sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

Line from entry 104

25 entries in this line. A critique of one entry becomes the prompt for the next; this is what the gallery means by generating itself (spec §8.1).

entry 104 rejected · operator generation 0

safari landscape

Revise: redraw without water safari is typically associated to arrid enviornments and the acacia tree, — critique by profcarroll

entry 109 published generation 1

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time deep terracotta earth tones replacing the dusty browns — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 159 published generation 2

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time fewer low scrub shapes — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 218 published generation 3

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time slight dust devils drifting across the terracotta ground — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 262 published generation 4

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the contrast between the terracotta ground and the beige sky — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 305 published generation 5

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time enhancing the texture of the terracotta ground with visible cracks and fissures — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 340 published generation 6

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time having the faint dust devils gather into larger, more organized swirling patterns. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 386 rejected · operator generation 7

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time the visible cracks and fissures should become wider and more sharply defined. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 546 published generation 7

Revise: reconsider the depiction of the sky and lack of texture on the earth — critique by profcarroll

entry 388 published generation 8

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time increasing the size and frequency of the drifting dust devils across the cracked ground — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 637 published generation 8

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time establishing a more pronounced, distant rock formation breaking the horizon line. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 445 published generation 9

Revise: the same arid expanse, and this time introducing patches of lighter, dried sediment dust settling into the cracks and fissures. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 770 published generation 9

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time casting the light at a lower angle to exaggerate the shadows within the cracks and fissures. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 486 published generation 10

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time having the drifting dust devils leave visible sediment trails across the cracked ground. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 826 published generation 10

Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the cracks and fissures. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 596 published generation 11

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time the visible sediment dust patches settled into the cracks and fissures should appear more brittle and sparsely distributed. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 876 published generation 11

Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the cracks and fissures. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 682 published generation 12

Revise: the same arid landscape, and this time the cracks and fissures should display greater depth and darker shadows. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 934 rejected · operator generation 12

Revise: depart: the slow, patterned dissolution of monolithic, weathered stone facades, where mineral dust and fragments fall sequentially like a row of falling dominoes. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1969 rejected · operator generation 12

Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time the distant rock formation is softened and veiled by atmospheric haze. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 754 published generation 13

Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time making the faint dust devils appear larger and more turbulent. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 816 published generation 14

Revise: the same arid savanna, and this time intensifying the contrast between the deep terracotta ground and the shadows cast by the fissures. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 866 published generation 15

Revise: the same arid savanna expanse, and this time deepening the dramatic shadows within the visible cracks and fissures. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 926 rejected · operator generation 16

Revise: depart: the branching, stressed patterns of deep earth fissures taken into a detailed biological circulatory map, embroidered onto a medieval tapestry, seen at close scale. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1967 not published generation 16

This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.

generation 16 — waits for a person

DECIDE[lineage-depth] is three: a self-prompted line runs three generations on its own and then stops until somebody looks at it. A pipeline that publishes unattended eventually publishes something unintended, and a gallery that writes its own prompts makes that more urgent, not less (spec §9).