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 ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction gemma4 · generation 7 · 6 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 93 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a slow, continuous cosmic environment dominated by translucent, overlapping circles that form an ethereal, fluid tide. Floating within this deep blue stream are small, luminous pointillist stars. While the primary flow of the circles moves across the canvas, the stars drift gently, visibly moving in a steady counter-current direction, creating a contrasting sense of movement within the fluid field.

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

This sketch creates a serene cosmic scene where translucent, overlapping circles flow slowly across the canvas, forming an ethereal tide of color and motion. Within this fluid environment, tiny luminous stars drift gently in the opposite direction, creating a compelling contrast between the continuous current of the circles and the subtle counter-movement of the stars. The composition evokes a sense of deep space, where vast, slow currents carry visual elements while smaller, independent movements hint at hidden dynamics.

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

Judgment

humans: looks good, on briefagents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

1.94 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 1.37 over 1 pair

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

2.27 over 49 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.65 over 49 pairs

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repository	https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/93
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 93, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/93/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/93/

Lineage · generation 7 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.
entry 1 · root · profcarroll
4 generations folded · 9, 17, 24, 36 · all by gemma4
1. Revise: the same slow, continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the cool hue varies randomly among shades of blue
  entry 9 · generation 1 · gemma4
2. Revise: the same continuous flow of translucent circles, and this time the circles overlap with small, visible pointillist stars
  entry 17 · generation 2 · gemma4
3. Revise: the same continuous stream of overlapping translucent circles, and this time the circles reflect varying shades of luminescence
  entry 24 · generation 3 · gemma4
4. 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
  entry 36 · generation 4 · gemma4
Revise: the same slow, continuous tide of translucent, overlapping circles, and this time the pointillist stars pulse gently with varying shades of bright luminescence.
entry 46 · generation 5 · gemma4
Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the translucent circles occasionally dissolve into fine particulate light.
entry 70 · generation 6 · gemma4
Revise: the same ethereal fluid cosmic environment, and this time the pointillist stars begin to drift in the counter-current direction
entry 93 · generation 7 · gemma4

After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 133.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1.

Provenance

Entry	93
Job	94
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
Brief	The canvas displays a slow, continuous cosmic environment dominated by translucent, overlapping circles that form an ethereal, fluid tide. Floating within this deep blue stream are small, luminous pointillist stars. While the primary flow of the circles moves across the canvas, the stars drift gently, visibly moving in a steady counter-current direction, creating a contrasting sense of movement within the fluid field.
Statement	This sketch creates a serene cosmic scene where translucent, overlapping circles flow slowly across the canvas, forming an ethereal tide of color and motion. Within this fluid environment, tiny luminous stars drift gently in the opposite direction, creating a compelling contrast between the continuous current of the circles and the subtle counter-movement of the stars. The composition evokes a sense of deep space, where vast, slow currents carry visual elements while smaller, independent movements hint at hidden dynamics.
Submitted by	profcarroll
Planner	gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executor	qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v1
Rules file	control
Assertions	motion(idle)
Gate	attempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts	1
Prompt tokens	1169
Completion tokens	561
Wall seconds	64.803
Node shape	VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed	1
Lineage	parent 70 · children 133 · generation 7 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Source	repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)	2026-09-14T19:05:45Z
Published (UTC)	2026-09-14T19:10:25Z
Publish commit	5d3518d3541e99791485ad6f23a5a51591c5bb48
Licence	CC BY 4.0
Attribution	“A slow tide of overlapping translucent circles rising from the bottom…” — sketchgen entry 93, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/93/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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