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Several questions Is the entire digital art medium just too new and different for the art gallery world? Has the art world, that great destroyer of cultural norms and traditions, found a free-flowing, anarchic, internet-based…

One of these is from the Museum of Bad Art It occurred to me while browsing some of the greatest art of the 20th century to ask this question: Why don’t we see more art…

Could this work be described as …Fractal?Admiral Otto Von Howitzerhead by Kris Kuksi 2009 Samuel Monnier, writing at Algorithmic Worlds, his new website – gallery – and blog, said some very interesting things about the…

Editor’s Note:  This is a guest posting by Rich Jarzombek.I’m always fascinated by what I call “The Infinite Powers” of fractals. Most fractalists know that the fractal computational process is iterative and therefore could go…

Even my own homemade recipes leave me with an unsettled stomach.  I used to get a thrill out of making some colorful lollipop of an image, but that stuff is for kids.  If you still…

What? You didn’t know even know there was a Phase One? Well, let me begin there, then. At the dawn of fractal art.Phase One, the first stage of fractal art, has been oriented around software.…

Sure you do. But, the kind of professional help I’m talking about is online software courses. I know that sounds like a common subject line for spam, but this is the real thing and it…

I view Garth Thornton’s recent resignation as a judge in the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2009 as a cause for celebration and renewed hope in one’s fellow man.  I know that may sound rather…

The rules page on the official website for the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2009 was changed overnight.  The list of the Selection Panel Members (judges) has been abbreviated and now no longer includes the…

While it may not be official yet, a  response by Garth Thornton to a thread at Fractalforums.com early today gives a fairly clear impression that he intends to step down from his new judging role…

It’s been more than three years now since the original Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest made it’s debut.  For those of you who haven’t been following these things, we’ve criticized the Contest over a number…

It’s the job of the Coroner’s office to make an official pronouncement of death I’m filling in at the Coroner’s office while he’s away on vacation.  That is, the Internet Coroner’s office.  That’s where the…

Cool fractals made chillingly easy (Parameter file: “fract0.xpf“)Xaos Website So simple What’s new in 3.5? Glad you asked. XaoS 3.5 has been released for download. This version contains a new Portuguese translation, several bug fixes,…

Editor’s note:(Rich Jarzombek’s unique fractal artwork was originally reviewed on Orbit Trap back on April 28th as the posting, Realistic Fractals by Rich Jarzombek. Just recently, Rich sent me a more detailed explanation of the…

Over the years, while browsing online galleries, I have from time to time experienced something that I have casually labeled Thumbnailitis.  It’s a condition that occurs when you see what you think is a very…

…the image that was chosen for the cover of Avalanche Publishing’s 2009 Fractal Universe Calendar can also become the cover image of the May 2009 Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy? May 2009 Cover of the…

“You’ll only find dirt, digging where other’s have dug”–Long John Silver, Treasure Island Pebbles by Jonathan Hunt, 2008. Made entirely in POV-Ray There is a definite use and function for digital photorealism, but it is…

“I love the smell of blog posts in the morning” It’s been almost three years since Orbit Trap appeared in August of 2006. Initially, I had expected it to have an enormous influence on fractal…

A Typical Fractal GalleryDigital art is not displayed or presented in the way in which paintings or photographs are. One doesn’t exhibit digital art, one broadcasts it. The digital medium is so different from the…

Senorita’s New Attire by Rich Jarzombek.  Click for larger image. The general field of Fractal Art abounds in pictures that may be largely described as beautiful random designs or geometric shapes. It is rare to…

Pantheon Good software makes images that are too slick.  It’s hard to get good software to make smudgy, jagged, off-color stuff.  Purebred imagery is predictable.  Artists often make junk and crazy mistakes but it’s a…