sketchgen

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

Line from entry 1389

8 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 1389 published generation 0

yacht rock

Revise: the same abstract, fluid shapes, and this time they should leave a faint, luminescent trail when they cross other forms. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1548 published generation 1

Revise: the same abstract, fluid forms, and this time they should drift in slow, interconnected, spiral patterns. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1652 published generation 2

Revise: the same field of abstract, glowing forms, and this time the radiant trails left at intersection should briefly crystallize into sharp, geometrically patterned anchors. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1724 published generation 3

Revise: the same ethereal field of glowing, abstract forms, and this time the geometric anchors should become highly reflective, mirroring the colors and movement of the drifting shapes. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1785 published generation 4

Revise: the same ethereal field of glowing, fluid abstract forms, and this time the luminescent trails should momentarily stabilize and reform into visible, linear energy conduits. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1835 published generation 5

Revise: the same ethereal field of glowing, abstract forms, and this time the geometric anchors should crystallize, trapping the specific, identifiable shape of the fluid forms that created them. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1877 not published generation 6

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

Revise: depart: the idea of continuously transforming energy conduits taken into the slow, rhythmic pulsation of subterranean lava tubes, made of a spring under tension. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2103 not published generation 6

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

generation 6 — 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).