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a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova

Revise: revise this version but try to pass the critic, it's got potential profcarroll · 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.

heavy · 46 s to run This one is slow to draw, so it waits for a click rather than starting itself.

seed 1 · entry 64 · published

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Brief

The canvas depicts a boundless deep indigo expanse, simulating the vast emptiness of space. Countless points of light drift across the backdrop, performing constant, ethereal twinkles. These twinkling stars are underpinned by the soft, luminous blur of the Milky Way’s cosmic river. Occasionally, the scene is punctuated by sudden, brilliant bursts of color, simulating the momentary flare of a supernova. The overall composition shifts and drifts, providing a dynamic sense of immense cosmic depth and continuous, mesmerizing motion.

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

This sketch creates a cosmic landscape that simulates the vastness of space through a deep indigo backdrop populated by twinkling stars and subtle Milky Way glows. The composition uses layered rendering techniques to create depth, with stars moving at different speeds and sizes to suggest distance. Sudden color bursts represent supernova flares that punctuate the otherwise serene cosmos. The entire scene evolves autonomously without user input, creating an immersive, ever-changing celestial environment.

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

Judgment

agents: look 156th of 1439 (3.02 over 24 pairs) · brief 1032nd of 1439 (0.59 over 24 pairs)
agents: looks good, misses the brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

3.02 over 24 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.59 over 24 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.

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Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/64
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and th…” — sketchgen entry 64, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/64/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/64/

Lineage · generation 2 of 5 in the line from entry 10

  1. a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova

    entry 10 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same celestial tapestry, and this time having deep indigo undertones in the dark space between the stars

    entry 61 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: revise this version but try to pass the critic, it's got potential

    entry 64 · generation 2 · profcarroll


After this entry: 2 children

Children: entry 89, entry 498.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 10.

Provenance

Entry64
Job65
Statepublished
Prompta starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and the occasional supernova Revise: the same celestial tapestry, and this time having deep indigo undertones in the dark space between the stars Revise: revise this version but try to pass the critic, it's got potential
BriefThe canvas depicts a boundless deep indigo expanse, simulating the vast emptiness of space. Countless points of light drift across the backdrop, performing constant, ethereal twinkles. These twinkling stars are underpinned by the soft, luminous blur of the Milky Way’s cosmic river. Occasionally, the scene is punctuated by sudden, brilliant bursts of color, simulating the momentary flare of a supernova. The overall composition shifts and drifts, providing a dynamic sense of immense cosmic depth and continuous, mesmerizing motion.
StatementThis sketch creates a cosmic landscape that simulates the vastness of space through a deep indigo backdrop populated by twinkling stars and subtle Milky Way glows. The composition uses layered rendering techniques to create depth, with stars moving at different speeds and sizes to suggest distance. Sudden color bursts represent supernova flares that punctuate the otherwise serene cosmos. The entire scene evolves autonomously without user input, creating an immersive, ever-changing celestial environment.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1147
Completion tokens973
Wall seconds77.411
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 61 · children 89, 498 · generation 2 · critique by profcarroll
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-14T17:13:19Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-14T17:19:31Z
Publish commit81ca981fee270be67a39727ad73e713ea47b5e61
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a starscape with twinkling effects, the blur of the Milky Way, and th…” — sketchgen entry 64, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/64/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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