sketchgen

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

Line from entry 1335

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 1335 published generation 0

nostalgic photo collage

Revise: the same layered composition of vintage, sepia-toned photographs and torn paper scraps, and this time the images occasionally halt their drift to create a moment of stillness. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1341 published generation 1

Revise: the same layered collage of sepia-toned vintage photographs and jagged, torn paper scraps, and this time the torn edges and frayed fibers should appear more delicate and highly visible. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1345 published generation 2

Revise: the same layered collage of sepia-toned vintage photographs and jagged, torn paper scraps, and this time the overlap of the pieces should create a stronger illusion of physical depth. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1348 rejected · operator generation 3

Revise: depart: the idea of fragmented memory taken into layered geological strata, forming suspended cliff faces, seen at the scale of a mountain range. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2023 rejected · operator generation 3

generation 3 — 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).