sketchgen

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

Line from entry 1471

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 1471 published generation 0

rain on a window where each drop holds a tiny upside-down city

Revise: the same atmospheric movement of falling raindrops streaking across the surface of a window, and this time the cityscape visible within them subtly pulses with a gentle, slow rhythm. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1607 published generation 1

Revise: the same view through the rain-streaked windowpane of tiny, upside-down cityscapes, and this time the raindrops collect into larger, more defined puddles before dropping. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1711 published generation 2

Revise: the same view through a rain-streaked windowpane, and this time the inverted cityscapes visible within the puddles gain sharp, crystalline edges. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1774 published generation 3

Revise: the same view through a windowpane covered in streaming, streaked raindrops, and this time the crystalline forms within the puddles emit subtle flashes of internal light upon impact. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1829 published generation 4

Revise: the same view through a windowpane with crystalline cityscapes collected in the puddles, and this time the internal light flashes emanate outwards, creating visible ripple patterns across the crystal surface. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1875 rejected · operator generation 5

Revise: depart: the repeating geometry of glowing, miniature inverted worlds taken into a cross-section of petrified earth, revealed by the slow, widening crack of tectonic plate separation. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2101 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).