{"id":393,"date":"2009-07-16T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=393"},"modified":"2009-07-16T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T14:52:00","slug":"rich-jarzombeks-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Rich Jarzombek’s Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"
Editor’s note:<\/b>
(Rich Jarzombek’s unique fractal artwork was originally reviewed on Orbit Trap back on April 28th as the posting, Realistic Fractals by Rich Jarzombek<\/a>. Just recently, Rich sent me a more detailed explanation of the technique he uses by describing how he made one of the images found on his website, Realistic Fractals<\/a>. Nothing’s better than hearing an artist describe in their own words how they work, and when they include step by step illustrations of their creative technique that’s the sort of thing I figure would be of interest to all of Orbit Trap’s readers. Rich kindly gave me permission to post it to Orbit Trap, so here’s Rich Jarzombek’s guest posting.)<\/i><\/p>\n

The only fractal software that I use is Tierazon. I do all of my work in an allotted screen area of 320 x 240 pixels. On my screen this measures about 3.75 inches (9.5 cm) wide.<\/p>\n

I started by choosing one of my few favorite ‘parameters’ (settings that primarily control color). I then created a unique mathematical equation and inserted it into Tierazon. This produced Image #1.<\/p>\n

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I didn’t see anything interesting in Image #1; so, out of curiosity, I decided to see what existed surrounding the outside of Image #1. Image #2 was found directly adjacent on the left side of Image #1.<\/p>\n

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Then I decided to see what existed in the upper right hand corner of Image #2 (where the arrow is pointing). This resulted in Image #3 (which is a 10X magnification).<\/p>\n

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I noticed that this area had perfect left\/right symmetry with a lot of different detail. I then somewhat scrolled down along this line of symmetry using a 25X magnification and found Image #4.<\/p>\n

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At the center of Image #4 I felt that I could see a ‘realistic’ image. I confirmed this by making a 50X magnification of the center area and produced Image #5.<\/p>\n

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Having decided that I found an acceptable image, I then had the software recompute Image #5 but at a larger pixel size (640 x 480) for much greater detail and resulting in the “Final Enlargement”.<\/p>\n

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I then used this image in a ‘photo editing program’ in order to ‘color enhance’ the image so that it would be easier to interpret by a random viewer. This became “Two Man Circus Act”.<\/p>\n

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You will note that a transparent blue tint has been applied to the background but the underlying fractal image is unchanged. Also. transparent ‘flesh-tones’ tints have been applied to the faces but the underlying fractal image (eyes, noses, mouths, etc.) is unchanged.<\/p>\n

The technique that I’ve described above is a generalization of what I do for almost all of my fractals.<\/p>\n

—Rich Jarzombek<\/a><\/p>\n

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