Ruby on Rails - Paperclip and dynamic parameters

I'm writing some image upload code for Ruby on Rails with Paperclip, and I've got a working solution but it's very hacky so I'd really appreciate advice on how to better implement it. I have an 'Asset' class containing information about the uploaded images including the Paperclip attachment, and a 'Generator' class that encapsulates sizing information. Each 'Project' has multiple assets and generators; all Assets should be resized according to the sizes specified by each generator; each Project therefore has a certain set of sizes that all of its assets should have.

Generator model:

class Generator < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :height, :width

  belongs_to :project

  def sym
    "#{self.width}x#{self.height}".to_sym
  end
end

Asset model:

class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :filename,
    :image # etc.
  attr_accessor :generators

  has_attached_file :image,
    :styles => lambda { |a| a.instance.styles }

  belongs_to :project

  # this is utterly horrendous
  def styles
    s = {}
    if @generators == nil
      @generators = self.project.generators
    end

    @generators.each do |g|
      s[g.sym] = "#{g.width}x#{g.height}"
    end
    s
  end
end

Asset controller create method:

  def create
    @project = Project.find(params[:project_id])
    @asset = Asset.new
    @asset.generators = @project.generators
    @asset.update_attributes(params[:asset])
    @asset.project = @project
    @asset.uploaded_by = current_user

    respond_to do |format|
      if @asset.save_(current_user)
        @project.last_asset = @asset
        @project.save

        format.html { redirect_to project_asset_url(@asset.project, @asset), notice: 'Asset was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render json: @asset, status: :created, location: @asset }
      else
        format.html { render action: "new" }
        format.json { render json: @asset.er