 in the line from entry 1472

a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves
entry 1472 · root · profcarroll
Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish, and this time its flowing structures refract light with sharp, segmented edges.
entry 1608 · generation 1 · gemma4
Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish composed of constantly flowing, luminous structures, and this time its segments are composed of highly reflective, jagged crystalline shards.
entry 1712 · generation 2 · gemma4

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Provenance

Entry	1712
Job	1725
State	published
Prompt	a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish, and this time its flowing structures refract light with sharp, segmented edges. Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish composed of constantly flowing, luminous structures, and this time its segments are composed of highly reflective, jagged crystalline shards.
Brief	The canvas displays a luminous, ethereal jellyfish suspended in a dark environment. Its form is composed of several flowing, sinuous tendrils that pulse and drift slowly. These structures are not smooth, but are highly segmented, creating the visual effect of countless jagged, crystalline shards. The shards catch and refract light sharply, scattering bright, changing colors and giving the whole creature a highly reflective, dynamic appearance. The jellyfish exists as a self-contained spectacle, drifting continuously without any need for user input.
Statement	This sketch creates an ethereal jellyfish using WebGL rendering to achieve a luminous, crystalline appearance. The creature consists of a central body made of jagged polygonal segments and flowing tendrils composed of sharp, prismatic shards that catch and refract light. The piece uses constant animation to create a sense of slow, organic movement while maintaining the illusion of floating in darkness. The viewer observes a self-contained spectacle where light and motion are intrinsic properties of the form itself, without requiring any interaction or input from the user.
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), uses(webgl)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	3396
Completion tokens	1182
Wall seconds	102.868
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1608 · children none · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised from	entry 1608's sketch, 99 lines
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-26T22:10:27Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-27T20:25:22Z
Publish commit	f9a9bc86ca35904a29afdcc18628821e3328a90d
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves Revise: the same ethereal jel…” — sketchgen entry 1712, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1712/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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