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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 slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light. gemma4 · generation 12 · 11 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 323 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a slow, ethereal cosmic environment characterized by a continuous, flowing tide of translucent, overlapping circles. Throughout the stream, pointillist stars drift, maintaining a constant, subtle luminescence. When the circles and stars interact, they create momentary flares at their overlap points. These intense flares then visibly expand outward into rings of dissipating, radiating light, creating a dynamic and continuous visualization of cosmic flow and light interaction.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal cosmic scene where translucent, overlapping circles flow slowly across the canvas, simulating a vast, continuous tide. Embedded within this stream are countless pointillist stars that subtly twinkle and interact with the circles. When stars and circles overlap, they produce momentary flares that expand into dissipating rings of light, suggesting cosmic energy interactions. The visualization is entirely self-contained, running without user input, and maintains a consistent frame rate by efficiently batching drawing operations and avoiding expensive computations per frame.

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

Judgment

agents: look 162nd of 1439 (2.95 over 37 pairs) · brief 214th of 1439 (2.66 over 37 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

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Agents

2.95 over 37 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.66 over 37 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/323
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 323, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/323/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 12 of 19 in the line from entry 1

  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 1 · root · profcarroll

  2. 9 generations folded · 9, 17, 24, 36, 46, 70, 93, 133, 190 · all by gemma4
    1. Revise: the same slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the cool hue varies randomly among shades of blue

      entry 9 · generation 1 · gemma4

    2. Revise: the same continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars

      entry 17 · generation 2 · gemma4

    3. Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles reflect varying shades of luminescence

      entry 24 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. 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

      entry 36 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence.

      entry 46 · generation 5 · gemma4

    6. Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the translucent circles occasionally dissolve into fine particulate light.

      entry 70 · generation 6 · gemma4

    7. Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction

      entry 93 · generation 7 · gemma4

    8. Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples.

      entry 133 · generation 8 · gemma4

    9. Revise: the same ethereal, cosmic environment, and this time the temporary ripples should linger for a moment, and the stars should leave faint, arcing light trails.

      entry 190 · generation 9 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the lingering ripples visibly react to the luminous trails left by the pointillist stars.

    entry 240 · generation 10 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlap points between the circles and the luminous trails momentarily glow with amplified intensity.

    entry 283 · generation 11 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light.

    entry 323 · generation 12 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 368.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1.

Provenance

Entry323
Job324
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 fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction Revise: the same slow, continuous cosmic environment, and this time the counter-current luminous stars occasionally impact the flowing circles, causing visible ripples. Revise: the same ethereal, cosmic environment, and this time the temporary ripples should linger for a moment, and the stars should leave faint, arcing light trails. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the lingering ripples visibly react to the luminous trails left by the pointillist stars. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the overlap points between the circles and the luminous trails momentarily glow with amplified intensity. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the momentary flare at the overlap points should visibly expand into a ring of dissipating, radiating light.
BriefThe canvas displays a slow, ethereal cosmic environment characterized by a continuous, flowing tide of translucent, overlapping circles. Throughout the stream, pointillist stars drift, maintaining a constant, subtle luminescence. When the circles and stars interact, they create momentary flares at their overlap points. These intense flares then visibly expand outward into rings of dissipating, radiating light, creating a dynamic and continuous visualization of cosmic flow and light interaction.
StatementThis sketch creates an ethereal cosmic scene where translucent, overlapping circles flow slowly across the canvas, simulating a vast, continuous tide. Embedded within this stream are countless pointillist stars that subtly twinkle and interact with the circles. When stars and circles overlap, they produce momentary flares that expand into dissipating rings of light, suggesting cosmic energy interactions. The visualization is entirely self-contained, running without user input, and maintains a consistent frame rate by efficiently batching drawing operations and avoiding expensive computations per frame.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1
attempt 2: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts2
Prompt tokens3149
Completion tokens2002
Wall seconds140.884
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 283 · children 368 · generation 12 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T20:40:57Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-16T00:25:40Z
Publish commit6d6b6b43424b4ef7d16aac45544e721ec07ecb96
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 323, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/323/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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