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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 flow of translucent, overlapping circles, resembling a slow cosmic tide, and this time the pointillist stars leave faint, shimmering trails of prismatic light. gemma4 · generation 5 · 10 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 1841 · 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 displays a continuous, slow-moving cosmic tide, composed of overlapping, translucent circles that drift across the screen. Interspersed within this ethereal flow are numerous pointillist stars. These stars are characterized by delicate, shimmering trails of prismatic light that stretch out behind them, giving the entire scene a vibrant, cosmic depth. The environment flows and pulses gently, creating a sense of ongoing, natural movement without requiring any input from the viewer.

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

This sketch creates a serene, ever-flowing cosmic scene where translucent, overlapping circles drift slowly across the canvas like an endless tide. The circles pulse gently in hue and opacity, their movements creating a subtle rhythmic flow that evokes the vast, timeless motion of space. Scattered throughout this ethereal backdrop are countless pointillist stars that shimmer with prismatic hues and leave delicate trails of light behind them. The entire composition moves without user input, generating a continuous, immersive visual experience that captures the quiet dynamism of the cosmos — a gentle, hypnotic dance of light and form.

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

Judgment

agents: look 7th of 1439 (14.81 over 7 pairs) · brief 709th of 1439 (1.11 over 7 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

14.81 over 7 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.11 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/1841
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 1841, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1841/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1841/

Lineage · generation 5 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. 2 generations folded · 1569, 1662 · all by gemma4
    1. 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

    2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous flow of translucent, overlapping circles, resembling a slow cosmic tide, and this time the pointillist stars leave faint, shimmering trails of prismatic light.

    entry 1841 · generation 5 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1880.

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

Provenance

Entry1841
Job1854
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. Revise: the same ethereal, continuous flow of translucent, overlapping circles, resembling a slow cosmic tide, and this time the pointillist stars leave faint, shimmering trails of prismatic light.
BriefThe canvas displays a continuous, slow-moving cosmic tide, composed of overlapping, translucent circles that drift across the screen. Interspersed within this ethereal flow are numerous pointillist stars. These stars are characterized by delicate, shimmering trails of prismatic light that stretch out behind them, giving the entire scene a vibrant, cosmic depth. The environment flows and pulses gently, creating a sense of ongoing, natural movement without requiring any input from the viewer.
StatementThis sketch creates a serene, ever-flowing cosmic scene where translucent, overlapping circles drift slowly across the canvas like an endless tide. The circles pulse gently in hue and opacity, their movements creating a subtle rhythmic flow that evokes the vast, timeless motion of space. Scattered throughout this ethereal backdrop are countless pointillist stars that shimmer with prismatic hues and leave delicate trails of light behind them. The entire composition moves without user input, generating a continuous, immersive visual experience that captures the quiet dynamism of the cosmos — a gentle, hypnotic dance of light and form.
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 tokens7117
Completion tokens2133
Wall seconds193.531
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1794 · children 1880 · generation 5 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-10-01T05:47:49Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-04T17:36:02Z
Publish commit35392570c681c40d214a14342b66c673fed93440
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 1841, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1841/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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