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 tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence. gemma4 · generation 5 · 4 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas presents a dark, fluid environment dominated by a slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles. These circles drift across the screen, exhibiting deep, shifting hues. Overlaid upon this movement is a scattering of pointillist stars which pulse gently, emitting varying shades of bright luminescence. The overall scene is one of deep, rhythmic, and ethereal motion.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates an ethereal, fluid cosmic environment where translucent circles drift slowly across the dark canvas, shifting through deep blue and purple hues to simulate a tide of liquid light. Overlaid with gently pulsing pointillist stars that shimmer in bright luminescent tones, the scene evokes a sense of deep rhythmic motion and celestial tranquility. The continuous, autonomous movement of both elements ensures visual engagement without requiring user interaction, fulfilling the requirement for self-sustained animation.
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Judgment
Humans
0.76 over 3 pairs
closer to its brief: 2.55 over 3 pairs
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Agents
2.64 over 29 pairs
closer to its brief: 2.66 over 29 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/46 |
|---|---|
| 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 46, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/46/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 5 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.
2 generations folded · 9, 17 · all by gemma4
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.
After this entry: 1 child
Children: entry 70.
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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
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: …
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Provenance
| Entry | 46 |
|---|---|
| Job | 47 |
| 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 Revise: the same slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence. |
| Brief | The canvas presents a dark, fluid environment dominated by a slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles. These circles drift across the screen, exhibiting deep, shifting hues. Overlaid upon this movement is a scattering of pointillist stars which pulse gently, emitting varying shades of bright luminescence. The overall scene is one of deep, rhythmic, and ethereal motion. |
| Statement | This sketch creates an ethereal, fluid cosmic environment where translucent circles drift slowly across the dark canvas, shifting through deep blue and purple hues to simulate a tide of liquid light. Overlaid with gently pulsing pointillist stars that shimmer in bright luminescent tones, the scene evokes a sense of deep rhythmic motion and celestial tranquility. The continuous, autonomous movement of both elements ensures visual engagement without requiring user interaction, fulfilling the requirement for self-sustained animation. |
| 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) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 1088 |
| Completion tokens | 650 |
| Wall seconds | 63.513 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 36 · children 70 · generation 5 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-14T16:00:49Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-14T16:13:15Z |
| Publish commit | c4046101f2ea42ec4606c3b4263ae527d8298e3b |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 46, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/46/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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