{"id":1379,"date":"2010-07-03T00:56:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T04:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2010-07-03T00:56:32","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T04:56:32","slug":"bow-the-knee-to-blob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"Bow the Knee to Blob!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alien Ruins by blob on Fractalforums.com (click for full-size)<\/p><\/div>\n

Such simple rendering and yet, such powerful rendering. \u00a0Remember, most of MC Escher’s great drawings<\/a> were done in pencil, so there’s no reason why a grayscale or monotone image has to be dull. \u00a0Just look at the detail in blob’s image, how it’s all over the place in every nook and cranny and has such creative diversity. \u00a0This is the magic of great software and those who know how to get the most out of it.<\/p>\n

It’s made in Jesse’s Dierks’ free program, Mandelbulb 3D 1.53<\/a>. \u00a0The expression, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating” really applies to fractal programs: you can judge them by what users are able to make with them. \u00a0As you can see here, Jesse’s program is clearly top notch. \u00a0I’m really surprised that such high quality software continues to be made in the fractal world. \u00a0I guess the new 3D formulas have inspired programmers like Jesse to create these new things.<\/p>\n

Here’s another in the same palette but with more of a carved ivory look to it:<\/p>\n

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Electron Microscopy by blob from Fractalforums.com (click for full-size)<\/p><\/div>\n

Again, subtle rendering that magnifies the beautiful designs of the hybrid mandelbox\/sierpinski formula. \u00a0The top left corner I find to be the most interesting, next to the large round cavity in the center. \u00a0Everywhere you look there seems to be something a little different. \u00a0I’ll bet one could get completely lost exploring this object and forget all about taking snapshots. \u00a0Makes the Grand Canyon look like a ditch.<\/p>\n

Just to show some contrast in rendering styles, take a look at these two by Kraftwerk:<\/p>\n

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the Giant alien Generaator, by Kraftwerk<\/p><\/div>\n

This is no pencil drawing, but the lavish gold and metallic emerald surfaces look good in this mandelbox.<\/p>\n

In his own words:<\/p>\n

This is just too much for me, found this yesterday evening, sitting in the garden sun, two different worlds…<\/p>\n

These formulas really makes you feel that they are designs from another world… first time I feel that mathematics really can beat the human fantasy… mindblowing…<\/p>\n

Thank you everyone involved in this @ fractalforums, I think the things you all found is bigger than anyone of us can imagine!<\/p>\n

-from http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=2759<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more images like this by Kraftwerk to be seen on his Deviant Art page, they all come from the internal details of this intriguing mandelbox structure:<\/p>\n

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Alien Generaator Building by Kraftwerk (click for full-size)<\/p><\/div>\n

I think the starry background has been added in, but it sure fits with this extraterrestrial space temple. \u00a0The coloring is really exceptional. \u00a0Kraftwerk has a real talent for that. \u00a0He’s made some of the best colored<\/a> mandelbulbs I’ve ever seen.\u00a0 He’s also using Jesse’s Mandelbulb 3D just like blob. \u00a0I find it quite interesting that both of them can use the same program and get equally good results and yet with such widely varying styles. \u00a0Fractal programs are bit like musical instruments: it’s not what you play but how you play it.<\/p>\n

I can’t resist adding YouTube content to my postings. \u00a0So here’s a recording of the original Kraftwerk music group of “The Voice of Energy” which inspired fractal<\/em> Kraftwerk’s title for this series of mandelbox images. \u00a0It’s in German.<\/p>\n

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Such simple rendering and yet, such powerful rendering. \u00a0Remember, most of MC Escher’s great drawings were done in pencil, so there’s no reason why a grayscale or monotone image has to be dull. \u00a0Just look at the detail in blob’s image, how it’s all over the place in every nook and cranny and has such … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Alien-Ruins.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2977,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2977","url_meta":{"origin":1379,"position":0},"title":"Reallybigname = Reallygreatstuff","author":"Tim","date":"15 September, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The only place I ever go on a regular basis to see fractal art is Fractalforums.com. 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