Creative system · generation to feed
_nex
_nex is the system that turns raw generation into a running feed. Built on Visual Foundry — a FastAPI app wrapped around local image generation — it moves pieces from generated, through review and scheduling, to published. It is the operational half of the pair: nex_img is the art, _nex is what ships it.
The flow
- Input Generate ComfyUI produces candidate pieces
- Step Auto-QA brand tests flag off-aesthetic output
- Human review Review swipe-approve on a phone
- Step Schedule approved pieces queued ahead
- Output Publish posted on a cadence
01 / Origin
The challenge
Make generation shippable. Producing striking images is the easy part; running a real, ongoing feed is the hard part — catching off-brand output before it goes out, keeping a human in the loop without a human doing all the work, scheduling ahead, and publishing reliably, night after night. _nex is that operational layer.
02 / Artifacts
What exists because of it
- 01
A review surface John opens on his phone (an installed app) to swipe-approve pieces — the human gate, made effortless.
- 02
Automated brand-QA that flags aesthetic violations before anything reaches review, so the human only judges the close calls.
- 03
A scheduling queue that stages approved pieces ahead of time, so the feed keeps moving on its own.
- 04
A publish step on a cadence, plus a motion step that turns approved stills into short video.
03 / System
How it moves
Visual Foundry (FastAPI) wraps the local generation pipeline and exposes a review surface. Generated candidates are graded by automated brand tests; the ones that pass surface for a quick human approval; approved pieces enter a schedule; and a workflow engine hands them to a publishing service on a cadence. The gate is literal — nothing reaches the feed without passing QA and, for the lead set, a human tap.
This is the system. The art it generates and publishes is nex_img →
04 / Decisions
The tools and their jobs
- Visual Foundry FastAPI app — the pipeline + review surface
- ComfyUI local image generation
- Review app phone-based swipe approval (installed PWA)
- n8n scheduling & orchestration
- Postproxy scheduled publishing
05 / Today
An honest current state.
The pipeline runs: pieces are generated, QA-checked, reviewed on a phone, scheduled, and published on a cadence. It is the working system behind the art — the part that makes an “autonomous art brand” more than a phrase. The art it moves is the nex_img case study.