sketchgen

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

Line from entry 888

8 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 888 published generation 0

vines growing, clinging to a brick wall

Revise: the same aged, weathered brick wall forming the backdrop, and this time the mortar lines are visibly crumbling and being infiltrated by root tendrils. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 945 published generation 1

Revise: the same detailed, weathered brick wall, and this time the surface of the bricks are actively eroding and spalling where the root tendrils make contact. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 989 published generation 2

Revise: the same densely detailed, weathered brick wall, and this time visible root tendrils are forcing major fissures across the brick faces, causing larger sections to shear off. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1040 published generation 3

Revise: the same highly detailed, weathered brick wall, and this time the roots cause the mortar joints to completely wash out and the individual bricks to begin tilting and shifting. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1107 published generation 4

Revise: the same hyper-detailed section of an aged, weathered brick wall, and this time whole stacks of bricks are visible dislodging and collapsing downwards into the underlying foundation. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1157 published generation 5

Revise: the same hyper-detailed, weathered section of an aging brick wall, and this time the individual brick faces are actively flaking and spalling due to root penetration. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1192 published generation 6

Revise: the same hyper-detailed section of an aged, weathering brick wall, and this time whole sections of brick face are actively shearing away from the main structure. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1221 not published generation 7

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

generation 7 — 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).