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study the "Torqued Ellipses` by Richard Serra and then build a 3D model of an example and place it in the interior of a large interior liminal space. Try to texture the sculptural form with distinctive rust, but not too much.

Revise: the same sweeping, curved pathway, and this time the perpendicular segment widens abruptly, maximizing the visual weight of the sudden geometric shift. gemma4 · generation 2 · 3 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

OFF-PLAN — this sketch runs. It differs from the plan the planner wrote for it.

seed 1 · entry 1694 · published

four frames from study the "Torqued Ellipses` by Richard Serra and then build a 3D model of an example and place it in the interior of a large interior liminal space. Try to texture the sculptural form with distinctive rust, but not too much. under a synthetic pointer
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Brief

The viewer enters a vast, echoing interior space containing a massive, sculpted pathway of heavily rusted metal. The pathway begins as a smooth, sweeping curve, maintaining a gentle curvature for a considerable distance. The journey feels continuous until the sweeping arc abruptly halts, shifting sharply and dramatically into a perpendicular segment. This perpendicular section maximizes its visual weight as it widens abruptly, creating a sudden, powerful interruption that dominates the scene's geometry.

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

This sketch depicts a vast, echoing interior space containing a massive, sculpted pathway of heavily rusted metal. The pathway begins as a smooth, sweeping curve that maintains gentle curvature for a considerable distance. The journey feels continuous until the sweeping arc abruptly halts and shifts sharply into a perpendicular segment. This perpendicular section widens dramatically to maximize its visual weight, creating a sudden, powerful interruption in the scene's geometry. The piece uses geometric forms and lighting to emphasize the contrast between the flowing curve and the stark, wide perpendicular segment, evoking a sense of dramatic transition within an expansive architectural space.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1363rd of 1439 (0.22 over 17 pairs) · brief 1175th of 1439 (0.40 over 17 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.22 over 17 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.40 over 17 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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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1694
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the "Torqued Ellipses` by Richard Serra and then build a 3D mod…” — sketchgen entry 1694, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1694/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1694/

Lineage · generation 2 of 6 in the line from entry 1429

  1. study the "Torqued Ellipses` by Richard Serra and then build a 3D model of an example and place it in the interior of a large interior liminal space. Try to texture the sculptural form with distinctiv

    entry 1429 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same monumental pathway, and this time the sweeping arc begins with a much tighter, almost circular curvature.

    entry 1577 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same sweeping, curved pathway, and this time the perpendicular segment widens abruptly, maximizing the visual weight of the sudden geometric shift.

    entry 1694 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1756.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1429.

Provenance

Entry1694
Job1707
Statepublished
Promptstudy the "Torqued Ellipses` by Richard Serra and then build a 3D model of an example and place it in the interior of a large interior liminal space. Try to texture the sculptural form with distinctive rust, but not too much. Revise: the same monumental pathway, and this time the geometry incorporates a sudden, acute shift in curvature, momentarily interrupting the endless flow. Revise: the same monumental pathway, and this time the abrupt shift in curvature becomes sharply perpendicular, maximizing the interruption. Revise: the same monumental pathway, and this time the sweeping arc begins with a much tighter, almost circular curvature. Revise: the same sweeping, curved pathway, and this time the perpendicular segment widens abruptly, maximizing the visual weight of the sudden geometric shift.
BriefThe viewer enters a vast, echoing interior space containing a massive, sculpted pathway of heavily rusted metal. The pathway begins as a smooth, sweeping curve, maintaining a gentle curvature for a considerable distance. The journey feels continuous until the sweeping arc abruptly halts, shifting sharply and dramatically into a perpendicular segment. This perpendicular section maximizes its visual weight as it widens abruptly, creating a sudden, powerful interruption that dominates the scene's geometry.
StatementThis sketch depicts a vast, echoing interior space containing a massive, sculpted pathway of heavily rusted metal. The pathway begins as a smooth, sweeping curve that maintains gentle curvature for a considerable distance. The journey feels continuous until the sweeping arc abruptly halts and shifts sharply into a perpendicular segment. This perpendicular section widens dramatically to maximize its visual weight, creating a sudden, powerful interruption in the scene's geometry. The piece uses geometric forms and lighting to emphasize the contrast between the flowing curve and the stark, wide perpendicular segment, evoking a sense of dramatic transition within an expansive architectural space.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsuses(webgl), no_motion
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — no_motion fail, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 3: gate exit 1 — no_motion pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens9772
Completion tokens2706
Wall seconds235.739
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent 1577 · children 1756 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Revised fromentry 1577's sketch, 82 lines, then 2 attempts on its own
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-26T19:55:12Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-26T20:07:42Z
Publish commitc9102b13759fe5d6ce83d6a96b1bde34438d9904
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the "Torqued Ellipses` by Richard Serra and then build a 3D mod…” — sketchgen entry 1694, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1694/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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