arxiv: 2603.19500 · v2 · submitted 2026-03-19 · 💻 cs.AI · cs.CV· cs.GR· cs.LG

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Teaching an Agent to Sketch One Part at a Time

Xiaodan Du , Ruize Xu , David Yunis , Yael Vinker , Greg Shakhnarovich

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keywords vector sketchestext-to-sketchreinforcement learningpart annotationsmulti-modal agentssketch generationcontrollable generation

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The pith

Training an agent on part-level sketch data with visual feedback yields controllable and locally editable text-to-vector generation.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops a way to generate vector sketches sequentially, one semantic part at a time, instead of producing the full image in a single step. It trains a multi-modal language model agent first through supervised fine-tuning and then with multi-turn process-reward reinforcement learning. The training relies on a new dataset called ControlSketch-Part whose part annotations come from an automatic segmentation pipeline. A sympathetic reader would care because the resulting sketches support local edits and clearer control from ordinary text prompts, which could make AI drawing tools more practical for iterative design work.

Core claim

Incorporating structured part-level data and providing the agent with visual feedback through the generation process enables interpretable, controllable, and locally editable text-to-vector sketch generation.

What carries the argument

Multi-modal language model agent trained with multi-turn process-reward reinforcement learning after supervised fine-tuning, using the ControlSketch-Part dataset produced by an automatic part-segmentation pipeline.

If this is right

Text prompts can direct the creation of sketches whose individual semantic parts remain distinct and editable after generation.
The agent learns to build sketches step by step, giving users finer control over the final result.
Local changes to one part can be made without regenerating or altering the rest of the sketch.
The generation process becomes more transparent because each step corresponds to a recognizable semantic unit.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same part-by-part training pattern could be tested on other vector or raster generation tasks to see whether editability improves there as well.
Breaking the drawing task into ordered parts may reduce the need for very large models by letting the agent focus on smaller sub-problems at each turn.
Interactive interfaces could let users supply corrective feedback on one part while the agent continues the remaining sequence.

Load-bearing premise

The automatic annotation pipeline correctly segments vector sketches into accurate semantic parts and assigns the right paths to each part.

What would settle it

User studies showing that part-based outputs are no more editable or controllable than ordinary one-shot sketch models on the same prompts would falsify the central claim.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2603.19500 by David Yunis, Greg Shakhnarovich, Ruize Xu, Xiaodan Du, Yael Vinker.

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: An illustration of our automated part annotation pipeline. The same VLM is used to produce part designations and assignments in some stages and to critique these assignments and suggest improvements in other stages. Green check marks indicate outputs retained in the final dataset. SketchAgent’s zero-shot nature constrains it to doodle-style outputs that cannot be adapted to higher visual fidelity or speci… view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Examples from the ControlSketch-Part dataset. We show part decomposition for 4 sketches with various objects and number of parts. The actual caption and part descriptions are shown for the rightmost sketch. The black text is the overall caption. The color-coded part descriptions and stroke groups demonstrate the part-level semantic annotations. for (4), and is asked to identify incorrect path assignments … view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: The visualization of the training pipeline. The task of generating vector sketches based on text prompts is split into multiple turns. Blue arrows: sequential computation; red arrows: loss. Cross-entropy loss and DreamSim reward are used at training signal at SFT and RL stages, respectively. πθ is the policy model, i.e., our VLM. description of the next part, (4) descriptions of previously drawn parts of t… view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: The Long-CLIP cosine similarity across all tested models. The Ground Truth (GT) value and the Random value are the cosine similarity scores of text to the ground truth sketches from ControlSketch-Part and sketches of randomly sampled paths. \protect \operatorname {min}(r_g^t) and its trajectory will be terminated at the current step; in such a case, N and N_\text {gt} are the cumulative path count up to … view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: Pairwise preference studies conducted between our final model (SFT + RL) and the baselines. The title for each bar describes the baseline method that we are comparing against. The first column is the ablation between our final method (SFT + RL) versus the SFT only variant, which demonstrates the effectiveness of RL. 5.2 Experiment Results and Analysis Long-CLIP cosine similarity [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/f… view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: Qualitative comparison. Part-by-part generated samples are color-coded to illustrate different parts. One-shot generations are rendered in black. Samples in each group are generated with the same text input. Our model and training process do not rely on the class labels in any way, and we only show these for reference. Angel Astronaut Bear Bicycle Car Cat Chair Crab Dog Fish Horse Rabbit Robot Sculpture Wo… view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: Example outputs from Ours (SFT + RL) trained on ControlSketch-Part. Our model and training process do not rely on the class labels in any way, and we only show these for reference. complete object (e.g., car). It also struggles to capture the distinguishing features of certain animals (e.g., bear, cat, and dog). SDXL + SwiftSketch can produce smooth, naturalistic sketches (e.g., bike and car), but is hinde… view at source ↗

**Figure 9.** Figure 9: Additional progressive editing examples. Left: identical part descriptions with different initial canvasses lead to different outputs. Right: changing the description for an early part but keeping the subsequent part descriptions same produces two sketches with significant differences localized to the affected part [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_9.png] view at source ↗

read the original abstract

We develop a method for producing vector sketches one part at a time. To do this, we train a multi-modal language model-based agent using a novel multi-turn process-reward reinforcement learning following supervised fine-tuning. Our approach is enabled by a new dataset we call ControlSketch-Part, containing rich part-level annotations for sketches, obtained using a novel, generic automatic annotation pipeline that segments vector sketches into semantic parts and assigns paths to parts with a structured multi-stage labeling process. Our results indicate that incorporating structured part-level data and providing agent with the visual feedback through the process enables interpretable, controllable, and locally editable text-to-vector sketch generation.

Editorial analysis

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Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

The part-wise sketching agent and ControlSketch-Part dataset are a distinct angle on controllable generation, but the auto-annotation pipeline has no validation numbers and the abstract supplies no metrics.

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The paper trains a multi-modal LM agent to sketch vector drawings one semantic part at a time. It first does supervised fine-tuning, then applies multi-turn process-reward RL so the agent gets visual feedback after each part. The key enabler is ControlSketch-Part, built with an automatic pipeline that segments sketches and assigns paths via a multi-stage process. This is new relative to the sketch generation work cited in the abstract; prior methods do not break generation into explicit part sequences with process rewards. The goal of local editability and interpretability is practical for design tools. The framing is clear and the RL setup follows standard techniques without obvious circularity. The abstract claims the combination yields better controllability, which is plausible if the data is clean. The main weakness is the automatic pipeline. No precision, recall, or human-agreement numbers are given for how well it maps paths to parts. If the labels contain systematic errors, the RL objective will train on noise and the downstream claims about local edits will not hold. The abstract also gives no quantitative results, baselines, or error analysis, so the strength of the improvement is hard to judge from the provided text. This work is aimed at researchers in generative graphics and controllable sketch models. Someone already working on vector generation or RL for sequential tasks could extract useful ideas about process rewards and part-level data. It is worth sending to peer review because the problem is well-posed and the method differs from existing approaches, but the authors will need to add pipeline validation and concrete metrics before it can be evaluated properly.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper claims to develop a method for text-to-vector sketch generation in which a multi-modal language model agent produces sketches one semantic part at a time. The approach combines supervised fine-tuning with multi-turn process-reward reinforcement learning and is enabled by a new dataset (ControlSketch-Part) whose part-level annotations are produced by a novel automatic pipeline that segments vector sketches into semantic parts and assigns paths to those parts.

Significance. If the pipeline proves reliable and the empirical results hold, the work could advance controllable sketch generation by demonstrating that part-level supervision plus visual feedback during generation yields interpretable, locally editable outputs; this would address a recognized limitation of end-to-end text-to-sketch models.

major comments (2)

[§3] §3 (Dataset Construction): The automatic annotation pipeline is described only as a 'structured multi-stage labeling process' with no reported quantitative validation (precision, recall, IoU, or inter-annotator agreement) against human labels for either part segmentation or path-to-part assignment. Because the central claim that part-level data enables local editability rests entirely on the accuracy of this dataset, the absence of such metrics is load-bearing.
[§5] §5 (Experiments and Results): The abstract states that 'results indicate the benefits' of the approach, yet the manuscript supplies no quantitative metrics, baselines, ablation studies, or error analysis. Without these, the empirical support for the claims of improved interpretability and controllability cannot be assessed.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract] The abstract would be clearer if it included at least one concrete quantitative result or comparison that supports the stated benefits.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the detailed and constructive report. The two major comments identify genuine gaps in the current manuscript. We address each below and will revise the paper to incorporate the requested evidence.

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Referee: [§3] §3 (Dataset Construction): The automatic annotation pipeline is described only as a 'structured multi-stage labeling process' with no reported quantitative validation (precision, recall, IoU, or inter-annotator agreement) against human labels for either part segmentation or path-to-part assignment. Because the central claim that part-level data enables local editability rests entirely on the accuracy of this dataset, the absence of such metrics is load-bearing.

Authors: We agree that quantitative validation of the automatic pipeline is essential and was omitted from the submitted version. In the revision we will add a dedicated evaluation subsection that reports precision, recall, and IoU for semantic part segmentation and path-to-part assignment, computed against a held-out set of 200 human-annotated sketches. We will also report inter-annotator agreement (Cohen’s kappa) between two independent human labelers and the automatic pipeline. These metrics will be obtained from a new human study we have already begun. revision: yes
Referee: [§5] §5 (Experiments and Results): The abstract states that 'results indicate the benefits' of the approach, yet the manuscript supplies no quantitative metrics, baselines, ablation studies, or error analysis. Without these, the empirical support for the claims of improved interpretability and controllability cannot be assessed.

Authors: The submitted manuscript relies primarily on qualitative examples and visual comparisons. We acknowledge that this is insufficient to substantiate the claims. In the revised version we will add (i) quantitative metrics (e.g., part-level edit success rate, Fréchet Inception Distance on rendered sketches, and human preference scores for controllability), (ii) comparisons against two strong baselines (an end-to-end text-to-sketch model and a non-RL fine-tuned variant), and (iii) ablations isolating the contribution of the process-reward RL stage and the part-level supervision. An error analysis on failure cases will also be included. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in derivation chain

full rationale

The paper trains a multi-modal LM agent via supervised fine-tuning followed by multi-turn process-reward RL on the newly introduced ControlSketch-Part dataset. The dataset is produced by an external automatic annotation pipeline whose description contains no equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations that would make any downstream claim (interpretability, controllability, local editability) equivalent to its own inputs by construction. No load-bearing uniqueness theorems, ansatzes, or renamings appear; the central results are obtained by applying standard RL techniques to independently generated part-level supervision, rendering the derivation self-contained.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests primarily on the reliability of the automatic part-annotation pipeline and the effectiveness of visual feedback in the RL loop; no free parameters or invented entities are explicitly introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)

domain assumption The automatic annotation pipeline produces accurate semantic part labels and path assignments for vector sketches.
Dataset creation and subsequent training depend on this pipeline being reliable without reported validation metrics.

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The set of parts must be collectively exhaustive and complementary

Describe all visible details exhaustively in each part, with concise language. The set of parts must be collectively exhaustive and complementary

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When appropriate, prefer a finer-grained decomposition into meaningful parts, but do not split a single coherent part artificially

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a dog" or

Avoid high-level part such as "a dog" or "a woman"

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two lines

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You cannot have more than one parts describing the same or overlapping component of the object. I.e. **Information about the same part MUST be a single part**

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Do not explicitly mention strokes, lines, dots, or marks as such, but rather what they represent in the real world

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lines indicating legs

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expanded wings

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four legs

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facing left/right

Include details about the object's orientation, posture and motion when they are clearly depicted and visually distinctive. Note: " facing left/right" should mean facing the viewer's left/right, not the object's own left/right. The number of parts should be between <min_parts> and <max_parts>, inclusive. Teaching an Agent to Sketch One Part at a Time 3 Pr...

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Return your answer in JSON format with keys Path1, Path2, ..., PathK and values being the part label (e.g., Part1)

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Use only the provided part labels

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Each path must be assigned to exactly one part

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type": "object

All K paths must be assigned, and every provided part must be used at least once. Response Schema { "type": "object", "properties": {f"Path{i}": {"type": "string", "enum": [f"Part{i}" for i in range(1,num_parts+1)]} for i in range(1, K+1)}, "required": [f"Path{i}" for i in range(1, K+1)], } Step 5: Path Assignment Critique with Diagnostic Visualization Pr...

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Check compliance against each numbered requirement in the task prompt

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Verify semantic correctness between part descriptions and assigned colored paths

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For each part, reason about whether there are any paths incorrectly assigned or missing

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For each issue, give concrete fix suggestions (what paths should move and why)

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type": "object

If no problems are found, return empty issues and should_revise= false. Return ONLY JSON matching the schema. Response Schema { "type": "object", "properties": { "issues": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "type": {"type": "string"}, "severity": {"type": "string", "enum": ["low", " medium", "high"]}, "reason": {"type": "strin...

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Interpret visible marks, lines, and shapes as real-world object features, not as artistic or drawing elements

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Do not refer to the image as a sketch, drawing, or artwork

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Do not mention colors, materials, artistic style, linework, lighting, composition, camera, emotions, intent, or subjective qualities

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Do not add inferred, speculative, or imaginative details beyond what is directly visible

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Ignore isolated, clearly unintended marks or strokes that do not contribute to the main object structure

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Include only essential, clearly visible, and iconic information

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Focus exclusively on the visual content of the image

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8 X. Du et al. facing left/right

Include details about the object's orientation, posture and motion when they are clearly depicted and visually distinctive. Note: " 8 X. Du et al. facing left/right" should mean facing the viewer's left/right, not the object's own left/right

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ground-truth

Limit the caption to 25 words or fewer. Teaching an Agent to Sketch One Part at a Time 9 C Additional Part-by-Part Results Fig. A1:Additional part-by-part results of our model. Part descriptions and caption appear above each sketch’s cumulative frames, with newly added parts color-coded to match corresponding part labels. 10 X. Du et al. Fig. A2:Additiona...

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