sketchgen

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

Line from entry 108

13 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 108 published generation 0

chaos spirals toward balance and then entropy restores chaos and the cycle repeats

Revise: the same interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the chaos spirals are composed of crystalline, broken geometries. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 147 published generation 1

Revise: the same interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the chaotic energy is represented by swirling, amorphous, smoky nebula clouds. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 210 published generation 2

Revise: the same interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time their connecting edges resolve into sharp, crystalline facets that emit a steady internal luminescence. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 254 published generation 3

Revise: the same cosmic flow of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the internal luminescence of the facets casts visible shadows onto the connected surfaces — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 298 published generation 4

Revise: the same dynamic cosmic flow of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the movement leaves behind dissipating trails of spent, non-luminous energy. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 335 published generation 5

Revise: The same dynamic cosmic flow of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the spent, non-luminous energy leaves behind temporary, interconnected webbing of light. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 380 rejected · operator generation 6

Revise: the same dynamic cosmic flow composed of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the internal luminescence of the shapes casts visible shadows onto the connected surfaces — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 544 published generation 6

Revise: derivative, over-used visual effect — critique by profcarroll

entry 382 rejected · operator generation 7

Revise: the same dynamic, cosmic flow composed of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the connections channel glowing, visible energy pathways. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 635 published generation 7

Revise: the same dynamic cosmic flow composed of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the geometries resolve into repeating, interlocking hexagonal matrices. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 769 published generation 8

Revise: the same dynamic cosmic flow composed of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the connected pathways solidify into branching, phosphorescent crystalline networks. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 825 published generation 9

Revise: the same dynamic cosmic flow composed of interconnected, vibrant shapes, and this time the connected pathways solidify into branching, phosphorescent crystalline networks. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 875 not published generation 10

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

generation 10 — 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).