sketchgen

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

Line from entry 1384

7 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 1384 published generation 0

rhododendrons

Revise: the same dense, lush field of rhododendrons, and this time with the individual blooms flowing in slow, rhythmic currents. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1544 published generation 1

Revise: the same dense, lush field of rhododendrons, and this time with the individual blooms settling into pockets of still, reflective water. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1689 published generation 2

Revise: the same dense, lush field of rhododendrons, and this time the individual blooms settle into rigid, sculptural clusters floating above the still, glassy water. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1752 published generation 3

Revise: the same tapestry of rhododendron blooms and foliage, and this time the ripple causes the water surface to gather into visible, marbled currents, distorting the reflection in swirling shapes. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1807 published generation 4

Revise: the same dense, vivid tapestry of rhododendron foliage and blooms hanging over a glassy pond, and this time the ripples grow into forceful waves that violently scatter the reflected light. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1853 not published generation 5

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

Revise: depart: The principle of organic refraction, where solid forms fragment into swirling color, applied to a tessellated stained glass panel, creating dynamic patterns of geometric light, as a 1920s Bauhaus exercise. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2091 not published generation 5

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

generation 5 — 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).