{"id":3973,"date":"2012-10-25T14:42:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T18:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2012-10-25T14:42:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T18:42:31","slug":"no-more-flat-fractals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3973","title":{"rendered":"No More Flat Fractals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does it seem that no one has any interest in the old, 2D fractal images anymore?\u00a0 And furthermore, does it seem that since the advent of the 3D fractal craze that there are more fractal artists making interesting work than ever before?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d answer yes to both those questions.\u00a0 Numerous times while browsing further and further back in an artist&#8217;s gallery on Deviant Art I&#8217;d come to the &#8220;Before Mandelbulb&#8221; era and their notable gallery all of a sudden reverts to UF layering trash.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like the mandelbulb and it&#8217;s various other 3D formulas have given many artists superpowers which the old &#8220;flat&#8221; fractal programs failed to do.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, quite a few fractalists are becoming more proficient with the 3D tool set and actually experimenting with non-fractal elements in order to be more creative.\u00a0 There&#8217;s something about the 3D fractal genre I think that makes it easier to relate to and work with.\u00a0 It&#8217;s more fertile ground.<\/p>\n<p>And less abstract?\u00a0 3D fractals seem to be more realistic or at least, more &#8220;concrete&#8221;.\u00a0 Or are the 3D tools just much more powerful and better able to generate interesting imagery?\u00a0 A few hours playing around in the mandelbulb programs will allow almost anyone to find something interesting?\u00a0 Like being let loose in some newly discovered lost city with a camera; you can&#8217;t fail to bring back something shocking and awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the most awesome thing I&#8217;ve seen lately, a new formula variation made by <a href=\"http:\/\/haltenny.deviantart.com\/\">HalTenny<\/a> (Deviant Art) who also seems to have made the best example of it:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~ Click on any of the blog images to view full-size on their original site~<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3978\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/haltenny.deviantart.com\/art\/Industrial-Contamination-298051395\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3978\" title=\"Industrial Contamination by HalTenny\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Industrial-Contamination-by-HalTenny.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Industrial-Contamination-by-HalTenny.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Industrial-Contamination-by-HalTenny.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Industrial Contamination by HalTenny<\/p><\/div>\n<p>HalTenny brought us the famous &#8220;onion&#8221; or 3D metal boiler and enamelled piping images which quickly became a small rendering rage in themselves.\u00a0 And just as with those, he lead the way.\u00a0 This new variation looks even better and creates incredibly bizarre and yet realistic looking works.\u00a0 The use of &#8220;fog&#8221; to give a photographic depth of field effect works well to give a sense of immensity to the rusted metal structure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/haltenny.deviantart.com\/gallery\/\">HalTenny&#8217;s Deviant Art gallery<\/a> is well worth taking a look at.\u00a0 His work just gets better and better and the high quality of the graphical rendering is state of the art.\u00a0 He comes up with great, new variations of formulas and he&#8217;s a rendering perfectionist.\u00a0 A great combination of talents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3981\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12252\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3981\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3981\" title=\"View from the war machine by ZZZ_spb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/View-from-the-war-machine-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?resize=400%2C301\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/View-from-the-war-machine-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/View-from-the-war-machine-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the war machine by ZZZ_spb<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some people like to add trees, lakes and birds to their images.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t need them.\u00a0 They can eat lead and taste shrapnel if they ever come around here.\u00a0 Nice dreamy Maxfield Parrish sunset, don&#8217;t you think?\u00a0 I like that.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a delightful contrast to the cold machine gun and artillery shells and harsh steel walls of this creatively rendered mandelbox, mandel-something.\u00a0 Who is this ZZZ_spb guy?\u00a0 I like his style!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3982\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12592\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3982\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3982\" title=\"The Hall of Masters by lxh\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Hall-of-Masters-by-lxh.jpeg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Hall-of-Masters-by-lxh.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Hall-of-Masters-by-lxh.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hall of Masters by lxh<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t get much more 3D than this.\u00a0 I keep expecting to see someone walk in through one of the passageways.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a temple, cathedral or something grandiose like that.\u00a0 And with the &#8220;fog&#8221; feature the depth is so realistic it reminds me of big budget CGI movie scenes like the last Harry Potter movie.<\/p>\n<p>The Fractalforums.com gallery page for the image has this note by the artist, lxh:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since i know it, i&#8217;ve always been fascinated by the architectural structures of ABoxMod2. To me it looks like a big pillar hall where all the fractal formula masters have their place. In this case i pimped it with _rotatedFolding, HeightMapIFS and Photoshop. Hope you like it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like it?\u00a0 We love it!\u00a0 Make another one, please&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3983\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12600\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3983\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Masters Gallery by lxh\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Masters-Gallery-by-lxh.jpeg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Masters-Gallery-by-lxh.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/The-Masters-Gallery-by-lxh.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Masters Gallery by lxh<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lxh adds these notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As you might can imagine I just had to take a further walk through the hall of masters until Julia brought me a view stages deeper to show me the gallery, a sort of shrine krypta, but empty. And it seems no coincidence that my very first thought was: <em>Right Julia &#8230; where all the masters have their place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I understand this as a preview and i&#8217;m thinking of filling these shrines with shining and illuminating classical fractals. This could be the place of Mandelbrot for example. Right behind might be Pythagoras&#8217;, Sierpinski&#8217;s or Menger&#8217;s .. don&#8217;t know .. any suggestions?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Suggestions?\u00a0 Yeah I&#8217;ve one: Skulls!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3984\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12125\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3984\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3984\" title=\"Pendant of Necromancy by Tahyon\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Pendant-of-Necromancy-by-Tahyon.jpeg?resize=400%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Pendant-of-Necromancy-by-Tahyon.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Pendant-of-Necromancy-by-Tahyon.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendant of Necromancy by Tahyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Notes from the artist on the Fractalforums.com gallery page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mandelbulb 3D 1.7.9.9c and PS CS6<br \/>\nAnother Pendant from Alchemist collection<br \/>\nThis one has a bit of postwork, but without the skulls it wouldn&#8217;t be a necromancer pendant&#8230;i put a little beat of evil in his shape<br \/>\nHope you like it<\/p>\n<p>Postwork done in PS CS6<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Alchemist collection is a set of shiny metallic mandelbulb designs presented as jewellery which you can see by clicking on the image and checking out the original gallery page.\u00a0 Tahyon has quite a bit of skill as a designer as well as a fractal artist and here the two talents merge perfectly.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always said that 3D fractals were very ornate and would work well as decorative items.\u00a0 The skulls (and the screaming skeleton) just add a little polish to the fractal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3988\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=3291\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3988\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3988\" title=\"Morning Departure by MarkJayBee\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Morning-Departure-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=283%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Morning-Departure-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?w=283&amp;ssl=1 283w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Morning-Departure-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=106%2C150&amp;ssl=1 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning Departure by MarkJayBee<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Mandelbulb 3D v1.53<\/p>\n<p>Found this &#8216;ship&#8217; departing from the area of &#8216;Thedus Station&#8217;&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A rock that looks like an old fashioned wooden sailing ship.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to imagine a rock looking like a sailing ship, but there it is.\u00a0 A good example of how profitable it can be to wander around and browse a 3D fractal.\u00a0 Mark, of course, has many more images which are much more sophisticated than this &#8220;rock&#8221; and here&#8217;s one that is also a little offbeat:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3989\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12124\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3989\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3989\" title=\"D\u00f4me de Champ Magn\u00e9tique by MarkJayBee\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/D%C3%B4me-de-Champ-Magn%C3%A9tique-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=400%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/D%C3%B4me-de-Champ-Magn%C3%A9tique-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/D%C3%B4me-de-Champ-Magn%C3%A9tique-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u00f4me de Champ Magn\u00e9tique by MarkJayBee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Notes from the Fractalforums.com gallery page by the artist:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mandelbulb 3D v1.7.9.9c TestFile<\/p>\n<p>DEcombinate using: discoballIFS\/PolyFolding\/ABoxModKali\/Menger3\/_reciprocalY3\/_SphereFolding1<\/p>\n<p>Managed to get an inside view of Luca&#8217;s new &#8216;discoballIFS&#8217; formula; playing about with iterfog gives some interesting &#8211; but unpredictable! &#8211; transparency &#8216;diffraction&#8217; effects. \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fractalforums.com\/Smileys\/default\/nerd.gif?w=545\" alt=\"nerd\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hi-Res version at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/markjaybee.deviantart.com\/art\/Dome-de-Champ-Magnetique-316046235\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/markjaybee.deviantart.com\/art\/Dome-de-Champ-Magnetique-316046235<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;diffraction&#8221; effects he&#8217;s referring to are quite creative.\u00a0 They almost look like something a photoshop filter would have produced.\u00a0 Just as HalTenny&#8217;s renderings are super clean and perfect, this one is rough and wild and yet reaches a similar level of perfection in a very different category of style.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fantastic example of Mark&#8217;s advanced &#8220;watercolor-like&#8221; mandelbulb style:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3990\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12450\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3990\" title=\"GSV MainBay III by MarkJayBee\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSV-MainBay-III-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=333%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSV-MainBay-III-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GSV-MainBay-III-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=124%2C150&amp;ssl=1 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GSV MainBay III by MarkJayBee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mark has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjb-graphics.co.uk\/index.htm\">worked as a professional<\/a> illustrator, photographer and photo-restorer and somewhere I read that his goal with 3D fractals is to create sci-fi illustrations.\u00a0 I think he&#8217;s achieved that goal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3991\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12090\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3991\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3991\" title=\"To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank... by Mandelwerk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/To-the-depths-of-the-ocean-where-all-hopes-sank...-by-Mandelwerk.jpeg?resize=400%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/To-the-depths-of-the-ocean-where-all-hopes-sank...-by-Mandelwerk.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/To-the-depths-of-the-ocean-where-all-hopes-sank...-by-Mandelwerk.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank&#8230; by Mandelwerk (Kraftwerk)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kraftwerk, on Fractalforums.com, or <a href=\"http:\/\/mandelwerk.deviantart.com\/\">Mandelwerk on Deviant Art <\/a>has really tried hard to take 3D fractals to that higher level of more expressive, cerebral art.\u00a0 This actually is not a good example of that, but it is a good example of his rich and sophisticated coloring, an artistic quality that is less exploited by 3D fractal artists than it is by the 2D ones.\u00a0 I like the shape, color and pattern to the fish object and the rendering is so photo-realistic that I would expect on closer examination to see that it&#8217;s carved from wood and covered with a thin layer of plaster and paint.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3992\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mandelwerk.deviantart.com\/art\/Nagasaki-303885313\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3992\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3992\" title=\"nagasaki_by_mandelwerk-d50xbep\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagasaki_by_mandelwerk-d50xbep.jpg?resize=400%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagasaki_by_mandelwerk-d50xbep.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagasaki_by_mandelwerk-d50xbep.jpg?resize=150%2C67&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nagasaki by Mandelwerk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Artist notes from Deviant Art gallery page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My second image of the two horrible events that took place in Japan in August 1945.<br \/>\nI hope I will never have to create a third image.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of the hundreds of thousands people who lost their life and to those whose life is still affected by the aftermath of the atomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelbulb 3D<br \/>\nMy own photo of sky added in Photoshop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 400 pixel version I have up there really doesn&#8217;t do justice the original which is 1280px wide.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a neat depiction of distorted architecture and also of what could be interpreted as atomic models spinning and whirring away on the left.\u00a0 If you loved Nagasaki you&#8217;ll love Hiroshima too:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3993\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mandelwerk.deviantart.com\/art\/Nagasaki-303885313#\/d4y5qm3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3993\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3993\" title=\"Hiroshima by Mandelwerk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Hiroshima-by-Mandelwerk.jpg?resize=400%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Hiroshima-by-Mandelwerk.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Hiroshima-by-Mandelwerk.jpg?resize=150%2C67&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiroshima by Mandelwerk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Image notes from Deviant Art gallery page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I found this theatrical scenery of a big city in a frozen moment just as it gets hit by a heavy impact I knew I had to do my Guernica. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/users\/outgoing?http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guernica_painting\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stylized high buildings and twisted structures gave me the image of the vision I had as a child when I heard about what once had happened in the City of Hiroshima.<\/p>\n<p>I have been working on this piece for almost a month to get the disposition and ambience exactly as I wanted it to be, to show my respect for the hundreds of thousands people who lost their life and to those whose life is still affected by the aftermath of the atomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelbulb 3D, rendered with 7760 x 3490 resolution, a very important aspect&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I hope mankind will never use these terrible weapons again.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelbulb 3D, Photoshop<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can fractals be thought provoking and express ideas and not merely delight our eyes with beautiful designs and ornate details?\u00a0 You know, maybe he&#8217;s done it and that without leaning too heavily on Photoshop to make mere fractal &#8220;elements&#8221; into something completely different.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it looks like Mandelwerk&#8217;s pair of fractal images has managed to express and evoke something more substantial than the usual eye candy wonders. I could see something like this made into an actual outdoor sculpture\/memorial type of thing.\u00a0 An artist like that deserves his own <a href=\"http:\/\/mandelwerk.deviantart.com\/#\/d50tbvh\">public exhibition<\/a>.\u00a0 Browsing his <a href=\"http:\/\/mandelwerk.deviantart.com\/\">Deviant Art gallery<\/a> will quickly show you what I mean by his unique graphical style and persistence in trying to move fractal art to a higher level.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve said it couldn&#8217;t be done, but I was just speculating on the future based on all the junk we were all making at the time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3996\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=11944\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3996\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3996\" title=\"Circuitry Circus #4 by Reallybigname\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Circuitry-Circus-4-by-Reallybigname.jpeg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Circuitry-Circus-4-by-Reallybigname.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Circuitry-Circus-4-by-Reallybigname.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circuitry Circus #4 by Reallybigname<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reallybigname brought us the <a href=\"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2977\">Mayan Trickster<\/a> images that were symphonies of detail and design.\u00a0 This one is equally good although you&#8217;ll need to view it full-size to really appreciate it.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s another one in the series:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3997\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=9318\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3997\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3997\" title=\"Circuitry Circus #2 by Reallybigname\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Circuitry-Circus-2-by-Reallybigname.jpeg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Circuitry-Circus-2-by-Reallybigname.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Circuitry-Circus-2-by-Reallybigname.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circuitry Circus #2 by Reallybigname<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The detail isn&#8217;t just of high <em>quantity<\/em>, which is easy enough to find in any fractal formula whether 2D or 3D even, the detail is also of exceptionally high <em>quality<\/em> and shows the processing power of these formulas to create unimaginable imagery.\u00a0 This is the world&#8217;s most complicated clock or circuitry as the name suggests.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3998\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12005\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3998\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3998\" title=\"Soldiers in a Row by skyzyk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Soldiers-in-a-Row-by-skyzyk.jpeg?resize=400%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Soldiers-in-a-Row-by-skyzyk.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Soldiers-in-a-Row-by-skyzyk.jpeg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soldiers in a Row by skyzyk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Skyzyk ignored the rules about color when he made this image.\u00a0 Or is Skyzyk now <em>writing<\/em> the rules about color?\u00a0 Ironically, this 3D image has a flattened appearance to it.\u00a0 But the plastic look it has is why I like it so much.\u00a0 These are distinctly artificial colors if one can say that in the context of digital art.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the bowels of a machine, a plastic extruding, super-advanced toy factory (and shiny!).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another one by &#8220;Skyzyk the Rule-Breaker:&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3999\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skyzyk.deviantart.com\/art\/Hall-of-Champions-320790105\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3999\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3999\" title=\"Hall of Champions by Skyzyk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Hall-of-Champions-by-Skyzyk.jpg?resize=400%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Hall-of-Champions-by-Skyzyk.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Hall-of-Champions-by-Skyzyk.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hall of Champions by Skyzyk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s eerie and creepy and the pillars look like they&#8217;re made of celery &#8211;celery gone bad and yellow&#8211; and all this because of the color!\u00a0 Nice touch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4000\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skyzyk.deviantart.com\/art\/Jan-20-302977636\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4000\" title=\"Jan 20 by Skyzyk\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jan-20-by-Skyzyk.jpg?resize=400%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jan-20-by-Skyzyk.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jan-20-by-Skyzyk.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan 20 by Skyzyk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not an uncommon 3D fractal rotary cheese-grater image.\u00a0 But transformed into something radically different and resembling a hand-drawn comic book image by Skyzyk&#8217;s mysterious color talents.\u00a0 If you look closely at the full-size image on Skyzyk&#8217;s Deviant Art gallery page, you&#8217;ll see the artistic effect his coloring style has on the &#8220;drive shaft&#8221; structure.<\/p>\n<p>Artist notes for the image:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Made with Mandelbulb3D 1.796 by jesse, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/users\/outgoing?http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=downloads\">[link]<\/a> ,Photoshop and or finished in Dynamic Photo HDR5 Formulas by <a href=\"http:\/\/dark-beam.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dark-beam\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.deviantart.net\/avatars\/d\/a\/dark-beam.png?w=545\" alt=\":icondark-beam:\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/users\/outgoing?http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/mandelbulb-3d\/re-custom-formulas-and-transforms-release-t9810\/\">[link]<\/a><br \/>\nArtwork Copyright at myfreecopyright. <a title=\"MFC logo by *buddhakat9, Oct 6, 2010 in Scraps\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhakat9.deviantart.com\/art\/MFC-logo-181721061\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fc00.deviantart.net\/fs70\/f\/2010\/279\/b\/2\/b2a3725e20610db7592430fcbb2b650c-d306wv9.png?resize=145%2C38\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"38\" data-src=\"http:\/\/fc00.deviantart.net\/fs70\/f\/2010\/279\/b\/2\/b2a3725e20610db7592430fcbb2b650c-d306wv9.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/users\/outgoing?http:\/\/myfreecopyright.com\/\">[link]<\/a><a title=\"Copyright Tag for Deviants 4 by =rclarkjnr, May 20, 2011 in Customization &gt; Icons &gt; Avatars &gt; deviantART\" href=\"http:\/\/rclarkjnr.deviantart.com\/art\/Copyright-Tag-for-Deviants-4-209568445\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/th05.deviantart.net\/fs70\/150\/f\/2011\/140\/b\/2\/1305895662_copyright_tag_for_deviants_4_by_rclarkjnr-d3grs1p.png?resize=150%2C39\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"39\" data-src=\"http:\/\/th05.deviantart.net\/fs70\/150\/f\/2011\/140\/b\/2\/1305895662_copyright_tag_for_deviants_4_by_rclarkjnr-d3grs1p.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy work is not and should not be considered Public Domain. All my works are watermarks embedded with Digimarc. My works are not to be shared anywhere without my express consent and written permisssion.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that my parameters are available upon request. If you would like to download the full image, or as a print, also, please notify me.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"deviantART Groups\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e.deviantart.net\/emoticons\/g\/groups.gif?resize=16%2C17\" alt=\":groups:\" width=\"16\" height=\"17\" \/> Member of #GetWatchers: We help Artists to expand their audience. Expand yours&#8230; You can Join us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/users\/outgoing?http:\/\/www.getwatchers.com\/?refby=3354-2\">Here<\/a>.OU!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>HDR?\u00a0 Maybe that and the Photoshop finishing explains the stylish look.\u00a0 This HDR is the same thing that photographers (like <a href=\"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3947\">Ron Fitch<\/a>) use to combine several versions of the same shot with varying levels of contrast to make a richer image with more &#8220;pop&#8221; as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediachance.com\/hdri\/index.html\">Dynamic Photo HDR<\/a> website says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4001\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12624\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4001\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4001\" title=\"Tower by ZZZ_spb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tower-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tower-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tower-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower by ZZZ_spb<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is just plain cool.\u00a0 Wait, look!\u00a0 It&#8217;s by the same guy as made the machine gun one above.\u00a0 I often don&#8217;t see the artist&#8217;s name when browsing around the fractal art world because they aren&#8217;t always that noticeable.\u00a0 (And some names are harder to remember than others.)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a desert sky at sunset&#8230; the ornate stone work suggests bricks and blocks, not slabs&#8230; the little window is typical of a defensive position&#8230; the title, &#8220;Tower&#8221; suggests the artist was thinking the same thing&#8230; the machine gun and artillery shells of his last one&#8230;\u00a0 all this reminds me of an interesting photo I saw on Wikipedia of an ancient tower:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4002\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tripoli_Tower_of_Lions_edit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4002\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4002\" title=\"510px-Tripoli_Tower_of_Lions_edit\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/510px-Tripoli_Tower_of_Lions_edit.jpg?resize=400%2C470\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/510px-Tripoli_Tower_of_Lions_edit.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/510px-Tripoli_Tower_of_Lions_edit.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tripoli Tower of Lions (Lebanon) c1900 from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Or the famous university library at UNAM in Mexico City:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4003\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oscaresquimal.blogspot.ca\/2010\/01\/muac.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4003\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4003\" title=\"UNAM Library by Esquimal\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/UNAM-Library-by-Esquimal.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/UNAM-Library-by-Esquimal.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/UNAM-Library-by-Esquimal.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNAM Library by Oscar Esquimal<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/oscaresquimal.blogspot.ca\/2010\/01\/muac.html\">Esquimal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out more by ZZZ_spb on Fractalforums.com on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=profile;u=6586;sa=showPosts\">this page<\/a> if I&#8217;ve copied the link correctly.\u00a0 (Linking to some things can be pretty complicated these days.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4004\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12257\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4004\" title=\"Looking forward by ZZZ_spb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Looking-forward-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?resize=400%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Looking-forward-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Looking-forward-by-ZZZ_spb.jpeg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking forward by ZZZ_spb<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes, we just can&#8217;t rule out any possibility when it comes to 3D fractals,<em> looking forward<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does it seem that no one has any interest in the old, 2D fractal images anymore?\u00a0 And furthermore, does it seem that since the advent of the 3D fractal craze that there are more fractal artists making interesting work than ever before? I&#8217;d answer yes to both those questions.\u00a0 Numerous times while browsing further and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3973\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3978,"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-3973","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\/2012\/10\/Industrial-Contamination-by-HalTenny.jpg?fit=400%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1179,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1179","url_meta":{"origin":3973,"position":0},"title":"2010 Nobel Prize for Fractal Art","author":"Tim","date":"12 May, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"For his work in discovering the Mandelbox formula of 3-D fractals, the winner is Tom Lowe, better known on Fractalforums.com as Tglad. Now some might ask why Daniel White and the Mandelbulb Team weren't this year's Nobel recipients, but while the Mandelbulb discovery was truly the most exciting event in\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1179#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mandelbox3.png?fit=500%2C451&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2769,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2769","url_meta":{"origin":3973,"position":1},"title":"Will the Old-Timers at the BMFAC accept the new breed of 3D fractal artists?","author":"Tim","date":"16 July, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Responses at Fractal Forums.com to the recent announcement of the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2011 suggest to me that a lot of things have changed in the fractal art world since the BMFAC was initiated back in... \u00a1Ay, caramba!\u00a0 --2006! ~ Click on images to go to original site\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 8 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 8 comments","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2769#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/comment1.png?fit=580%2C244&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/comment1.png?fit=580%2C244&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/comment1.png?fit=580%2C244&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2990,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2990","url_meta":{"origin":3973,"position":2},"title":"A Fistful of Fractals","author":"Tim","date":"16 September, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"~Click on images to view full size on original site~ Mayan Trickster by reallybigname was a great piece of design but this one here by Jesse Dierks is what I would call a great landscape --a fractalscape. It's a classic sci-fi vista complete with a rich, city of the gods\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/A-fistful-of-dollars.jpg?fit=500%2C381&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2476,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2476","url_meta":{"origin":3973,"position":3},"title":"The Art of the Strange Place","author":"Tim","date":"7 February, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Although it's probably been a perennial theme in fractal art from the beginning, the recent 3D fractal explosion has greatly increased the number of images whose main impression is that of The Strange Place. 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Haltenny is here&#8230;","author":"Tim","date":"18 January, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"~ Click on any image to view full-size on the original site ~ He has a Deviant Art Gallery too with more examples of \"steampunk\" mandelboxes. \u00a0On DA he goes by Hal Tenny which sounds like a real name. He shares, he cares, he posts parameter files! 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