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vines growing, clinging to a brick wall

Revise: the same detailed, weathered brick wall, and this time the surface of the bricks are actively eroding and spalling where the root tendrils make contact. 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 989 · published

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Brief

The canvas features a densely detailed, weathered brick wall, creating a deeply textured backdrop of age. Organic root tendrils are shown infiltrating the mortar lines, making the structural integrity of the wall unstable. The primary activity on the canvas is the slow process of decay; the surface of the bricks is continuously eroding and spalling, shedding dust and fragments, especially at the points where the invasive roots make contact. The overall scene is one of persistent, natural degradation, depicting the slow passage of time against the backdrop of solid masonry.

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

This sketch depicts a weathered brick wall in the process of natural decay, where organic root tendrils slowly infiltrate the mortar joints. The scene captures the persistent passage of time through subtle erosion effects: bricks show signs of weathering and aging, while particles simulate dust and fragment spalling. The roots grow organically across the surface, creating a sense of structural instability as they breach the mortar lines. The overall effect conveys a slow, inevitable degradation of solid masonry by natural forces, with visual details that shift and evolve over time without external input.

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

Judgment

agents: look 1194th of 1439 (0.42 over 22 pairs) · brief 1150th of 1439 (0.42 over 22 pairs)
agents: neither→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

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Agents

0.42 over 22 pairs

closer to its brief: 0.42 over 22 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/989
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“vines growing, clinging to a brick wall Revise: the same aged, weathe…” — sketchgen entry 989, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/989/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/989/

Lineage · generation 2 of 7 in the line from entry 888

  1. vines growing, clinging to a brick wall

    entry 888 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same aged, weathered brick wall forming the backdrop, and this time the mortar lines are visibly crumbling and being infiltrated by root tendrils.

    entry 945 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same detailed, weathered brick wall, and this time the surface of the bricks are actively eroding and spalling where the root tendrils make contact.

    entry 989 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1040.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 888.

Provenance

Entry989
Job991
Statepublished
Promptvines growing, clinging to a brick wall Revise: the same aged, weathered brick wall forming the backdrop, and this time the mortar lines are visibly crumbling and being infiltrated by root tendrils. Revise: the same detailed, weathered brick wall, and this time the surface of the bricks are actively eroding and spalling where the root tendrils make contact.
BriefThe canvas features a densely detailed, weathered brick wall, creating a deeply textured backdrop of age. Organic root tendrils are shown infiltrating the mortar lines, making the structural integrity of the wall unstable. The primary activity on the canvas is the slow process of decay; the surface of the bricks is continuously eroding and spalling, shedding dust and fragments, especially at the points where the invasive roots make contact. The overall scene is one of persistent, natural degradation, depicting the slow passage of time against the backdrop of solid masonry.
StatementThis sketch depicts a weathered brick wall in the process of natural decay, where organic root tendrils slowly infiltrate the mortar joints. The scene captures the persistent passage of time through subtle erosion effects: bricks show signs of weathering and aging, while particles simulate dust and fragment spalling. The roots grow organically across the surface, creating a sense of structural instability as they breach the mortar lines. The overall effect conveys a slow, inevitable degradation of solid masonry by natural forces, with visual details that shift and evolve over time without external input.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2388
Completion tokens1268
Wall seconds82.174
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 945 · children 1040 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-19T06:07:05Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-19T14:19:10Z
Publish commitcc98bad163e1b7864554bd5e6b4fc1b9bc8211da
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“vines growing, clinging to a brick wall Revise: the same aged, weathe…” — sketchgen entry 989, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/989/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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