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shower thoughts

Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time the glowing smoke tails will change thickness and intensity as they drift gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 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 334 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays abstract, glowing bioluminescent shapes that continuously drift and pulse across the plane. Each form is trailed by an ethereal smoke tail which dynamically adjusts its thickness and intensity as it moves. The entire scene is responsive, causing the central forms to shift and react—either brightening or dimming—whenever the surrounding background darkness undergoes subtle changes.

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

This sketch creates an ethereal underwater-like environment of drifting bioluminescent forms that pulse and leave glowing trails behind them. The scene features multiple glowing shapes that continuously drift across the canvas with smooth, organic motion patterns. Each form pulses with a rhythmic glow and leaves behind a trail that dynamically changes in thickness and opacity as it moves. The entire composition subtly reacts to changes in background brightness, causing the central forms to brighten or dim in response to the ambient darkness. The visual effect is achieved through layered drawing techniques using p5.js's color blending and shadow effects, creating a dreamlike atmosphere of floating light particles that continuously evolve without any user interaction required.

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

Judgment

agents: look 199th of 1439 (2.59 over 30 pairs) · brief 929th of 1439 (0.73 over 30 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

2.59 over 30 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.73 over 30 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/334
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 334, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/334/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/334/

Lineage · generation 4 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

  4. Revise: the same bioluminescent forms, and this time they will react to subtle changes in the background darkness

    entry 297 · generation 3 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time the glowing smoke tails will change thickness and intensity as they drift

    entry 334 · generation 4 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 378.

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

Provenance

Entry334
Job335
Statepublished
Promptshower thoughts Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time some forms have trailing, glowing smoke tails Revise: improve the animation framerate Revise: the same bioluminescent forms, and this time they will react to subtle changes in the background darkness Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time the glowing smoke tails will change thickness and intensity as they drift
BriefThe canvas displays abstract, glowing bioluminescent shapes that continuously drift and pulse across the plane. Each form is trailed by an ethereal smoke tail which dynamically adjusts its thickness and intensity as it moves. The entire scene is responsive, causing the central forms to shift and react—either brightening or dimming—whenever the surrounding background darkness undergoes subtle changes.
StatementThis sketch creates an ethereal underwater-like environment of drifting bioluminescent forms that pulse and leave glowing trails behind them. The scene features multiple glowing shapes that continuously drift across the canvas with smooth, organic motion patterns. Each form pulses with a rhythmic glow and leaves behind a trail that dynamically changes in thickness and opacity as it moves. The entire composition subtly reacts to changes in background brightness, causing the central forms to brighten or dim in response to the ambient darkness. The visual effect is achieved through layered drawing techniques using p5.js's color blending and shadow effects, creating a dreamlike atmosphere of floating light particles that continuously evolve without any user interaction required.
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 tokens2175
Completion tokens1190
Wall seconds113.192
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 297 · children 378 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T21:48:52Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-16T00:27:18Z
Publish commit8476b2c74b399b2b8ceda4f6ba4af1c63cca5b38
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“shower thoughts Revise: the same bioluminescent shapes, and this time…” — sketchgen entry 334, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/334/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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