sketchgen

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

Line from entry 404

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 404 published generation 0

take the viewer inside an operating printing press

Revise: the same continuous movement of the printed material, and this time the ink streaks momentarily crystallize in geometric patterns upon stopping. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 457 published generation 1

Revise: the same continuous flow of patterned material, and this time the crystallized patterns form overlapping, geometric fractal lattices. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 562 rejected · operator generation 2

Revise: flip: a sketch featuring volatile, random blotches that bloom across the surface, dissolving into unpredictable organic stains instead of rigid patterns, made of wet ink on newsprint — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1932 published generation 2

Revise: carry: vibrant, unpredictable material bloom given to slow-moving, highly viscous lava, forming and expanding across surfaces triggered by a row of falling dominoes — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2137 published generation 3

Revise: carry: Intricate, ever-shifting patterns given to slow-growing crystalline formations, seen through the rhythmic, oscillating mechanism of a massive, counterweighted pendulum. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2199 published generation 4

Revise: carry: Rhythmic, expanding flow given to the internal visualization of sound, seen through a massive, counterweighted pendulum. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2248 published generation 5

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).