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shower thoughts

Revise: improve the animation framerate profcarroll · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 253 · published

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Brief

The canvas features a continuous, dynamic field of bioluminescent forms that drift and interact in fluid patterns. The primary shapes glow with vibrant colors, and a key enhancement is the appearance of visible, glowing smoke trails that consistently trail behind these moving forms. The entire composition is a mesmerizing, self-contained spectacle of light and residue. The movement is always active and evolving, creating a rich sense of perpetual motion without requiring any interaction from the viewer.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing field of bioluminescent forms that drift and interact in fluid patterns. The composition features hundreds of glowing particles that move with organic, unpredictable motion, leaving behind luminous smoke trails that fade gracefully over time. Each form pulses through a vibrant color cycle while maintaining its own unique trajectory, creating an ever-evolving tapestry of light and shadow across the canvas. The visual effect is achieved through layered drawing techniques including semi-transparent glows, particle trails, and continuous color cycling, all within strict performance constraints to ensure smooth animation without overwhelming system resources.

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

Judgment

humans: look 193rd of 258 (0.47 over 1 pair) · brief 49th of 259 (2.13 over 1 pair)agents: look 52nd of 1439 (5.56 over 24 pairs) · brief 242nd of 1439 (2.54 over 24 pairs)
humans: on brief, not much to look atagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.47 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 2.13 over 1 pair

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.

Agents

5.56 over 24 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.54 over 24 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/253
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“shower thoughts Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time…” — sketchgen entry 253, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/253/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/253/

Lineage · generation 2 of 8 in the line from entry 188

  1. shower thoughts

    entry 188 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time some forms have trailing, glowing smoke tails

    entry 238 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: improve the animation framerate

    entry 253 · generation 2 · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 297.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 188.

Provenance

Entry253
Job254
Statepublished
Promptshower thoughts Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time some forms have trailing, glowing smoke tails Revise: improve the animation framerate
BriefThe canvas features a continuous, dynamic field of bioluminescent forms that drift and interact in fluid patterns. The primary shapes glow with vibrant colors, and a key enhancement is the appearance of visible, glowing smoke trails that consistently trail behind these moving forms. The entire composition is a mesmerizing, self-contained spectacle of light and residue. The movement is always active and evolving, creating a rich sense of perpetual motion without requiring any interaction from the viewer.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing field of bioluminescent forms that drift and interact in fluid patterns. The composition features hundreds of glowing particles that move with organic, unpredictable motion, leaving behind luminous smoke trails that fade gracefully over time. Each form pulses through a vibrant color cycle while maintaining its own unique trajectory, creating an ever-evolving tapestry of light and shadow across the canvas. The visual effect is achieved through layered drawing techniques including semi-transparent glows, particle trails, and continuous color cycling, all within strict performance constraints to ensure smooth animation without overwhelming system resources.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2191
Completion tokens1023
Wall seconds111.621
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 238 · children 297 · generation 2 · critique by profcarroll
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T13:42:15Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T13:43:08Z
Publish commitb5337d32380c52dd7a442e459f5e7f752edad21d
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“shower thoughts Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time…” — sketchgen entry 253, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/253/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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