Monthly Archives: August 2008

Does Jos Leys Have Super-Powers?

It was a dark and stormy night. Inside the castle, the notorious Dr. Leys was busy working away in his laboratory. Either by serendipitous discovery, maniacal experimentation, or exhaustion brought on by long bouts of feverish fractal rendering — an Ultra Fractal parameter file fell into the POV-Ray Raytracing program …and began to

Review of the Week: The 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest Exhibition

I find art is best contemplated while jogging…
They say you learn something new every day.
Today, I discovered it’s not easy to write a review of an exhibition I never actually attended.
Then again, it’s impossible to actually attend an exhibition when you don’t hear about it until seven months after it has closed.
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If OT’s

Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2008 Cancelled

How could this have happened?
I really thought this was going to become a regular part of the Fractal Art world, but I guess that was too much to hope for.
What could have gone wrong this year? How did this happen?
Let me count the ways…
Artistically Anemic: I guess when you make the submission requirements

Fractal Printmaking

Hey fans. Welcome back to the award-winning Image of the Week series here on Orbit Trap — your one stop clearinghouse for all things fractal.
Today’s King for a Week is none other than the famous Mr. Velocipede, an artist of many mediums and styles of which Fractal Art is just one of them as

My Art is Red Hot, You’re Art Ain’t Diddley-Squat!

Bloody Sunset
In the year, 2008, Fractal Art is boring.
It wasn’t always like that. There was a time when Fractal Art was exciting. But that was just because it was new.
Now the excitement is found only in a few enclaves high in the mountains; hard to reach, remote, inaccessible places. From my mountain

And 6 More Reviews Using 6 Words

A Bride’s Night by FarDareisMai

No more Starbucks for flower girls.

Fractal Image 2766 by Jock Cooper
Well built. Dual core. Intel Inside.

The Sun is Playing by Elizabeth Mansco
Heat index blues? Hit the beach.

the lair by smithgiant
Hello? Tree surgeon? I have a problem.

Mediterranean Lands by Fernanda Steele
Google Earth? Give me math mapping!

Broccoli by God
Not layered in UF.