{"id":2990,"date":"2011-09-16T00:25:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T04:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2011-09-16T00:25:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T04:25:50","slug":"a-fistful-of-fractals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2990","title":{"rendered":"A Fistful of Fractals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Closer by Jesse (Fractalforums.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

Mayan Trickster by reallybigname was a great piece of design but this one here by Jesse Dierks is what I would call a great landscape –a fractalscape.<\/p>\n

It’s a classic sci-fi vista complete with a rich, city of the gods<\/em> in the distance.\u00a0 Buildings that look like statues surrounded by a lush expanse of rich agricultural land around it.\u00a0 And what’s with that weird temple like thing at the cross roads?<\/p>\n

On the other hand it has a passing resemblance to the fire bombed cities of WW2 Japan.\u00a0 A strange place indeed.\u00a0 This is not the usual geometric scene made from Jesse’s own program, Mandelbulb 3D.\u00a0 I guess all fractal programmers are artists at heart.<\/p>\n

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Julia Island 2 by Alexis Monnerot-Dumaine (2007)<\/p><\/div>\n

This one I found on the Wikipedia.\u00a0 An interesting example of post-processing.\u00a0 The author give its story like this:<\/p>\n

Julia set rendered as a landscape with Terragen<\/a>. Fractal previously created with Ultrafactal (coordinates around 0.28 + 0i) and saved as a terrain with Terraformer. Boat added and level adjustments made with Photopshop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The realistic context (all computer generated) is quite intriguing.\u00a0 Someday UF may have a rendering option that does this with one click?<\/p>\n

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The Flood by Taurus66 (fractalforums.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

Oops.\u00a0\u00a0 The Mandelbulber v 1.08 by Krzysztof (buddhi) Marczak already has it, or at least a lake effect feature.\u00a0 It’s an old effect, but it still looks neat when used carefully.\u00a0 This fractal thing, although somewhat fantasy-like, steps into reality with the water effect.\u00a0 At the very least it dips its toes…\u00a0 But now it’s become an island fit to illustrate a new voyage of Sindbad.<\/p>\n

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Secure Beneath My Watchful Eye by Madman (Fractalforums.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

The eye thing looked so natural I first thought it was just a reflection.\u00a0 Madman is living up to his name here by turning this happy fractal scene into a laboratory nightmare.\u00a0 But again, the eyeball addition fits nicely reminding me of the fine mixed media images I previously reviewed by Brutal Toad<\/a> et al<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Scapegoats Udder by Kraftwerk (aka Mandelwerk)<\/p><\/div>\n

This is quite recent as well as being fresh and innovative.\u00a0 Am I the only one that senses a Dali-like style to this?\u00a0 What are they and what do they mean?\u00a0 There’s something quite compelling about this image.<\/p>\n

From the Fractalforums.com gallery page:<\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Inspired by the painting by William Holman Hunt. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:William_Holman_Hunt_-_The_Scapegoat.jpg<\/a>
\nHaving a fever… is good for creativity…<\/p>\n

Higher quality: http:\/\/MANDELWERK.deviantart.com\/art\/The-Scapegoat-257662850<\/a><\/p>\n

Mandelbulb 3D
\nPhotos of clouds in background and reflections + birds my own stock, added in photoshop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Photoshop.\u00a0 Why does that seem to be popping up so much?\u00a0 Johan Andersson has really done a great job on this.\u00a0 It’s stylish and most important: not overdone.\u00a0 He’s added touches that only accentuate the image.\u00a0 Such restraint and tastefulness is uncommon in the fractal art world.\u00a0 But then, Johan’s not your average fractal artist.<\/p>\n

Well, time to roll the movie credits.\u00a0 Like all bank robbers, I wish I could grab bigger handfuls.\u00a0 I might just return, For a Few Fractals More<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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