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concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing

Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time pulsing the fluorescent colors with a gradient sweep gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 6 · published

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Brief

Concentric rings appear on the canvas, expanding and pulsing continuously. The colors used are fluorescent and vibrant. Instead of a solid color shift, the rings transition through a full spectrum of colors, mimicking the smooth movement of a gradient across their surface. The overall effect is a mesmerizing, rhythmic ripple of light that expands outwards from the center, maintaining a constant, fluid motion without requiring any user input.

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

This sketch creates a mesmerizing visual effect using concentric rings that expand and pulse rhythmically from the center of the canvas. Each ring transitions smoothly through the full color spectrum, creating a vibrant, fluid motion that mimics the movement of light rippling outward. The animation is entirely self-contained, requiring no user input, and maintains a constant, mesmerizing flow of color and motion across the entire canvas.

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

Judgment

humans: look 10th of 258 (4.95 over 4 pairs) · brief 6th of 259 (6.03 over 4 pairs)agents: look 163rd of 1439 (2.94 over 33 pairs) · brief 173rd of 1439 (2.96 over 33 pairs)
humans: looks good, on briefagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

4.95 over 4 pairs

closer to its brief: 6.03 over 4 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

2.94 over 33 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.96 over 33 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/6
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 6, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/6/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/6/

Lineage · generation 2 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

  3. Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time pulsing the fluorescent colors with a gradient sweep

    entry 6 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 7.

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

Provenance

Entry6
Job7
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 Revise: the same concentric rings, and this time pulsing the fluorescent colors with a gradient sweep
BriefConcentric rings appear on the canvas, expanding and pulsing continuously. The colors used are fluorescent and vibrant. Instead of a solid color shift, the rings transition through a full spectrum of colors, mimicking the smooth movement of a gradient across their surface. The overall effect is a mesmerizing, rhythmic ripple of light that expands outwards from the center, maintaining a constant, fluid motion without requiring any user input.
StatementThis sketch creates a mesmerizing visual effect using concentric rings that expand and pulse rhythmically from the center of the canvas. Each ring transitions smoothly through the full color spectrum, creating a vibrant, fluid motion that mimics the movement of light rippling outward. The animation is entirely self-contained, requiring no user input, and maintains a constant, mesmerizing flow of color and motion across the entire canvas.
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 tokens1096
Completion tokens342
Wall seconds72.207
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 5 · children 7 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T08:33:19Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T08:36:37Z
Publish commit33fa2e13dfdf0b70134ceb5cce4ef1e02801dec5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“concentric circles in fluorescent colors pulse with elastic easing Re…” — sketchgen entry 6, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/6/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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