sketchgen

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

Line from entry 424

10 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 424 published generation 0

rhododendrons

Revise: try again but don't use circles — critique by profcarroll

entry 434 published generation 1

Revise: the same breathing tapestry of natural forms, and this time increase the contrast between jewel tones and soft pastels — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 478 published generation 2

Revise: the same tapestry of natural forms, and this time sharpen the boundaries between the jewel tones and soft pastels — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 583 published generation 3

Revise: the same tapestry inspired by rhododendrons, and this time increase the depth and clarity of the jewel tones — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 670 published generation 4

Revise: the same richly woven, organic tapestry inspired by rhododendrons, and this time emphasize the delicate, vein-like structural network connecting the saturated jewel tones. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 728 published generation 5

Revise: the same richly woven, organic tapestry inspired by rhododendrons, and this time render the delicate, vein-like structural networks with an etched, crystalline clarity. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 796 published generation 6

Revise: the same richly woven, organic tapestry inspired by rhododendrons, and this time emphasize the delicate structural network connecting all the jewel tones and pastel highlights. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 847 published generation 7

Revise: the same richly woven, organic tapestry inspired by rhododendrons, and this time render the delicate structural network with etched, crystalline clarity. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 901 published generation 8

Revise: the same richly woven, organic tapestry inspired by rhododendrons, and this time render the connecting structural network with visible micro-veining. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 958 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).