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Crumblescape

All text from The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) by Edgar Allan Poe (in case you thought I wrote it…) Recipe for Crumblescape-Take any image, process 7 or so times with multicrystal.8bf (by…
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2 min 2

Better than Escher?

Yes, but let’s give the old guy credit for having to work with such primitive tools — like himself. That’s right; I don’t have to calculate or plan anything in my own head like what’s-his-name…
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Nobody said a word, but I knew

There was a time when the radio made pictures. There was a time when you could see the sounds you heard. You could look at the radio waves. Abandoned now, the memories still exist. Ask…
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2 min 7

Are you ready for bubbles?

bubbles03.loo I don’t know what made me pick up Sterlingware again. After a year or two of experimenting with the formula parser in Inkblot Kaos and Tierazon and a whole bunch of photoshop filters, Sterlingware…
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Post-Card

Technorati Tags: fractal art, digital art, illustration, postcards, say it with flowers, say it with insects, slugs, confucious, art judges, contest judging, art contest,
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Secret, Invisible and Ever-Unknown

Photographed by Sterlingware, the Hubble Telescope of Fractals (Sterli12.loo) Technorati Tags: fractal art, great fractal art, really really good fractal art, the best fractal art, the apex of fractal art, greatest fractal art ever, bow…
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The Bird That Gave Birth to the Moon

Click for Sterlingware Parameter File There is a new legend that tells how a bird gave birth to the moon. For thousands of years the bird had laid eggs and all of them had been…
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Temple of Saturn

Brought to you by the proud sponsors of the 2012 Olympic Clickism Team! [Your Company’s Name Here] I’m trying to get Clickism recognized as an official Olympic sport. Of course, if that happens I probably…
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Whistleblower

Another paradigm shift: This blog, Orbit Trap, is a whistleblower. I think that’s why there’s been such hostility to it and such little open support. That’s always the way it is with the unpopular role…
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2 min 4

Fractalbook

Hi, my name’s Suzyfrak745632 My latest paradigm shift: The online fractal “art” world is primarily a social network where one’s “art” is used to gain admission to, and build a network of friends. My impression…
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The Algorithmic Circus

TieraZon, uscomic.8bf, XnView text – all three-rings Technorati Tags: fractal art digital art tierazon algorithmic art circus balloons popcorn candy floss…
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I’ve got a new filter!

From Terry Gibbons’ The Visual Index of Science Fiction Cover Art I don’t know exactly how it works, but where there’s math… there’s fractals! Sure, the math folks will argue with me, but like all…
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Ashes to Ashes, Pulp to Pulp

From Frank Wu’s collection of Frank R. Paul’s Golden Age Sci-Fi Pulp Covers “The sages of Calisto were super-intelligent and had become so far advanced in the Sciences that there was nothing more for them…
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Painting With Power!

“Great art picks up where nature ends.” -Marc Chagall.8bf “One small step for a fractal artist; one giant leap for Fractal Art” -Neil Armstrong.8bf “The aim of photoshop filters is to represent not the outward appearance of…
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3 min 2

Art Without an Audience

Fyre 1.0.1 embedded parameter file When Orbit Trap was started, back in August of 2006, it had always been foremost in my mind that it would be a positive contribution to the fractal art world.…
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Epilogue

The Persistence of Comments In case there’s anyone still following this latest comment “thread”, here’s the final chapter. Toby sent us his final remarks which he said we could post if we wanted to. Unlike…
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Read-only Moon

Technorati Tags: digital art terraform read-only moon space exploration space cadet space in my head
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Looking for Arrowheads

Made with Fyre 1.0.1. Embedded parameter file. Click, click, click, done. I read onceabout kids who would go lookingfor arrowheads I was a kidso I went looking for arrowheadsalso The arrowheadsare in the groundor just…
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Beware of the Anti-Fractal

I know this will probably crack some folks up at first, but bear with me as I tell you about something that came to mind just recently while browsing the big page of “winners” at…
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Words in the Ice

Algorithmic Art (art made by machines) is a lot like digital frost. I think almost every photography book has a picture of frost on a window pane. Frost is a mechanical process and is quite…
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Journey to Mercury

In the spirit of Sindbad, I went on a voyage and just recently, returned. It was a digital voyage. Not really a voyage I guess, but I left where I was and out of curiosity…
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It’s Here

technorati tags: digital art | algorithmic art | click art | clickism | illustration | vernissage | photoshop filters
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Planes, Birds and Fish

Back in the early 90’s, I went through a 3 year phase when I wanted to become an airplane pilot. In addition to taking flight training in Ontario, Canada (where I live) I also “studied”…
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2 min 2

Digital Picture Frames

Frames? Digital Pictures! They really ought to be called something like, “Digital Display Frame” since the “frame” isn’t really digital, is it? It’s the picture that’s digital. But I think it’s an example of how…
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You think Nuclear Weapons are easy to make?

No way. Think again, brainiac. Or go check out the articles in the Wikipedia regarding Nuclear Weapons. The hard part seems to be getting the fuel. You need Uranium or Plutonium, even if you want…
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Sub-terranean

Inkblot Kaos Parameter File Getting through the winter seems to be so complicated and expensive for us humans. On the other hand, in the tropics houses are simple. All you really need is a roof…
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When Art is Useful

Inkblot Kaos Parameter File From time to time I become curious about something and I start reading about it. A month ago it was hibernation, and in particular, the winter homes of animals. Lately it’s…
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I Feel Corporate and Inspirational Too!

While doing some serious research on calendars recently, I stumbled on a gallery where:Big Black Framesand Short Inspirational TitlesIn Glowing White TextSeparated by a White LineWith Snappy Quotation Subtitles BelowWere The House Specialty They looked…
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Desert Roads and Mountain Lakes

Desert Roads Back several month ago, I posted about a program called Fyre. As is often the case with new programs and new forms of algorithmic art, I quickly reached what I thought were its…
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The Fractal Alternate Universe Calendar 2008

“For some folks I write a profound, richly articulated blog posting, and for others I just draw a picture.” Here’s my latest commentary on the Fractal Universe Calendar: The Fractal Alternate Universe Calendar. I made…
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Test-Tube Art

Inkblot Kaos parameter file Back to fractals. I think I did something to the other machine. It’s leaking oil, or something. I smell something “electrical”, too. My seven year-old daughter was recently invited to a…
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Peter and Alice visit Santa

Santa’s Bunker Peter and Alice were still a long way off, but stopped to take another look through the telescope. “I can see it!’ said Peter, “It has to be Santa’s home. But it looks…
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The Wind Stole My Piano

Made with vernissage.8bf, a couple of Andrew’s filters, India Ink, some hue adjustment, and the cold November wind. technorati tags: digital art | wind | picture-writing | illustration | half-poem | piano | music lessons…
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