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Organic Chrome refinement: Negative-Space Crop

Which model lane best preserves this isolated Organic Chrome fidelity direction?

Runs
9
Variable
provider/model lane
Prompt
oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-prompt v1.0

Protocol

Targeted continuation of the Organic Chrome campaign, isolating capsule-ended lamella geometry, fan-to-coil topology, emerald optical material, crop, and negative space.

Frozen prompt template

Square 1:1 abstract campaign image, no text or logo. Near-black green-black seamless field. One enormous asymmetrical procedural object occupies only the upper-right and right side: 48 to 72 separate smooth elongated glass lamellae, each a broad flattened capsule-ended ribbon rather than wire. They share a hidden origin beyond the top-right edge, fan leftward in dense parallel arcs, then the lower layers return into a cropped nested coil at bottom-right. The left 45 percent and lower-left remain almost empty darkness. Material is emerald-tinted optical resin with partial liquid-chrome reflection, transparent green body, dark green edges, mint and icy-cyan strip-light highlights, internal refraction, and crisp rounded surfaces. Extreme macro crop, structure exits top and right edges, no horizon or floor. Controlled ray-traced studio lighting, rich blacks, high contrast, slight analog scan softness. Composition priority: the object is aggressively cropped; its mass is anchored to the top-right corner, while an uninterrupted matte black-green void fills nearly half the frame on the left. Only a few rounded blade tips cross into center-left. The lower coil is cut off by the right and bottom edges. Editorial ad-layout restraint, no centered object, no pedestal, no floor, no vignette.

Review rubric

  • Prompt Adherence
  • Material Realism
  • Negative Space
  • Geometric Coherence
  • Campaign Readiness
  • Originality

Notes

3 unseeded repetitions per lane. Exact prompt is byte-identical within every provider/model comparison cell. External reference remains unpublished.

Evidence

Recorded runs

Generated specimen oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-2-0-01 oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-2-0-01
successGrok Imagine Image 2.0

Oc26r R4d Negative Space Crop Grok Imagine 2 0 01

Reviewed on the labeled refinement contact sheet against the unpublished operator reference. This run is retained as matrix evidence; model ranking is reported at campaign level.

Size
1024×1024
Seed
not exposed
Method
first party tool
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Generated specimen oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-2-0-02 oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-2-0-02
successGrok Imagine Image 2.0

Oc26r R4d Negative Space Crop Grok Imagine 2 0 02

Reviewed on the labeled refinement contact sheet against the unpublished operator reference. This run is retained as matrix evidence; model ranking is reported at campaign level.

Size
1024×1024
Seed
not exposed
Method
first party tool
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Generated specimen oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-2-0-03 oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-2-0-03
successGrok Imagine Image 2.0

Oc26r R4d Negative Space Crop Grok Imagine 2 0 03

Reviewed on the labeled refinement contact sheet against the unpublished operator reference. This run is retained as matrix evidence; model ranking is reported at campaign level.

Size
1024×1024
Seed
not exposed
Method
first party tool
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Generated specimen oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-quality-01 oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-quality-01
successGrok Imagine Quality

Oc26r R4d Negative Space Crop Grok Imagine Quality 01

Reviewed on the labeled refinement contact sheet against the unpublished operator reference. This run is retained as matrix evidence; model ranking is reported at campaign level.

Size
1024×1024
Seed
not exposed
Method
first party tool
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Generated specimen oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-quality-02 oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-quality-02
successGrok Imagine Quality

Oc26r R4d Negative Space Crop Grok Imagine Quality 02

Reviewed on the labeled refinement contact sheet against the unpublished operator reference. This run is retained as matrix evidence; model ranking is reported at campaign level.

Size
1024×1024
Seed
not exposed
Method
first party tool
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Generated specimen oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-quality-03 oc26r-r4d-negative-space-crop-grok-imagine-quality-03
successGrok Imagine Quality

Oc26r R4d Negative Space Crop Grok Imagine Quality 03

Reviewed on the labeled refinement contact sheet against the unpublished operator reference. This run is retained as matrix evidence; model ranking is reported at campaign level.

Size
1024×1024
Seed
not exposed
Method
first party tool
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