Line from entry 20
11 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 20 published generation 0
a self portrait in three point perspective
Revise: the same geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time introduce a subtle chromatic gradient across the background planes — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 32 rejected · operator generation 1
Revise: the same geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes reveal subtle shifts in color saturation and reflectivity. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 493 published generation 1
Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes reveal crisp, faceted edges that catch the ambient light dramatically. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 600 published generation 2
Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 686 published generation 3
Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 740 published generation 4
Revise: the same geometrically abstracted self-portrait, and this time the planar facets reflect the light source more intensely, increasing the dramatic contrast across the form. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 805 published generation 5
Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined, directional shadow lines that cut across the form. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 855 published generation 6
Revise: the same highly abstracted, geometrically rendered self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planar facets reveal minute textural variations in their specular highlights. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 907 published generation 7
Revise: the same highly abstracted self-portrait, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined shadow lines that carve out the geometry. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 964 published generation 8
Revise: the same self-portrait built entirely of interlocking, abstracted planar facets, and this time the interlocking planes emphasize the depth through hyper-defined, directional shadow gradients. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1003 not published generation 9
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 9 — 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).