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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 ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the visible pointillist stars gently pulsate with rainbow hues. gemma4 · generation 4 · 9 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 1794 · published

four frames from 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. under a synthetic pointer
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Brief

The canvas displays an ethereal, continuous flow of translucent, overlapping circles, resembling a slow cosmic tide. Interspersed within this current are visible pointillist stars that gently pulsate. These stars do not maintain a single color, but instead cycle through a spectrum of bright, rainbow hues, creating a dynamic and luminous environment that moves constantly across the canvas.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent, overlapping circles flow continuously across the canvas, mimicking a slow tidal motion. Embedded within this fluid current are countless pointillist stars that gently pulse with rainbow hues, cycling through the entire spectrum to create a dynamic luminous field. The visual effect combines smooth organic movement with subtle color transitions, evoking the feeling of being immersed in a vast, ever-shifting cosmic tide where light and motion dance together in constant flux.

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Judgment

agents: look 205th of 1439 (2.56 over 12 pairs) · brief 736th of 1439 (1.06 over 12 pairs)
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Humans

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Agents

2.56 over 12 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.06 over 12 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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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1794
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1794, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1794/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1794/

Lineage · generation 4 of 6 in the line from entry 1416

  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 1416 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlapping translucent circles vary their opacity and luminosity as they flow across the canvas.

    entry 1569 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the circles occasionally exhibit small, visible trails of trailing luminescence.

    entry 1662 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous flow of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the glowing trails briefly dissipate into visible, sparkling particles.

    entry 1733 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the visible pointillist stars gently pulsate with rainbow hues.

    entry 1794 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1841.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1416.

Provenance

Entry1794
Job1807
Statepublished
PromptA 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 cosmic environment, and this time the overlapping translucent circles vary their opacity and luminosity as they flow across the canvas. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the circles occasionally exhibit small, visible trails of trailing luminescence. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous flow of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the glowing trails briefly dissipate into visible, sparkling particles. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous cosmic environment filled with overlapping, translucent circles, and this time the visible pointillist stars gently pulsate with rainbow hues.
BriefThe canvas displays an ethereal, continuous flow of translucent, overlapping circles, resembling a slow cosmic tide. Interspersed within this current are visible pointillist stars that gently pulsate. These stars do not maintain a single color, but instead cycle through a spectrum of bright, rainbow hues, creating a dynamic and luminous environment that moves constantly across the canvas.
StatementThis sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent, overlapping circles flow continuously across the canvas, mimicking a slow tidal motion. Embedded within this fluid current are countless pointillist stars that gently pulse with rainbow hues, cycling through the entire spectrum to create a dynamic luminous field. The visual effect combines smooth organic movement with subtle color transitions, evoking the feeling of being immersed in a vast, ever-shifting cosmic tide where light and motion dance together in constant flux.
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 1 — motion(idle) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens6969
Completion tokens2170
Wall seconds199.21
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1733 · children 1841 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-28T01:15:01Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-01T02:53:02Z
Publish commit129187dad947fcb31bdc08b2891742fe33697ccc
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1794, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1794/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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