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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…

Consider this: And about these continuous and pointless attacks against Ultra Fractal, maybe you should just start displaying some fractal images that obviously cannot be realized in Ultra Fractal. I haven’t seen any on your…

What?  By who? Why I call myself O. Most people think of Chaos as the opposite of Order, but actually Order is merely Chaos constrained. In this respect, Order and Chaos form a continuum that…

Fractal Guernica, by Pablo Picasso II(guernica03.loo) In the same category as room-temperature fusion, perpetual motion and the age-old alchemical quest to turn lead into gold, is added yet another bold and fearful challenge: to make…

Terry, much of your discussion revolves around the notion and concept of a fractal art community.  I need to address this first because I believe that will clarify this discussion immensely because this community thing…

Under Red Sea, by maruscyaI think working with fractals is very much like the art of nature photography.  Nature photography tends to be descriptive, showing what things look like and focusing primarily on the form,…

The Mona Lisa is famous for her “mysterious smile”; but is that enough to make it a great work of art?Isn’t it just old-fashioned eye candy and in fact (I deal in facts), not much…

Hey, look at me! I’ve got texture! Terry, Whoa.  That Algorithmic Worlds thing of Sam’s is just the sort of thing I was talking about.  If it wasn’t for guys like Sam I’d say Ultra…

Climb the mountain, explore the caves, or check out the little islands off shore… Just load the parameter file (shellcity02.loo) into Sterling2 and this whole little world is yours. Fractals are a unique form of…

Made in Sterling2(parameter file: shell01.loo ) That great fractal classic by Stephen Ferguson, Sterlingware, has been been reconfigured by Tad Boniecki (aka Soler7) with 50 new formulas and released for download as Sterling2.  And it’s…

I’m not making this up.  I went surfing about to see what I could find in the fractal world and lo and behold at Flickr, a couple of pages into a search on the term…

Fractal Tiger by Richard Diggle (ricdiggle)Yes, it’s finally come to this.  Apophysis, and all flame fractals have been replaced by a single Photoshop filter. Of course this new photoshop filter, Fractalius, by Redfield Plugins undoubtedly…

fractal-81786 by Jock Cooper (click for full-size image) I’ve reviewed Jock Cooper before. But for those artists who are multi-talented, I simply have to have multiple reviews. Previously I reviewed Jock Cooper the Innovator; the…

Chrimbo-Tree by twinbee posted to Fractalforums.com “Cash prize has swelled from $10 to $20 now” “Yes, there’s prizes. However, to be eligible, I need at least 2 entries.” “Prizes include… …Brand new optical illusions I…

I think there are few people in the Fractal Art world today who have such a wide range of talents as someone like Stephen Ferguson. While Steve is mostly known for his programming and mathematical…

A recent online poll: Is Vote-Spamming a Problem?Yes – 32 votesNot sure – 18 votesNo – 1,456,776 votes “Any contestants found spamming to obtain votes will be disqualified from the contest.”I read this in the…

I’m sure that the decision to go offline this year was the just the thing they all needed to do some really serious thinking and re-engineering of the contest. I really admire people who are…

(photo by Kyle Flood) Yes, the internet has changed quite a bit over the years and the only purpose those web rings serve anymore is to drain away visitors from your site and pour them…

(Editorial Note: This is our first Guest Posting. Orbit Trap welcomes submissions for Guest Postings from anyone on any fractal related topic. Publication is not guaranteed and is solely at the discretion of the editors.…

20080308, by Samuel Monnier, 2008 (Click for larger image) Why? Because of the playful abstract shapes and the rich textured and detailed surfaces that one commonly finds in the work of both these talented artists.…

icecap02.loo In Mandelbrot’s greatest scenes we seem to seethat stunning moment in whichmathematics becamefissionable They pour upon the monitordice roll symphoniesparameter poweredplutonium geraniumsperfect in dirtless reality I have seen the brightest minds of my generationmouse-click…

Hey, that’s the name Paul DeCelle gave to it. I kind of like the serial number, date-stamp theme. Didn’t many of the great classical composers give their works names like, “Symphony #4 in A minor”?…