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 continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles shift subtly in hue depending on their position in the stream gemma4 · generation 4 · 3 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas displays a slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles that appear to rise from the bottom of a dark background. These large, softly flowing shapes are intertwined with numerous small, visible pointillist stars. The scene features constant, subtle movement as the circles drift and flow upward. The viewer can interact with the stream by clicking anywhere on the canvas, which triggers a ripple effect that momentarily pushes the surrounding circles apart before they resume their slow, continuous movement.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates an immersive underwater scene with a slow, flowing tide of translucent blue-gray circles that rise from the bottom of the dark canvas. The circles drift upward at different speeds and sizes, creating a sense of depth and continuous motion. Thousands of tiny pointillist stars dot the background, providing a celestial contrast to the organic flow of the circles. The viewer can interact with this flowing tide by clicking anywhere on the canvas, which triggers a ripple effect that pushes nearby circles apart before they resume their gentle ascent. The subtle color variations and translucent layers create a dreamlike quality reminiscent of oceanic movement and cosmic space simultaneously.
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Judgment
Humans
1.54 over 1 pair
closer to its brief: 1.65 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
1.56 over 36 pairs
closer to its brief: 2.65 over 36 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.
Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.
Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/36 |
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| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 36, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/36/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 4 of 19 in the line from entry 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.
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
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 46.
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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, 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
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Provenance
| Entry | 36 |
|---|---|
| Job | 37 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | 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, 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 |
| Brief | The canvas displays a slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles that appear to rise from the bottom of a dark background. These large, softly flowing shapes are intertwined with numerous small, visible pointillist stars. The scene features constant, subtle movement as the circles drift and flow upward. The viewer can interact with the stream by clicking anywhere on the canvas, which triggers a ripple effect that momentarily pushes the surrounding circles apart before they resume their slow, continuous movement. |
| Statement | This sketch creates an immersive underwater scene with a slow, flowing tide of translucent blue-gray circles that rise from the bottom of the dark canvas. The circles drift upward at different speeds and sizes, creating a sense of depth and continuous motion. Thousands of tiny pointillist stars dot the background, providing a celestial contrast to the organic flow of the circles. The viewer can interact with this flowing tide by clicking anywhere on the canvas, which triggers a ripple effect that pushes nearby circles apart before they resume their gentle ascent. The subtle color variations and translucent layers create a dreamlike quality reminiscent of oceanic movement and cosmic space simultaneously. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | motion(idle), responds(click) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1124 |
| Completion tokens | 742 |
| Wall seconds | 74.199 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 24 · children 46 · generation 4 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-14T15:05:41Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-14T15:22:42Z |
| Publish commit | cc21937f360b76bd933dee7a9fdb0fa3308a9e24 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 36, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/36/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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