Monthly Archives: March 2009

R.I.P. — Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest?

And how long would you say have these alleged fractals been missing?

[Image seen on self-delighting soul]

I stumbled into a bit of a mystery this afternoon. What happened to the fractals displayed on the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest websites?
Not only the fractals but everything else is MIA: winners, also rans,

Is Ultra Fractal Really a Fractal Program or Is It a Bold New Spaceship By Which To Explore the Algorithmic Heavens?

Consider this:
And about these continuous and pointless attacks against Ultra Fractal, maybe you should just start displaying some fractal images that obviously cannot be realized in Ultra Fractal. I haven’t seen any on your blog so far. The ease with which it is possible to implement ideas into algorithms and then works (especially with the

200 Weeks of the Fractal Window Weekly at Renderosity

Scratch by Simon Kane (SimonKane)
I’ve moaned plenty in the past about the fractal art areas of virtual art communities like Renderosity and deviantART. Sometimes, in such places, observing and discussing art becomes tangled with mutual admiration and friend-gathering. That’s why OT has christened such online haunts as Fractalbook.
But when these

Image of the Week: Harmonics by "O"

What?  By who?
Why I call myself O. Most people think of Chaos as the opposite of Order, but actually Order is merely Chaos constrained. In this respect, Order and Chaos form a continuum that comprises the fullness of existence. The opposite of this “fullness” is the “nothingness” or a

Fractal Guernica

Fractal Guernica, by Pablo Picasso II(guernica03.loo)In the same category as room-temperature fusion, perpetual motion and the age-old alchemical quest to turn lead into gold, is added yet another bold and fearful challenge: to make a piece of fractal artwork that rivals the depth of expression of Picasso’s famous painting, Guernica. I threw down this