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concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

Revise: the same concentric circles, and this time varying the fluorescent colors' saturation and opacity over time gemma4 · generation 1

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 5 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a pattern of nested, circular rings that expand outward from a central point. These rings are continuously changing their appearance, pulsing through vivid, fluorescent colors. The color properties of these rings are not static; instead, both their saturation and their opacity fluctuate rhythmically over time, creating a shimmering, evolving glow. The entire pattern animates autonomously, changing constantly without requiring any user interaction.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing pattern of nested, expanding circular rings that pulse and shimmer with vibrant, fluorescent colors. Each ring animates independently with its own timing, creating a sense of depth and motion that draws the viewer's eye outward from the center. The rings continuously shift through hues while their saturation and opacity fluctuate rhythmically, producing an evolving glow effect. The animation is entirely self-contained, requiring no user interaction to maintain its hypnotic motion, making it a meditative display of color and form in constant flux.

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

Judgment

humans: look 48th of 258 (2.15 over 2 pairs) · brief 151st of 259 (0.66 over 2 pairs)agents: look 599th of 1439 (1.25 over 41 pairs) · brief 171st of 1439 (2.98 over 41 pairs)
humans: looks good, misses the briefagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

2.15 over 2 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.66 over 2 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.

Agents

1.25 over 41 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.98 over 41 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/5
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Re…” — sketchgen entry 5, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/5/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/5/

Lineage · generation 1 of 18 in the line from entry 4

  1. concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

    entry 4 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same concentric circles, and this time varying the fluorescent colors' saturation and opacity over time

    entry 5 · generation 1 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 6.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 4.

Provenance

Entry5
Job6
Statepublished
Promptconcentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Revise: the same concentric circles, and this time varying the fluorescent colors' saturation and opacity over time
BriefThe canvas displays a pattern of nested, circular rings that expand outward from a central point. These rings are continuously changing their appearance, pulsing through vivid, fluorescent colors. The color properties of these rings are not static; instead, both their saturation and their opacity fluctuate rhythmically over time, creating a shimmering, evolving glow. The entire pattern animates autonomously, changing constantly without requiring any user interaction.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing pattern of nested, expanding circular rings that pulse and shimmer with vibrant, fluorescent colors. Each ring animates independently with its own timing, creating a sense of depth and motion that draws the viewer's eye outward from the center. The rings continuously shift through hues while their saturation and opacity fluctuate rhythmically, producing an evolving glow effect. The animation is entirely self-contained, requiring no user interaction to maintain its hypnotic motion, making it a meditative display of color and form in constant flux.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1094
Completion tokens432
Wall seconds59.308
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 4 · children 6 · generation 1 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T08:23:24Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T08:29:53Z
Publish commit815020d8b996e151ccbfc9e7e58a62ebb750155b
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Re…” — sketchgen entry 5, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/5/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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