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glowing orbs

Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their independent drift is governed by visible spiraling currents emanating from the center of the canvas 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 1753 · published

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

— views · — likes

Brief

Luminous orbs of various sizes and gentle hues drift across the canvas. Their movement is dictated by invisible, yet visibly depicted, currents, which manifest as slow, spiraling energy fields originating from the center. The orbs follow these glowing paths, giving the canvas a constantly shifting, hypnotic quality as they drift and overlap, forming an ever-changing display of cosmic light and color.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing cosmic scene where luminous orbs drift through space guided by invisible spiral energy fields. The orbs—each with unique colors and sizes—move in response to these central forces that manifest as slow, swirling currents radiating from the canvas center. The visual effect is achieved through a combination of physics-based motion and carefully crafted force fields that create organic, hypnotic movement patterns. The orbs pulse gently as they drift, creating an ethereal glow that enhances their luminous quality, while the visible spiral fields provide a sense of invisible cosmic forces at work. The result is a constantly shifting display of light and color that feels both chaotic and harmonious, evoking the sensation of floating through a vast, dynamic space filled with 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 38th of 1439 (6.41 over 15 pairs) · brief 315th of 1439 (2.18 over 15 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

6.41 over 15 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.18 over 15 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

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1753
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 1753, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1753/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1753/

Lineage · generation 3 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

  4. Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their independent drift is governed by visible spiraling currents emanating from the center of the canvas

    entry 1753 · generation 3 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1808.

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

Provenance

Entry1753
Job1766
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 Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their independent drift is governed by visible spiraling currents emanating from the center of the canvas
BriefLuminous orbs of various sizes and gentle hues drift across the canvas. Their movement is dictated by invisible, yet visibly depicted, currents, which manifest as slow, spiraling energy fields originating from the center. The orbs follow these glowing paths, giving the canvas a constantly shifting, hypnotic quality as they drift and overlap, forming an ever-changing display of cosmic light and color.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing cosmic scene where luminous orbs drift through space guided by invisible spiral energy fields. The orbs—each with unique colors and sizes—move in response to these central forces that manifest as slow, swirling currents radiating from the canvas center. The visual effect is achieved through a combination of physics-based motion and carefully crafted force fields that create organic, hypnotic movement patterns. The orbs pulse gently as they drift, creating an ethereal glow that enhances their luminous quality, while the visible spiral fields provide a sense of invisible cosmic forces at work. The result is a constantly shifting display of light and color that feels both chaotic and harmonious, evoking the sensation of floating through a vast, dynamic space filled with 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 tokens3298
Completion tokens1236
Wall seconds100.008
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1690 · children 1808 · generation 3 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1690's sketch, 101 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-27T02:39:24Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-27T20:25:22Z
Publish commit723e5ab3d458bea789d2b6819c69a750cb957f57
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“glowing orbs Revise: the same luminous orbs, and this time their inde…” — sketchgen entry 1753, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1753/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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