Orbit Trap

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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…

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…

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…

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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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”…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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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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…

Block-waving is all about lines. If there’s no lines, then you just end up with a pile of block-waved mush. I was looking through an old book on my computer. It was a series of…

(from the journal of Columbus) Whereas, Most Christian, High, Excellent, and Powerful Princes, King and Queen of Spain and of the Islands of the Sea… …this present year 1492, after your Highnesses had terminated the…

Large Bank with TreeJust as some people admire the traditional artform of painting because of the skill and effort that goes into making it, I’ve come to realize that I have the same sort of…

These days, you could find yourself travelling half-way around the world in a few hours. And in the world of art: a couple clicks and you could find yourself in the Louvre. That’s the reality…

Look at it. Stare into it. Learn it’s mysteries –if you dare! Stop! Stop!Your mind is in its icy grip!Run, you fool!The Stone of Mystery will DESTROY YOU!!!Your puny brain can not survive its thunderous…

I deleted lycium’s (Thomas Ludwig’s) original comment to my posting about Fractal Art isn’t Rocket Science. But his expansion on the theme expressed in his original Orbit Trap comment grew to become an interesting work…

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I’ve been reading a book about various “-isms” in the art world. Eagerly wanting to follow in the footsteps of those great, outspoken artists of the past and to contribute something new and personal to…

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