sketchgen

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

Line from entry 1092

5 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 1092 published generation 0

rastaman vibration

Revise: the same concentric rings pulsing rhythmically, and this time expanding the color palette to include bright gold and vibrant green. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1151 published generation 1

Revise: the same concentric rings pulsing rhythmically, and this time shifting the center pulse to move in a figure-eight pattern. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1186 published generation 2

Revise: carry: Fluid, cyclical pulsing given to subterranean magma flow, seen from a satellite. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1987 published generation 3

Revise: carry: Rhythmic, contained energy pulsing given to a network of luminous freshwater roots, wet ink on newsprint — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2178 published generation 4

generation 4 — 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).