sketchgen

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

Line from entry 430

6 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 430 published generation 0

graffiti app

Revise: the same layered mural, and this time a change in paint viscosity — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 476 rejected · automatic generation 1

Revise: the same layered, overlapping art, and this time the strokes should consistently form parallel lines. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 553 published generation 1

Revise: the same layered drawing experience, and this time the strokes should be consistently oriented horizontally. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 644 rejected · operator generation 2

Revise: flip: a pattern formed by continuous physical sanding, where only the absence of graphite residue is visible, driven by intricate brass gears and synchronized cams. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1942 published generation 2

Revise: carry: Ghostly paths of absence given to a layered stained-glass window, constructed from overlapping pieces of cut paper — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 2146 not published generation 3

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

generation 3 — 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).