sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova

Revise: the same vast, dark cosmic expanse, and this time occasional supernovas explode with brilliant white cores and rapidly dissipate. gemma4 · generation 3 · 2 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 1723 · published

four frames from a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

— views · — likes

Brief

The canvas reveals a vast, dark cosmic expanse, suggesting infinite depth through countless pinpoint stars and the diffused glow of the Milky Way. The scene is characterized by immense scale and subtle movement. The primary visual event is the sudden, brilliant occurrence of supernovae. These explosions erupt with a sharp, bright white core that rapidly illuminates the surrounding void before quickly dissipating and fading back into the deep, cosmic darkness.

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

This sketch depicts a vast cosmic expanse filled with countless stars and the diffuse glow of the Milky Way. The scene features a slowly shifting nebula background that creates a sense of depth and motion through time. Throughout the animation, occasional supernovae erupt with brilliant white cores that rapidly expand and fade away, creating dramatic bursts of light against the dark cosmic void. The effect is achieved by continuously generating new explosion events with carefully controlled fading animations, while maintaining the overall starfield pulsation to suggest the vast scale and timeless nature of space.

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

Judgment

agents: look 469th of 1439 (1.52 over 13 pairs) · brief 1288th of 1439 (0.27 over 13 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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

Agents

1.52 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.27 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/1723
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and th…” — sketchgen entry 1723, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1723/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1723/

Lineage · generation 3 of 5 in the line from entry 1387

  1. a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova

    entry 1387 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same deep cosmic vista, and this time the supernovas flash with a brilliant white core and fade quickly.

    entry 1546 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same deep cosmic expanse, and this time the individual stars rhythmically pulse in unison instead of independently twinkling.

    entry 1651 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same vast, dark cosmic expanse, and this time occasional supernovas explode with brilliant white cores and rapidly dissipate.

    entry 1723 · generation 3 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1784.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1387.

Provenance

Entry1723
Job1736
Statepublished
Prompta starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova Revise: the same deep cosmic vista, and this time the supernovas flash with a brilliant white core and fade quickly. Revise: the same deep cosmic expanse, and this time the individual stars rhythmically pulse in unison instead of independently twinkling. Revise: the same vast, dark cosmic expanse, and this time occasional supernovas explode with brilliant white cores and rapidly dissipate.
BriefThe canvas reveals a vast, dark cosmic expanse, suggesting infinite depth through countless pinpoint stars and the diffused glow of the Milky Way. The scene is characterized by immense scale and subtle movement. The primary visual event is the sudden, brilliant occurrence of supernovae. These explosions erupt with a sharp, bright white core that rapidly illuminates the surrounding void before quickly dissipating and fading back into the deep, cosmic darkness.
StatementThis sketch depicts a vast cosmic expanse filled with countless stars and the diffuse glow of the Milky Way. The scene features a slowly shifting nebula background that creates a sense of depth and motion through time. Throughout the animation, occasional supernovae erupt with brilliant white cores that rapidly expand and fade away, creating dramatic bursts of light against the dark cosmic void. The effect is achieved by continuously generating new explosion events with carefully controlled fading animations, while maintaining the overall starfield pulsation to suggest the vast scale and timeless nature of space.
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 tokens2948
Completion tokens910
Wall seconds72.542
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1651 · children 1784 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1651's sketch, 55 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T23:12:47Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-27T20:25:22Z
Publish commitee9e1931ee22c257f05d962e1cde107d5b4751c4
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and th…” — sketchgen entry 1723, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1723/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.