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 structural glowing wakes settle after dissipating, momentarily forming faint, complex filamentous webbing patterns in the deep background. gemma4 · generation 15 · 14 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The canvas displays a slow, continuous, and ethereal cosmic environment. Streams of translucent, overlapping circles flow across the depth of the canvas. These structures are accompanied by luminous trails and dissipating rings of light. The central visual dynamic involves structural glowing wakes, which briefly illuminate the flow before settling and settling into complex, faint filamentous webbing patterns that persist in the deep background. The entire scene is a meditative, constant flow of light and structural pattern evolution.
Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited
This sketch creates a meditative cosmic environment through the continuous flow of translucent, overlapping circles that move across the canvas. The visual dynamics center on glowing wakes and dissipating light trails that form complex, faint filamentous patterns in the background. The system uses a combination of particle systems and streaming elements to simulate the sensation of deep space movement—where light structures appear and fade in an endless cycle of creation and dissolution. The result is a serene, evolving landscape of cosmic motion where patterns emerge from simple rules, evoking the quiet complexity of celestial phenomena.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/480 |
|---|---|
| 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 480, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/480/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 15 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.
12 generations folded · 9, 17, 24, 36, 46, 70, 93, 133, 190, 240, 283, 323 · 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.
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.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind faint, structural glowing wakes that briefly illuminate the flow.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the structural glowing wakes should ripple and momentarily brighten before dissipating into the deep background.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the structural glowing wakes settle after dissipating, momentarily forming faint, complex filamentous webbing patterns in the deep background.
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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: 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.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind faint, structural glowing wakes that briefly illuminate the flow.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the structural glowing wakes should ripple and momentarily brighten before dissipating into the deep background.
Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the structural glowing wakes settle after dissipating, momentarily forming faint, complex filamentous webbing patterns in the deep background.
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Provenance
| Entry | 480 |
|---|---|
| Job | 481 |
| 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. 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. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the dissipating rings leave behind faint, structural glowing wakes that briefly illuminate the flow. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the structural glowing wakes should ripple and momentarily brighten before dissipating into the deep background. Revise: the same slow, ethereal cosmic environment, and this time the structural glowing wakes settle after dissipating, momentarily forming faint, complex filamentous webbing patterns in the deep background. |
| Brief | The canvas displays a slow, continuous, and ethereal cosmic environment. Streams of translucent, overlapping circles flow across the depth of the canvas. These structures are accompanied by luminous trails and dissipating rings of light. The central visual dynamic involves structural glowing wakes, which briefly illuminate the flow before settling and settling into complex, faint filamentous webbing patterns that persist in the deep background. The entire scene is a meditative, constant flow of light and structural pattern evolution. |
| Statement | This sketch creates a meditative cosmic environment through the continuous flow of translucent, overlapping circles that move across the canvas. The visual dynamics center on glowing wakes and dissipating light trails that form complex, faint filamentous patterns in the background. The system uses a combination of particle systems and streaming elements to simulate the sensation of deep space movement—where light structures appear and fade in an endless cycle of creation and dissolution. The result is a serene, evolving landscape of cosmic motion where patterns emerge from simple rules, evoking the quiet complexity of celestial phenomena. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | motion(idle) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass |
| Attempts | 1 |
| Prompt tokens | 2195 |
| Completion tokens | 1170 |
| Wall seconds | 114.962 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 436 · children 585 · generation 15 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-09-16T14:16:36Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-09-16T14:28:30Z |
| Publish commit | a1206b425b26697a39dccde0438bdb67cb6e4cc5 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 480, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/480/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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