This is an unreleased design from the recent Neurogenesis series I had been working on. Well, it was unreleased up until now. I hope your synapses enjoy the abstract self-portrait of my synapses. And don't you raise an issue with qualia now.
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Neurogenesis
8:20 PM by Unknown
This is an unreleased design from the recent Neurogenesis series I had been working on. Well, it was unreleased up until now. I hope your synapses enjoy the abstract self-portrait of my synapses. And don't you raise an issue with qualia now.
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Behind The Yashmak
9:29 AM by Unknown
This week's wallpaper comes with an Esbjörn Svensson Trio song - one of their best too. Enjoy some lace on your desktop and some jazz in your ears.
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An Introduction from the Tree
5:54 PM by Unknown
I consider myself a fractal artist. Not because I work with fractal media but rather because, whatever media I work with, I find myself looking at fractals. Scale variances, self repetition, randomness, order within chaos... As natural as it feels to me right now, though, initially I stumbled upon fractals by mere coincidence while looking at a friend’s drawings on deviantArt. After that, something just kept me going at fractals. I can’t tell what the driving force was, but here I am now, seeing fractals wherever I look.
Fractals are what nature is made of. Now would you dare say this wasn’t fractal art? I can’t. And that is why I feel obliged to include it here, in this blog dedicated to fractal art.
Named On Fractal Grounds Pt. 1, it’s part of a series of photos taken from a plane during a particularly eye-pleasing flight from Istanbul to Montreal.
The following fractal was done in Apophysis, which I used and abused exclusively for more than 3 years. I rarely “plan” my fractals. That is to say, I don’t tend to start out doing a fractal with a particular goal in mind. I feel like Apophysis is the perfect tool for such artistic spontaneity.
This here, Vicissitudes, is a result of one of those sessions of opening up Apophysis, turning on some music (which usually ends up giving my fractals their names) and playing around with forms, colors and textures via numbers until I like what I see. This one took its name from an Esbjorn Svensson Trio song, mostly due to the tidal interactions between the forms and the overall instability. I feel like it deserves its name as the image lends itself to many interpretations from “an imploding galaxy” to the savannah and “dying breath of a caught gazelle” - to quote some of the comments made on it by fellow artists.
This last fractal I want to show you was made in Ultra Fractal, which I started using about a year ago simply because it suddenly became more convenient after switching to a MacBook which would not let me use Apophysis with its full features. Right now, I would say Ultra Fractal is my weapon of choice.
Bloodthirsty is from a time when I was experimenting with sFBM II to see what I could do with a single layer. The title was inspired by Vicarious, from Tool, which was playing in the background as I was looking for the right colors for this grungy fractal.
Looking back now, I see myself mostly doing flat, textural abstracts of many kinds. I can’t say my style has converged to a particular standard yet, but I’m not sure I want it to either. I would hate to be predictable.
Finally, if you would like to see my other works, here are the links to my full gallery and my portfolio that has some of my chosen works.
Fractals are what nature is made of. Now would you dare say this wasn’t fractal art? I can’t. And that is why I feel obliged to include it here, in this blog dedicated to fractal art.
Named On Fractal Grounds Pt. 1, it’s part of a series of photos taken from a plane during a particularly eye-pleasing flight from Istanbul to Montreal.
The following fractal was done in Apophysis, which I used and abused exclusively for more than 3 years. I rarely “plan” my fractals. That is to say, I don’t tend to start out doing a fractal with a particular goal in mind. I feel like Apophysis is the perfect tool for such artistic spontaneity.
This here, Vicissitudes, is a result of one of those sessions of opening up Apophysis, turning on some music (which usually ends up giving my fractals their names) and playing around with forms, colors and textures via numbers until I like what I see. This one took its name from an Esbjorn Svensson Trio song, mostly due to the tidal interactions between the forms and the overall instability. I feel like it deserves its name as the image lends itself to many interpretations from “an imploding galaxy” to the savannah and “dying breath of a caught gazelle” - to quote some of the comments made on it by fellow artists.
This last fractal I want to show you was made in Ultra Fractal, which I started using about a year ago simply because it suddenly became more convenient after switching to a MacBook which would not let me use Apophysis with its full features. Right now, I would say Ultra Fractal is my weapon of choice.
Bloodthirsty is from a time when I was experimenting with sFBM II to see what I could do with a single layer. The title was inspired by Vicarious, from Tool, which was playing in the background as I was looking for the right colors for this grungy fractal.
Looking back now, I see myself mostly doing flat, textural abstracts of many kinds. I can’t say my style has converged to a particular standard yet, but I’m not sure I want it to either. I would hate to be predictable.
Finally, if you would like to see my other works, here are the links to my full gallery and my portfolio that has some of my chosen works.
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The Beginning of Some New Iterations
11:53 AM by New Iterations Team
Fractal art. You like to look at it, perhaps you like to make it, but do you like talking about it?
With fractal art growing in popularity, the community surrounding it seems to be as chaotic as the images themselves. Individuals are making fantastic and innovative fractals, but art is about more than just great visuals.
Like anything in it's infancy, it is hard to surmise where fractal art will go and what it will become. The challenge we face, truly, is exploring and growing along with it, and perhaps posing the questions that are hard to ask.
What makes an artist great? What is metaphor? How does mathematical imagery tie into a traditional artistic aesthetic? Are there artistic movements within fractal art as in traditional art? The list is as infinite as fractals themselves.
While we may not have all the answers, we do have perspective. Four unique outlooks into a world as strange and beautiful as any other you could imagine.
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Hello all. My name is Chris Oldfield. I am perhaps better known in the fractal art community by the handle, milleniumsentry. I live a short drive from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and I have been tinkering with mathematical imagery for approximately four years. I enjoy many programs, but my forte lies in Ultra Fractal. I am an incredibly curious being, and most of my time is spent satiating said impulse. Thankfully, fractals are just infinite enough to keep me occupied. When it's time to give my retina a rest, I enjoy studying physics and astronomy, computer programming, logic structures and artificial intelligence.
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Merhaba! Esin, here. Also known as banana-tree by some. I like bananas. I like music. I like neurons. I like spirals. I like the random. I like the mysterious. I like people. I like exceptions. I like underdogs. I like the random. I like contradicting you. I like contradicting myself right thereafter. I like being confused. I like epiphanies that follow. My brain would like to have your brain’s babies.
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About Far: I think the desert is beautiful, but the ocean is overrated. On any given day, you might find me listening to Alice Cooper, then Stravinsky, then 3OH!3. Salty flavors appeal to me more than sweet ones and I am unabashedly enamored of my own handwriting. In addition to my fractal activities, I follow about fifteen webcomics and a blog or three. From this, you can probably infer that I'm one of those people who spend way too time online—but I've also seen bald eagles and a grizzly bear in the wild, so I like to think those things balance each other out. Last but not least, if you think any of Shakespeare's plays are better than King Lear, then don't say so where I can hear. Especially Hamlet. Hamlet can suck it.
A more conventional about me: I'm a twenty-year-old female English major from Montana who's been fractalling for five years. My real name is Jess.
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My name is Travis. 300 years ago, I arose from seafoam. I'm currently on loan from the Louvre. I'm the leader of a ragtag team of war heroes who have become soldiers for hire, working as good-guy vigilantes around the US or the world. My lineage consists of a bottle of Jack and a broken rubber. I love going off the deep end. I swim in the kiddy pool. I'm crudely refined. I'm an acquired taste, at least to those who have had tongue transplants. I paint the thin line between genius and insanity. I drive on a parkway and park where ever the hell I want.
Well, ok, maybe some things aren't true. My name is Travis though. I'm 22 and I like alot of things. My specialty is using Apophysis, though, I've been told I'm getting good at Ultra Fractal too. Folks round these here parts call me the Platypus. It's all good, baby. It's all good.
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And that's the New Iterations team!
With fractal art growing in popularity, the community surrounding it seems to be as chaotic as the images themselves. Individuals are making fantastic and innovative fractals, but art is about more than just great visuals.
Like anything in it's infancy, it is hard to surmise where fractal art will go and what it will become. The challenge we face, truly, is exploring and growing along with it, and perhaps posing the questions that are hard to ask.
What makes an artist great? What is metaphor? How does mathematical imagery tie into a traditional artistic aesthetic? Are there artistic movements within fractal art as in traditional art? The list is as infinite as fractals themselves.
While we may not have all the answers, we do have perspective. Four unique outlooks into a world as strange and beautiful as any other you could imagine.
---
Hello all. My name is Chris Oldfield. I am perhaps better known in the fractal art community by the handle, milleniumsentry. I live a short drive from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and I have been tinkering with mathematical imagery for approximately four years. I enjoy many programs, but my forte lies in Ultra Fractal. I am an incredibly curious being, and most of my time is spent satiating said impulse. Thankfully, fractals are just infinite enough to keep me occupied. When it's time to give my retina a rest, I enjoy studying physics and astronomy, computer programming, logic structures and artificial intelligence.
---
Merhaba! Esin, here. Also known as banana-tree by some. I like bananas. I like music. I like neurons. I like spirals. I like the random. I like the mysterious. I like people. I like exceptions. I like underdogs. I like the random. I like contradicting you. I like contradicting myself right thereafter. I like being confused. I like epiphanies that follow. My brain would like to have your brain’s babies.
---
About Far: I think the desert is beautiful, but the ocean is overrated. On any given day, you might find me listening to Alice Cooper, then Stravinsky, then 3OH!3. Salty flavors appeal to me more than sweet ones and I am unabashedly enamored of my own handwriting. In addition to my fractal activities, I follow about fifteen webcomics and a blog or three. From this, you can probably infer that I'm one of those people who spend way too time online—but I've also seen bald eagles and a grizzly bear in the wild, so I like to think those things balance each other out. Last but not least, if you think any of Shakespeare's plays are better than King Lear, then don't say so where I can hear. Especially Hamlet. Hamlet can suck it.
A more conventional about me: I'm a twenty-year-old female English major from Montana who's been fractalling for five years. My real name is Jess.
---
My name is Travis. 300 years ago, I arose from seafoam. I'm currently on loan from the Louvre. I'm the leader of a ragtag team of war heroes who have become soldiers for hire, working as good-guy vigilantes around the US or the world. My lineage consists of a bottle of Jack and a broken rubber. I love going off the deep end. I swim in the kiddy pool. I'm crudely refined. I'm an acquired taste, at least to those who have had tongue transplants. I paint the thin line between genius and insanity. I drive on a parkway and park where ever the hell I want.
Well, ok, maybe some things aren't true. My name is Travis though. I'm 22 and I like alot of things. My specialty is using Apophysis, though, I've been told I'm getting good at Ultra Fractal too. Folks round these here parts call me the Platypus. It's all good, baby. It's all good.
---
And that's the New Iterations team!
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