Moment in Blue by Paul DeCelle
Ultra Fractal is certainly versatile but too often images produced with it quickly lose their freshness to my eyes. The reason is found in its composing process in which striking new formulas are shared and then widely stepped on by the throngs of UF users. Once these variations-on-a-theme …
Chapter One: What is a contest?
“an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants”wordnet.princeton.edu
“A contest, is an event in which two or more individuals or teams compete against each other, often for a prize or similar incentive.”wikipedia
“1. A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals.2. A competition, especially …
Welcome back all you faithful Orbit Trap fans to this week’s episode of, “Image of the Week”.
Well, as you may have guessed from the title, this review is not going to be pretty. Keep your shoes on. There’s plenty of broken glass around in here.
As usual, I was surfing along on my way …
A Farewell to Regret by Stacy Reed
Popular fractal programs certainly take their share of hard knocks. Apophysis, for example, seems to fiind itself frequently floating in critical backwash, and here on OT we’ve been known to take a few shots at Ultra Fractal (and still have more to say on that subject). But …
Spleen (2008)
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The first section, entitled “Spleen et idèal,” opens with a series of poems that dramatize contrasting views of art, beauty, and the artist, who is depicted alternately as martyr, visionary, performer, pariah, and fool. The focus then shifts …
To the Reader (2008)
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The poems [in Flowers of Evil] found a small but appreciative audience, but greater public attention was given to their subject matter. The principal themes of sex and death were considered scandalous, and the book became a by-word …
We’re starting a new weekly feature here on Orbit Trap. Every week we’ll be reviewing an interesting piece of Fractal artwork.
This is nothing radical, of course; many sites do this sort of thing, but here on Orbit Trap it’s going to be much more exciting and lively.
I thought I would launch this regular weekly …
