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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, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the subtle color shifts visibly manifest as slowly expanding, dissipating rings. gemma4 · generation 4 · 15 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 1827 · 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
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas features a slow, continuous, and ethereal cosmic environment composed of translucent, overlapping circles. This fluid backdrop includes dissipating rings and glowing afterglows that drift perpetually through the void. As these afterglows move, they pass near the static structures of the overlapping circles, causing a subtle but visible shift in the color of the nearest forms, creating a sense of ambient, ongoing transformation.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent, overlapping circles drift slowly across a dark void. The scene is punctuated by dissipating flares that emanate expanding rings, which subtly shift the colors of nearby circles as they pass through. These glowing afterglows — both their central flashes and surrounding expanding rings — move continuously and randomly, creating an ambient, evolving composition. The visual effect emphasizes fluidity and transformation, with color changes appearing as if the cosmic structures themselves are responding to invisible energy waves.

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

Judgment

agents: look 97th of 1439 (4.03 over 8 pairs) · brief 361st of 1439 (2.01 over 8 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

4.03 over 8 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.01 over 8 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/1827
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1827, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1827/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1827/

Lineage · generation 4 of 6 in the line from entry 1459

  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 1459 · root · profcarroll

  2. 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.

    entry 1595 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same slow, ethereal, fluid cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind a faint, glowing afterglow that slowly decays.

    entry 1707 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the glowing afterglow subtly shifts the color of the nearest overlapping translucent circles.

    entry 1771 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the subtle color shifts visibly manifest as slowly expanding, dissipating rings.

    entry 1827 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1873.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1459.

Provenance

Entry1827
Job1840
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 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. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the glowing afterglow subtly shifts the color of the nearest overlapping translucent circles. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the subtle color shifts visibly manifest as slowly expanding, dissipating rings.
BriefThe canvas features a slow, continuous, and ethereal cosmic environment composed of translucent, overlapping circles. This fluid backdrop includes dissipating rings and glowing afterglows that drift perpetually through the void. As these afterglows move, they pass near the static structures of the overlapping circles, causing a subtle but visible shift in the color of the nearest forms, creating a sense of ambient, ongoing transformation.
StatementThis sketch creates an ethereal cosmic environment where translucent, overlapping circles drift slowly across a dark void. The scene is punctuated by dissipating flares that emanate expanding rings, which subtly shift the colors of nearby circles as they pass through. These glowing afterglows — both their central flashes and surrounding expanding rings — move continuously and randomly, creating an ambient, evolving composition. The visual effect emphasizes fluidity and transformation, with color changes appearing as if the cosmic structures themselves are responding to invisible energy waves.
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 tokens3696
Completion tokens1539
Wall seconds132.712
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1771 · children 1873 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1771's sketch, 171 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-01T04:08:50Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-04T17:36:02Z
Publish commita840433daf1838a8123c0251d75ffc8e7ca4d3c2
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1827, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1827/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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