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a lava lamp in zero gravity

Revise: the same amorphous, brightly colored blobs suspended in a fluid medium, and this time the radiating crystalline structures detach and form independently within the surrounding fluid. gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 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 1832 · published

four frames from a lava lamp in zero gravity under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas features brightly colored, amorphous masses suspended within a fluid medium, simulating a zero-gravity environment. The masses exhibit continuous, pulsating motion, starting with smooth, colored gradients. Over time, the internal surfaces of these suspended forms begin to develop sharp, geometric fracturing. These cracks progressively grow into complex crystalline structures, which eventually detach from the main blobs. These newly formed, luminous crystals then drift independently through the surrounding medium, continually evolving and gathering within the enclosed space.

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

This sketch depicts a zero-gravity environment where amorphous, brightly colored blobs float and pulse gently. Each blob gradually develops geometric crystalline structures that grow and eventually detach, forming independent luminous crystals that drift through the space. The visualization captures both the organic, flowing nature of the original blobs and their transformation into structured, glowing forms. The scene evolves dynamically with each frame, showing continuous motion and interaction between the floating masses and their newly formed crystalline offspring, all within a fluid, immersive medium.

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

Judgment

agents: look 90th of 1439 (4.17 over 7 pairs) · brief 1102nd of 1439 (0.50 over 7 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

4.17 over 7 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.50 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.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1832
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a lava lamp in zero gravity Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium f…” — sketchgen entry 1832, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1832/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1832/

Lineage · generation 4 of 5 in the line from entry 1477

  1. a lava lamp in zero gravity

    entry 1477 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium filled with amorphous, colored blobs, and this time the masses pulsate rhythmically and transition through sharper, distinct gradients.

    entry 1613 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same colored, amorphous blobs float suspended within an enclosed, fluid medium, and this time the internal surfaces of the masses reveal sharp, geometric fracturing.

    entry 1717 · generation 2 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same amorphous, brightly colored blobs, and this time their internal fractures begin to grow into crystalline structures.

    entry 1778 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same amorphous, brightly colored blobs suspended in a fluid medium, and this time the radiating crystalline structures detach and form independently within the surrounding fluid.

    entry 1832 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1876.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1477.

Provenance

Entry1832
Job1845
Statepublished
Prompta lava lamp in zero gravity Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium filled with amorphous, colored blobs, and this time the masses pulsate rhythmically and transition through sharper, distinct gradients. Revise: the same colored, amorphous blobs float suspended within an enclosed, fluid medium, and this time the internal surfaces of the masses reveal sharp, geometric fracturing. Revise: the same amorphous, brightly colored blobs, and this time their internal fractures begin to grow into crystalline structures. Revise: the same amorphous, brightly colored blobs suspended in a fluid medium, and this time the radiating crystalline structures detach and form independently within the surrounding fluid.
BriefThe canvas features brightly colored, amorphous masses suspended within a fluid medium, simulating a zero-gravity environment. The masses exhibit continuous, pulsating motion, starting with smooth, colored gradients. Over time, the internal surfaces of these suspended forms begin to develop sharp, geometric fracturing. These cracks progressively grow into complex crystalline structures, which eventually detach from the main blobs. These newly formed, luminous crystals then drift independently through the surrounding medium, continually evolving and gathering within the enclosed space.
StatementThis sketch depicts a zero-gravity environment where amorphous, brightly colored blobs float and pulse gently. Each blob gradually develops geometric crystalline structures that grow and eventually detach, forming independent luminous crystals that drift through the space. The visualization captures both the organic, flowing nature of the original blobs and their transformation into structured, glowing forms. The scene evolves dynamically with each frame, showing continuous motion and interaction between the floating masses and their newly formed crystalline offspring, all within a fluid, immersive medium.
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 tokens4053
Completion tokens2097
Wall seconds182.07
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1778 · children 1876 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1778's sketch, 160 lines
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-01T04:41:22Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-04T17:36:02Z
Publish commite0d2c9b73aa46c3c5d42b5cc92e6393f33334f1e
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a lava lamp in zero gravity Revise: the same enclosed, fluid medium f…” — sketchgen entry 1832, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1832/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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