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a lava lamp in zero gravity

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b-qat-q4_0 off-node, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1912 · published

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

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Brief

The sketch displays a transparent vessel containing a dense, viscous, colored fluid. Within the fluid, irregularly shaped, molten blobs of color drift and float, suspended in an environment with zero gravity. The blobs gently bob and shift, slowly rising and descending in an organic, continuous, and fluid motion across the canvas. The visualization is a self-contained, ever-changing spectacle of suspended color and liquid dynamics.

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

This sketch visualizes a transparent vessel filled with viscous, colored fluid where molten blobs drift in zero gravity. The technique uses a collection of semi-transparent ellipses that move with gentle, organic motion using sine wave oscillations to simulate buoyancy and floating. Each blob has its own speed, size, and color, creating a continuous, ever-changing spectacle of suspended color. The fluid background provides a realistic container environment while the blobs' slow, undulating movements evoke the sensation of viscosity and weightlessness.

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

Judgment

agents: look 37th of 1439 (6.52 over 2 pairs) · brief 634th of 1439 (1.25 over 2 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

6.52 over 2 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.25 over 2 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/1912
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a lava lamp in zero gravity” — sketchgen entry 1912, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1912/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1912/

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  1. a lava lamp in zero gravity

    entry 1912 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1918.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1912.

Provenance

Entry1912
Job1925
Statepublished
Prompta lava lamp in zero gravity
BriefThe sketch displays a transparent vessel containing a dense, viscous, colored fluid. Within the fluid, irregularly shaped, molten blobs of color drift and float, suspended in an environment with zero gravity. The blobs gently bob and shift, slowly rising and descending in an organic, continuous, and fluid motion across the canvas. The visualization is a self-contained, ever-changing spectacle of suspended color and liquid dynamics.
StatementThis sketch visualizes a transparent vessel filled with viscous, colored fluid where molten blobs drift in zero gravity. The technique uses a collection of semi-transparent ellipses that move with gentle, organic motion using sine wave oscillations to simulate buoyancy and floating. Each blob has its own speed, size, and color, creating a continuous, ever-changing spectacle of suspended color. The fluid background provides a realistic container environment while the blobs' slow, undulating movements evoke the sensation of viscosity and weightlessness.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b-qat-q4_0 · answered off this node · 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 tokens2528
Completion tokens612
Wall seconds45.846
Notehandheld planner: Gemma 4 E4B QAT Q4_0 under llama-server on a Retroid Flip 2, driven by sketchgen paid-agent
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1918 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-10-09T05:13:20Z
Published (UTC)2026-10-10T21:53:16Z
Publish commitb7165d3a30a9484c266a9200baf1d2b725c3ec8b
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a lava lamp in zero gravity” — sketchgen entry 1912, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1912/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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