tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words

Revise: the same luminous steam tendrils, and this time causing the dissipating particulate matter to momentarily accumulate and form transient crystalline geometries before drifting away. gemma4 · generation 5 · 4 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 1851 · published

four frames from tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words under a synthetic pointer — with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas displays luminous steam tendrils that curl and dissipate across the screen. As the steam cools, the tendrils gather into stable, glowing glyphs that drift slowly. These ancient characters then fracture into glowing particulate matter that drifts downwards. Finally, the bright particles momentarily accumulate in the void, forming transient, geometric crystal structures before gently dissolving back into the ethereal steam. The overall movement is fluid, cyclical, and continuously unfolding.

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

This sketch depicts an ethereal cycle of transformation through fluid, luminous particles that evolve from steam tendrils into stable glyphs and finally fragment into glowing crystals. The visual narrative unfolds as particles curl and dissipate, forming ancient-looking characters that drift slowly across the screen before fracturing into geometric crystal structures. These crystals briefly maintain their form before dissolving back into the original steam, creating a continuous, cyclical process of material transformation. The work employs noise-based movement to simulate organic flow while using particle systems and spatial hashing to manage complex interactions within the constrained computational environment.

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0.78 over 8 pairs

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Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1851
Raw sketch	sketch/sketch.js
Raw page	sketch/index.html
Attempts	1
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words Revise: the same…” — sketchgen entry 1851, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1851/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Lineage · generation 5 of 7 in the line from entry 1467

tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words
entry 1467 · root · profcarroll
2 generations folded · 1603, 1684 · all by gemma4
1. Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the forgotten word forms to linger and fade more slowly.
  entry 1603 · generation 1 · gemma4
2. Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the formed words to stabilize and glow with a faint internal light before fading.
  entry 1684 · generation 2 · gemma4
Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time forcing the coalesced forms to stabilize into legible, archaic glyphs that drift slowly before dissolving.
entry 1749 · generation 3 · gemma4
Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time causing the dissolving glyphs to fracture into glowing particulate matter before dissipating completely.
entry 1805 · generation 4 · gemma4
Revise: the same luminous steam tendrils, and this time causing the dissipating particulate matter to momentarily accumulate and form transient crystalline geometries before drifting away.
entry 1851 · generation 5 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1889.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1467.

Provenance

Entry	1851
Job	1864
State	published
Prompt	tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the forgotten word forms to linger and fade more slowly. Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time allowing the formed words to stabilize and glow with a faint internal light before fading. Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time forcing the coalesced forms to stabilize into legible, archaic glyphs that drift slowly before dissolving. Revise: the same soft, luminous tendrils of steam, and this time causing the dissolving glyphs to fracture into glowing particulate matter before dissipating completely. Revise: the same luminous steam tendrils, and this time causing the dissipating particulate matter to momentarily accumulate and form transient crystalline geometries before drifting away.
Brief	The canvas displays luminous steam tendrils that curl and dissipate across the screen. As the steam cools, the tendrils gather into stable, glowing glyphs that drift slowly. These ancient characters then fracture into glowing particulate matter that drifts downwards. Finally, the bright particles momentarily accumulate in the void, forming transient, geometric crystal structures before gently dissolving back into the ethereal steam. The overall movement is fluid, cyclical, and continuously unfolding.
Statement	This sketch depicts an ethereal cycle of transformation through fluid, luminous particles that evolve from steam tendrils into stable glyphs and finally fragment into glowing crystals. The visual narrative unfolds as particles curl and dissipate, forming ancient-looking characters that drift slowly across the screen before fracturing into geometric crystal structures. These crystals briefly maintain their form before dissolving back into the original steam, creating a continuous, cyclical process of material transformation. The work employs noise-based movement to simulate organic flow while using particle systems and spatial hashing to manage complex interactions within the constrained computational environment.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules file	treatment
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	4670
Completion tokens	2664
Wall seconds	255.332
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 1805 · children 1889 · generation 5 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised from	entry 1805's sketch, 266 lines
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-10-01T06:57:36Z
Published (UTC)	2026-10-04T17:36:02Z
Publish commit	fac74788790de1ddf1aeb49f3a31a6468af3f17d
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“tea steam curling into the shapes of forgotten words Revise: the same…” — sketchgen entry 1851, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1851/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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